Abstracts tagged "innate immunity"

Abstract Number: 94 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating Soluble MICA Is Associated to Lupus Nephritis and to a TLR/IFN-I Signature in T Cells in a Cohort of Adult SLE Patients
Maria Perez-Ferro¹, Fredeswinda I. Romero-Bueno¹, Cristina Serrano del Castillo², Raquel Largo³, Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont³ and Olga Sanchez-Pernaute⁴, ¹Section for Autoimmune Diseases, Rheumatology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital & Health Research Institute, Madrid, Spain, ²Immunology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital & Health Research Institute, Madrid, Spain, ³Bone and Joint Research Unit, Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital & Health Research Institute, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Division. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The MHC class I-related chain A (MICA) is a major ligand for the NKG2D receptor of NK and CD8 T cells. MICA expression at…
Abstract Number: 97 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Enhanced IFN-α Production By Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Is Associated with Increased Toll-like Receptor 7 Retention in the Lysosomes and Exosure to Type I IFN in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Goh Murayama¹, Asako Chiba², Ayako Makiyama², Ken Yamaji¹, Naoto Tamura¹ and Sachiko Miyake², ¹Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Type I interferon(IFN) appears to contribute to the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Overexpression of type I IFN regulated genes has been reported…
Abstract Number: 104 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of a Gut Pathobiont Immunostimulatory Lipoglycan Antigen Linked to Lupus Nephritis
Gregg Silverman¹, Nicolas Gisch², Aidana Omarbekova³ and Doua F. Azzouz⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Research Center Borstel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, ³New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: A transmissible agent has long been suspected in SLE. In a discovery cohort we found that,compared with healthy subjects, Lupus patients had a five-fold…
Abstract Number: 152 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils and Regulatory T Lymphocytes (Treg) Cooperate to Sustain Treg Activity in Normal and Arthritic Contexts
Maxime Batignes¹, François Santinon¹, Marie-Christophe Boissier^2,3, Patrice Decker⁴ and Natacha Bessis¹, ¹INSERM UMR 1125 University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France, ²University of Paris 13,Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France, ³Rheumatology Department, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Avicenne Hospital, Bobigny, France, ⁴Inserm UMR 1125, Li2P, University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France
Background/Purpose: Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) are abundant and activated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) joints. In addition to their pro-inflammatory role, PMN exert immunoregulatory functions and may…
Abstract Number: 366 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infectious Complications of Immunosuppressive Therapy in Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) and Inflammatory Arthritis
Fatima Alduraibi¹, Monica Lawrence², Larry Borish² and Adam Carlson³, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, charlottesville, VA, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is one of the most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency syndrome with an incidence of ~1 in 25,000 people. CVID is…
Abstract Number: 1011 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tissue Resident Macrophages Establish a Niche That Limits Monocyte to Macrophage Differentiation in Synovial Tissue during Homeostasis
Qi Quan Huang¹, Renee E. Doyle², Alexander Misharin³, Shang-Yang Chen⁴, Deborah R. Winter⁵ and Richard M. Pope², ¹Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Medicine/pulmonary, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Monocytes and Macrophages play critical roles in immune homeostasis and host defense. Recent studies identified that macrophages are highly heterogeneous in terms of location,…
Abstract Number: 1015 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Peripheral CD14+ Monocytes Are Hyper-Inflammatory, Hyper-Glycolytic and Retain a Memory Bias Toward M1 Macrophages
Trudy McGarry¹, Megan M. Hanlon², Clare C. Cunningham³, Douglas J. Veale⁴ and Ursula Fearon⁵, ¹St. Vincent's University Hospital, Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, ²Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Molecular Rheumatology, Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Molecular Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Myeloid cells with a monocyte/macrophages phenotype are present in large numbers in the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) joint, significantly contributing to disease. This study aimed…
Abstract Number: 1026 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoinflammatory Diseases, Particularly SAVI and Candle, Are Driven By Chronically Active Type I Interferons
Bernadette Marrero¹, Katherine R. Calvo², Yin Liu³, Angelique Biancotto⁴, Yan Huang¹ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹, ¹Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS), Laboratory of Clinical Investigation and Microbiology (LCIM), NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hematology Section, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, ³Scientific Review Branch, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Center for Human Immunology Autoimmunity and Inflammation (CHI), NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: STING Associated Vasculopathy with onset in Infancy (SAVI)is caused by gain-of-function mutations in TMEM173/STING and Chronic Atypical Neutrophilic Dermatosis with Lipodystrophy and Elevated Temperature…
Abstract Number: 1833 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Vδ2 Subset of Γδt-Cells Are Present at Healthy Human Enthesis and Have Transcriptional and Functional Characteristics Consistent with a Capacity for IL- 17A Production in Response to IL-23
Richard Cuthbert¹, Evangelos M. Fragkakis¹, Charlie Bridgewood¹, Robert Dunsmuir², Abdulla Watad³, Abhay Rao², Almas Khan², Helena Marzo-Ortega⁴, Darren Newton⁵ and Dennis McGonagle¹, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Department of Spinal Surgery, National Health Service, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Department of Internal Medicine 'B', Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan, Israel, ⁴NIHR LBRC, LTHT and LIRMM, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Recent mouse studies of SpA pathogenesis have suggested that γδT-cells accumulate at entheseal regions in an IL-23 overexpression model and that these cells are…
Abstract Number: 2039 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Survey of Blood and Synovial Tissue Myeloid Cells in RA Patients By Transcriptional Profiling
Shurui Bian¹, Arthur M. Mandelin II², Salina Dominguez³, Philip J. Homan⁴, Gaurav Gadhvi¹, Hiam Abdala-Valencia¹, Alexander Misharin⁵, Eric M. Ruderman⁶, Carla M. Cuda³, Richard M. Pope⁶, Harris Perlman³ and Deborah R. Winter³, ¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Medicine/pulmonary, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Medicine/Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Myeloid cells – including dendritic cells (DCs), monocytes, and macrophages – are critical to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) through production of pro-inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 2091 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mucosal-Associated Invariant T (MAIT) Cells As a Potential Therapeutic Target for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Goh Murayama¹, Asako Chiba², Atsushi Nomura³, Hirofumi Amano¹, Ken Yamaji¹, Naoto Tamura¹ and Sachiko Miyake^4,5, ¹Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Juntendo Univ Sch of Med, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Division of Immunology/NCNP, Natl Institute of Neuroscience, Kodaira Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate T cells that are restricted by the nonpolymorphic MHC-related molecule-1 (MR1) and express a semi-invariant TCRα chain:…
Abstract Number: 2330 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evidence for Alternatively Activated (M2) Macrophage Activation in Patients with Enthesitis Related Arthritis Category of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Amita Aggarwal¹, Priyanka Gaur² and Akhilesh Yadav³, ¹Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ³Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Among juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), enthesitis related arthritis (ERA) category includes most children with juvenile onset spondyloarthropathy (SpA). Synovial fluid from patients with SpA…
Abstract Number: 2577 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Colonization Exacerbate Lupus Nephritis in NZM2410 Mice and Causes an Expansion of Intestinal Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells
Giancarlo R. Valiente¹, Jeffrey Hampton², Takuma Wada³, Perry Blough³, William Willis⁴, Nicholas A. Young⁴, Lai-Chu Wu⁵ and Wael Jarjour⁶, ¹Rheumatology & Immunology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Immunology and Rheumatoloty, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁴Immunology and Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁵Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁶Department of Rheumatology/Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Title: Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Colonization Exacerbate Lupus Nephritis in NZM2410 Mice and Causes an Expansion of Intestinal Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells Background/Purpose: Innate Lymphoid…
Abstract Number: 2643 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HO-1 Expression in Monocytes Might Regulate Kidney Damage in Lupus Nephritis Patients
Loreto Cuitino^1,2, Javiera Obreque^1,2, Patricia Gajardo-Meneses^1,2, Gonzalo P. Méndez^2,3, Alexis M. Kalergis^2,4 and Carolina Llanos^1,2, ¹Departamento de Inmunología Clínica y Reumatología, Santiago, Chile, ²Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ³Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Santiago, Chile, ⁴Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy and Departamento de Endocrinología, Santiago, Chile
Background/Purpose: It is well established that up to 70% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients will develop Lupus Nephritis (LN). Recent studies have revealed that…
Abstract Number: 2901 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Inflammatory Mechanism of Lubricin/Proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) in Monosodium Urate (MSU)-Crystal Induced Arthritis in THP-1 Macrophages Is Mediated By NALP3 Inflammasome.
Anthony M. Reginato¹, Changqi Sun², Tannin Schmidt³, Elsaid Khalid⁴ and Gregory Jay⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, The Warren Alpert School Of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI, ²Division of Rheumatology, Rhode Island Hosital/The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI, ³Kinesiology and Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Department of Biomedical and Phramaceutical Science, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, CA, ⁵Emergency Medicine and Engineering, The Warren Alpert Medical School Brown University, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: Lubricin/proteoglycan-4 (PRG4) is a mucinous glycoprotein secreted by synovial fibroblast and superficial zone chondrocytes. PRG4 has a multifaceted homeostatic role in the joint including…

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