Abstract Number: 1296 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Increased MxA Protein Expression and Dendritic Cells in Spongiotic Dermatitis Differentiates Dermatomyositis from Eczema
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is conventionally characterized by interface dermatitis (ID) on skin histopathology. A subset of patients with clinically diagnosed DM have skin biopsies showing…Abstract Number: 1745 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Exercise Improves Arterial Inflammation in Childhood-onset Takayasu Arteritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset Takayasu Arteritis (c-TA) is a rare primary systemic vasculitis that affects aorta and its major branches. This condition is associated with reduced wall…Abstract Number: 1778 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Entheseal CD90+ SOX9+ Cartilage-like Cells Initiate Spinal Ankylosis in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is characterized by inflammation at the interface where tendon or ligament attaches to the bone and is a representative symptom of ankylosing spondylitis(AS).…Abstract Number: 1867 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Body Composition in Myositis Patients Is Negatively Changed Compared to Healthy Controls and the Changes Are Associated with Disease Activity and Duration, Skeletal Muscle Involvement and Physical Activity and Nutritional Status
Background/Purpose: Skeletal muscle, pulmonary and articular involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) limit the mobility/self-sufficiency of patients, and can have a negative impact on body…Abstract Number: 1869 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Myeloid Dendritic Cells (mDCs) Are Major Producers of Interferon-β in Dermatomyositis and Higher Numbers of mDCs Are Found in Hydroxychloroquine Nonresponders
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune disease affecting the skin, skeletal muscle, lungs, and/or other organs. While the pathogenesis remains poorly understood, it is thought…Abstract Number: 2336 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Levels of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Carotid Plaque: A Case-Control Study
Background/Purpose: Patients with RA have an augmented cardiovascular mortality up to 50% compared to controls. Chronic inflammation of the disease causes endothelial dysfunction and accelerated…Abstract Number: 2614 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Association of Body Composition in Scleroderma Patients with Disease Activity, Serum Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines and Parameters of Nutrition and Lipid Metabolism
Background/Purpose: Fibrosis of the skin and visceral organs, especially digestive tract, and musculoskeletal involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) can have a negative impact on body…Abstract Number: 2905 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Rilonacept in Recurrent Pericarditis: Efficacy and Safety Data from an Ongoing Phase 2 Pilot Clinical Trial
Background/Purpose: Recurrent pericarditis (RP) is characterized by the recurrence of pericarditis signs and symptoms after a symptom-free period of ≥4 to 6 weeks and affects…Abstract Number: 102 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Serine Arginine-Rich Splicing Factor 1 (SRSF1) Restrains IFN-γ and IL-17 Inflammatory Cytokine Production and Its Selective Deficiency in T Cells Exacerbates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) and Nephrotoxic Nephritis (NTN)
Background/Purpose: CD4 T helper 1 (Th1) and Th17 cells producing IFN-γ and IL-17 are aberrantly increased and contribute to inflammatory responses in autoimmune diseases including…Abstract Number: 301 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MiR-221-3p Overexpression Impairs Anti-Inflammatory Activity of TLR4-Stimulated M2-Macrophages
Background/Purpose: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to contribute to the inflammatory response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and several of these miRNAs have been found to…Abstract Number: 557 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Enhanced Expression of NLRP3 Inflammasome-Related Inflammation in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Sjögren’s Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocyte infiltration and subsequent dysfunction of exocrine glands, finally leading to dryness in the exocrine…Abstract Number: 1568 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Existence of IL-6 and IL-17 Mediated Inflammation Amplifier Loop in Reactive Arthritis
Background/Purpose: F759 mice with a single amino-acid substitution in signal transducer subunit of IL-6 receptor gp130 (Y759F) develops arthritisspontaneously due to IL-17A and IL-6 mediated…Abstract Number: 1938 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TGFB1 Governs Osteoblast Differentiation in Ankylosing Spondylitis Via Modulating BMP2
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is characterized by inflammation, high osteoblastic activity, leading to ankyloses. Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1) has been known to be…Abstract Number: 33 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
An extracellular ionic milieu renders human granulocytic S100A12 into a pro-inflammatory TLR4-binding alarmin
Background/Purpose: Granulocytic S100A12 is a member of the calgranulin-subgroup within the S100 family of calcium-binding proteins. Similar to other S100 proteins S100A12 can bind divalent…Abstract Number: 1015 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines Produced By Different Subsets of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Are Associated with Ro52/TRIM21 Deficiency in Patients with Inflammatory Myopathies
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of rare, heterogeneous autoimmune diseases of unknown etiology. Different physiopathogenic mechanisms have been proposed, including the production…
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