Abstracts tagged "innate immunity"

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…
Abstract Number: 403 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiac Immune Cells in SKG Mice with Inflammatory Arthritis before and after Myocardial Infarction
Christine Hsieh¹, Isabella Imhof², Luyi Li³, Erene Niemi¹, Matthew Bell¹, Joel Karliner⁴ and Mary Nakamura⁵, ¹Medicine, SFVA/UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine, SFVA/NCIRE, San Francisco, CA, ³SFVA/UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine, SFVA/UCSF, San, CA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UCSF/SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA patients have an increased incidence of both…
Abstract Number: 544 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of PF-06650833, a Novel, Potentially First-in-Class Inhibitor of Interleukin-1 Receptor Associated Kinase-4 (IRAK-4) in Healthy Subjects
Spencer Danto¹, Negin Shojaee¹, Cheryl Li¹, Steven A. Gilbert², Ravi Shankar Singh¹, Zorayr Manukyan¹ and Iain Kilty¹, ¹Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc., Cambridge, MA, ²Pfizer, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: IRAK‑4 is a key node in innate immune signaling and is activated by the interleukin (IL)‑1 family receptors (IL‑1R, IL‑18R, and IL‑33R), in addition…
Abstract Number: 1062 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ptpn22 Regulates Synovial Slam Family Receptor Expression during Toll-like Receptor-Driven Suppression of Inflammatory Arthritis
David Ewart¹, Juan Abrahante Lloréns² and Erik J. Peterson³, ¹Rheumatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Informatics Institute (UMII), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Center for Immunology/Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Genetic factors contribute strongly to Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk. Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor 22 [PTPN22] encodes the hematopoietic-specific Lymphoid Phosphatase [“Lyp”]. A PTPN22 coding…
Abstract Number: 1065 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cell Deficiency in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Is Realted to an Intrinsic Defect in the Ca2+/Calcineurin/NFAT1 Signaling Pathway
Yong-Wook Park¹, Young-Nan Cho², Hye-Mi Jin¹, Tae-Jong Kim³ and Seung-Jung Kee⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Hospital and Medical School, Gwangju, MN, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Chonnam Nat`l University Medical School&Hospital, Chonnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells contribute to protection against certain microorganism infections and play an important role in mucosal immunity. However, the role of…
Abstract Number: 1068 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of TNF Antagonist Treatment on the Gut Microbiome In Vivo
Odile Gabay¹, Jonathan Vicenty², Grant Wunderlin³, Linda Tiffany², Wells Wu⁴, Vahan Simonyan⁵ and Kathleen A Clouse⁶, ¹Office of Biotechnology Products /Center for Drug Evaluation and Research DBRRI, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ²Office of Biotechnology Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, DBRRI, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ³Center for Drug Evaluation and Research CDER DBRRI, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ⁴Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research OMPT, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ⁵Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ⁶Office of Biotechnology Products /Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,DBRRI, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
Background/Purpose: Auto-immune diseases are in constant progression in the US. Biologic therapeutics have been used successfully to treat these diseases, but have presented some unique…
Abstract Number: 1077 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Lectin Pathway of the Complement System Is Activated in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Anne Troldborg^1,2, Steffen Thiel³, Marten Trendelenburg⁴, Justa Friebus-Kardash⁵, Josephine Nehring⁵, Rudi Steffensen⁶, Søren Werner Karlskov Hansen⁷, Magdalena Janina Laska¹, Bent Deleuran⁸, Jens Christian Jensenius¹, Anne Voss⁹ and Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen¹⁰, ¹Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²clinical medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Institute of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Department of Biomedicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵University Hospital Basel, Division of Internal Medicine, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶Department of Clinical Immunology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁷Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Souther Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁸Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁹Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) involves complement activation. It is well established that activation of complement through the classical pathway (CP) and…
Abstract Number: 4 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Microbiota-Dependent Signals Regulate Inflammatory Myelopoiesis in a Murine Model of Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Lehn K. Weaver¹, Chhanda Biswas¹, Niansheng Chu¹ and Edward M. Behrens², ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Targeting host-microbiota interactions to limit production of pathogenic myeloid cells that fuel chronic inflammatory responses is of therapeutic interest. Recent evidence suggests that this may…
Abstract Number: 10 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Severe Juvenile Arthritis Associated with a De Novo Gain-of-Function Germline Mutation in MYD88
Keith A. Sikora¹, Joshua R. Bennett¹, Zuoming Deng², Wanxia Li Tsai³, April D. Brundidge³, Fatemeh Navid³, Gerlinde Layh-Schmitt³, Eric Hanson⁴, Massimo G. Gadina⁵, Louis M. Staudt⁶, Thomas A. Griffin⁷ and Robert Colbert³, ¹Pediatric Translational Research Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Biodata Mining & Discovery, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Translational Immunology, Office of Science and Technology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Levine Children’s Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Background/Purpose: Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88) is a critical adaptor protein that connects Toll-like and IL-1 receptor signaling to activation of NF-κB. Germline loss-of-function…
Abstract Number: 2068 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells – Cellular Source of Profibrotic Mediators Rapidly and Persistently Recruited in Experimental Fibrosis and Systemic Sclerosis
Stefanie Weber¹, Thomas Wohlfahrt¹, Simon Rauber¹, Markus Luber¹, Matthias Englbrecht², Clara Dees³, Christian Beyer⁴, Oliver Distler⁵, Georg Schett³, Joerg HW Distler³ and Andreas Ramming⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: We aimed to profile ILC2s in fibrotic tissues and to evaluate the functional impact of IC2s in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2092 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Plasma Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 Is Elevated in Patients with Thrombotic Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome.
Yair Molad^1,2, Yonatan Edel^3,4, Yael Pri-Paz Basson⁵, Elisheva Pokroy-Shapira⁶, Shirly Oren⁵, Ariela Dortort⁵ and Vitaly Kliminski^4,7, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Rheumatology Unit, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel, ²Laboratory of Inflammation Research, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petach Tikva, Israel, ³Department of Medicine C, Beilinson Hospital, Rabib Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel, ⁴Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel, ⁷Laboratory of Inflammation Research, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
Background/Purpose : Primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) is characterized by thrombotic and/or obstetrical morbidity in the presence of persistent antiphospholipid antibodies (APLA) and in the absence…
Abstract Number: 2408 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Severe Juvenile Arthritis Associated with a De Novo Gain-of-Function Germline Mutation in MYD88
Keith A. Sikora¹, Joshua R. Bennett¹, Zuoming Deng², Wanxia Li Tsai³, April Brundidge³, Fatemeh Navid³, Gerlinde Layh-Schmitt³, Eric Hanson³, Massimo G. Gadina⁴, Louis M. Staudt⁵, Thomas A. Griffin⁶ and Robert A. Colbert³, ¹Pediatric Translational Research Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Biodata Mining & Discovery, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Translational Immunology Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Levine Children’s Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Background/Purpose: Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88) is a critical adaptor protein that connects Toll-like and IL-1 receptor signaling to activation of NF-κB. Germline loss-of-function…

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