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Abstracts tagged "KIR (Killer Ig like receptor)"

  • Abstract Number: 150 • Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium 2020

    The Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptor KIR3DL1 in Combination with HLA-Bw4 Is Associated with Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)

    Jennifer Frankovich1, Kirstin Anderson 2, Gonzalo Montero-Martin 3, Avis Chan 4, Margo Thienemann 5, Bahare Farhadian 6, Theresa Willett 5, Elizabeth Mellins 7, Alicia Madden 5, Tanya Murphy 8, Susan Swedo 9, Marcelo Fernandez-Vina 3 and Jill Hollenbach 2, 1Stanford, 2University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 3Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 4Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, 5Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 6Stanford Immune Behavioral Health Clinic and PANS Research Program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, 7Stanford University, Stanford, 8University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 9National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland

    Background/Purpose: Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) is characterized by abrupt onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or food restriction with other specified neuropsychiatric symptoms. Patients with…
  • Abstract Number: 610 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019

    Ankylosing Spondylitis-associated Killer Immunoglobin-like Receptors Are Strongly Expressed on γδ T Cells

    Micah Lefton1, Nihaarika Sharma 1 and Joerg Ermann 2, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

    Background/Purpose: The mechanism underlying the association between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and HLA-B27 is still unknown. One of the hypotheses involves the interaction of HLA-B27 homodimers…
  • Abstract Number: 61 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptors Are Associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis

    Aimee Hanson1, International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Consortium (IGAS)2, Kim-Anh Lê Cao3, Tony J. Kenna4 and Matthew A. Brown2, 1The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Instiute, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, 2Translational Genomics Group, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, 3Translational Research Instiute, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia, 4Translational Research Institute, Translational Genomics Group, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

    Background/Purpose: Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are expressed predominantly on the surface of natural killer (NK) cells and some T-cells and are important in regulating the…
  • Abstract Number: 715 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    Protein Phosphatase 5 (PP5) Regulates Methylation Sensitive Gene Expression In CD4+ T Cells

    Dipak R. Patel, Gabriela Gorelik and Bruce C. Richardson, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: CD4+CD28- T cells are enriched in chronic inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus.  They are cytotoxic and resistant to apoptosis.  Compared to…
  • Abstract Number: 2495 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    Ankylosing Spondylitis Protective Endoplasmic Reticulum Aminopeptidase 1 Variants Lead To Decreased Natural Killer Cell Conjugation and Activation

    Hasan Abdullah1, Zhenbo Zhang2, Robert Inman3 and Nigil Haroon4, 1IMS, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Immunlogy and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose:  Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory arthritis affecting the axial and peripheral joints. Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-B27 and Endoplasmic Reticulum Aminopeptidase (ERAP) 1 genes…
  • Abstract Number: 1655 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    HLA-B27 and KIR3DL2 Interactions Promote The Differentiation and Survival Of Proinflammatory T Cells In Spondyloarthritis

    A. Ridley1, I. Wong-Baeza2, H. Hatano2, J. Shaw2, H. Al-Mossawi2, P. Bowness2 and S. Kollnberger2, 1Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: T helper 17 (Th17) cells are a subset of pro-inflammatory CD4+ T cells implicated in a number of inflammatory arthritides including the Spondyloarthritides (SpAs). …
  • Abstract Number: 2317 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012

    Protein Phosphatase 5 (PP5) Regulates Methylation Sensitive Gene Expression in CD4+ T Cells

    Dipak R. Patel, Gabriela Gorelik and Bruce C. Richardson, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: CD4+CD28- T cells are enriched in chronic inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus.  They are cytotoxic and resistant to apoptosis.  Compared to…

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