Abstract Number: 2791 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Targeting Micro-RNAs Derived from Extracellular Vesicles to Inhibit of TLR7 and TLR8 Signaling Suppresses Inflammation in a Novel Human-Mouse Chimeric Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease displaying a heavy female predominance during reproductive years. We have previously shown that toll-like receptor…Abstract Number: 2862 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Whole Blood Phenotyping and Innate and Adaptive Stimulation Reveal Unique Differences in Granulocytes and Innate Pathways of African American SLE Patients with Variable Disease Activity
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by periods of heightened disease activity. Disease flares significantly affect quality of life and…Abstract Number: 2868 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
NK Cell Characterization in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Increased Frequency of Ki67+ NK Cells Associated with Disease Activity and Type I Interferon Signature
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disorder whose pathology appears to involve many immune cell types. While it is clear that autoantibody…Abstract Number: 2996 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Fat Diet-Induced Osteoarthritis Progression Is Dependent on Toll-like Receptor 4
Background/Purpose: Obesity is considered the primary preventable risk factor for OA, increasing the risk of developing OA in weight-bearing joints, especially the knee, as…Abstract Number: 3038 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Enumeration and Preliminary Characterisation of Peri-Entheseal Bone Type 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells
Background/Purpose: In an IL-23 overexpression animal model of spondyloarthropathy (SpA), primary entheseal disease is driven by innate like lymphocytes at peripheral and spinal enthesis with…Abstract Number: 172 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
S100A8/A9 Produced during Experimental Osteoarthritis Induces a Systemic Decrease in BM Monocytes and Increases Ly6C High Monocytes Locally in the Joint
Background/Purpose: In response to pro-inflammatory cytokines released locally during osteoarthritis (OA), such as the alarmins S100A8/A9, monocytes can be recruited from the bone marrow (BM)…Abstract Number: 178 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Alpha-Enolase Promotes Pro-Inflammatory Phenotype of Monocytes-Derived Macrophages
Background/Purpose: Monocytes of healthy donors were cultured with M-CSF (gcultured with ENO1, or control BSA, to investigate its effect on monocytes differentiation and macrophages polarization.…Abstract Number: 185 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Interferon Gene Signature Is Increased in Early DMARD Naive Rheumatoid Arthritis and Predicts a Poorer Response to Initial Therapy
Background/Purpose: Type 1 interferons, such as interferon-α, are of increasing interest in autoimmunity due to their pleiotropic effects on the immune system. Approximately 20-30% of…Abstract Number: 275 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Vitro Activation of Type I Interferon Pathway Reproduces the Characteristics Damages Observed in Dermatomyositis Patients
Background/Purpose: The type I interferons (IFN-I) including IFN-a, and IFN-b are key cytokines involved in innate immune response to viral infection. Almost all cells can…Abstract Number: 486 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IRF5 Promotes Arthritis but Restricts Virus Replication and Spread during Chikungunya Virus Infection
Background/Purpose: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthritogenic alphavirus that invades the joints and causes chronic arthritis in up to 60% of infected individuals. Over the…Abstract Number: 1016 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Soluble BAT-3: A New Biomarker for Antisynthetase Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Antisynthetase syndrome (ARS) is an inflammatory myopathy (IM) commonly associated to interstitial lung disease (ILD) and different anti-tRNA-synthetase autoantibodies. The immune mechanisms leading to…Abstract Number: 1112 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hypoxia Modulates Neutrophil Integrin Expression, Adhesion and Trans-Endothelial Migration
Background/Purpose: Dysregulation of neutrophil activation is important in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), including RA, SLE and APS. Neutrophils are…Abstract Number: 1748 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Anti-High Mobility Group Box 1 Antibody for MRL/Lpr lupus-Prone Mice
Background/Purpose: High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a ubiquitous non-histone nuclear protein that exerts proinflammatory functions in the extracellular milieu. Here we evaluate the…Abstract Number: 933 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DEK-Targeting DNA Aptamers As Novel Therapeutics for Inflammatory Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Aptamers are short single stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides that are specifically selected to bind and neutralize a wide range of biomedically relevant proteins.…Abstract Number: 1025 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interstitial Lung Disease in Sting-Associated Vasculopathy with Onset in Infancy (SAVI): Genotype-Phenotype Correlation
Background/Purpose: STING-Associated Vasculopathy with Onset in Infancy (SAVI) is an IFN-mediated disease caused by gain-of-function mutations in TMEM173, the gene encoding the stimulator of interferon…
