Abstracts tagged "macrophages"

Abstract Number: 0051 • ACR Convergence 2023
CD14+CD64+ Classical Monocytes Are the Main Producers of IL-23 at the Enthesis
Nicole McDermott¹, Thomas Macleod¹, Ala Altaie¹, Liz Straszynski², Robert Dunsmuir³, Vishal Borse³, Peter Loughenbury³, Davide Simone⁴, Stevephen Sansom⁴, Christopher Buckley⁴ and Dennis McGonagle⁵, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: IL-23 is a key cytokine involved in diseases such as psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthropathies (SpA) and inflammatory bowel disease.IL-23 is produced by activated…
Abstract Number: 0947 • ACR Convergence 2023
Fcγ Receptors Define Pro-Phagocytic Macrophages and Trigger Pro-Inflammatory Responses in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Amela Hukara¹, Gino Andrea Bonazza¹, Tracy Tabib², Raphael Micheroli¹, Suzana Jordan³, Kristina Bürki¹, Sylvie Schlitz Schönbächler¹, Adrian Ciurea⁴, Oliver Distler³, Robert Lafyatis⁵, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk¹ and Gabriela Kania¹, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Fcy receptors (FcγR) are opsonic phagocytic receptors, requiring tight regulations to prevent uncontrolled activation of pro-inflammatory phagocytosis. SSc macrophages display an alternatively-activated profibrotic phenotype.…
Abstract Number: 0053 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nintedanib Downregulates the Profibrotic M2 Phenotype of Macrophages Obtained from Systemic Sclerosis Patients Affected by Interstitial Lung Disease
Stefano Soldano¹, Paola Montagna¹, Emanuele Gotelli¹, Andrea Cere¹, Rosanna Campitiello¹, Sabrina Paolino¹, Carmen Pizzorni¹, Alberto Sulli¹, Vanessa Smith² and Maurizio Cutolo³, ¹Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, ²Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ³Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune connective tissue disease, characterized by microvascular damage, alteration of immune response and progressive fibrosis of skin and…
Abstract Number: 0959 • ACR Convergence 2023
Redirecting Macrophage Immunophenotype Attenuates Inflammation and Fibrotic Activation in Systemic Sclerosis
Heetaek Yang¹, Rajan Bhandari¹, Saemi Han², Chanhyuk Park¹, Chen-Yu Wang², Emily Morris¹, Michael Whitfield¹ and Patricia Pioli¹, ¹Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease with multiple clinical and pathological manifestations including vascular involvement, immune activation, oxidative stress, and fibrosis. In…
Abstract Number: 0057 • ACR Convergence 2023
GM-CSF receptor/SYK/JNK/FOXO1/CD11c Signaling Enhances Cell Migration to Promote Atherosclerosis
Daisuke Tsukui¹, Kimura Yoshitaka¹ and Hajime Kono², ¹Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Japan, ²Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Atherosclerosis involves both dyslipidemia and chronic inflammatory disease; however, lipid-lowering agents do not completely eliminate the risks of cardiovascular events. In addition, chronic systemic…
Abstract Number: 1589 • ACR Convergence 2023
Epigenetic Regulation of DNMT3A by TFEB and DOT1L Through AMPK Signalling Orchestrates the Lysosomal Response of Macrophages During Gout and Clonal Hematopoiesis
Isidoro Cobo¹, Jessica Murillo-Saich², Mohnish Alishala¹, Stephen Calderon¹, Roxana Coras³, Nathanael Spann¹, Anyan Cheng⁴, Thomas Prohaska¹, Babak Razani⁵, Robert Terkeltaub¹, Benjamin Ebert⁶, Ru Liu Bryan⁷, Monica Guma⁸ and Christopher glass¹, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of California San Diego, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Universit of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ⁷UCSD and VASDHS, San Diego, CA, ⁸San Diego VA Healthcare Service, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis worldwide, which is characterised by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals (MSUc) in the joints…
Abstract Number: 0058 • ACR Convergence 2023
Macrophage Extracellular Traps Induced by Monosodium Urate or Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals Form Independently of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation
Douglas Daoudlarian¹, André Tiaden², Stavros Giaglis³, Ulrich Walker⁴, Petr Broz⁵, Tobias Maningold⁶ and Diego Kyburz¹, ¹University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ²Laboratory for Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³University of Basel/University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), University Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Monosodium urate (MSU) and calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals are potent inducers of inflammation by activation of the inflammasome in neutrophils phagocytosing the crystals and…
Abstract Number: 1679 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effects of Janus Kinase Inhibitor on TNF-a and IL-6-Induced Osteoclasts and RANKL-Induced Osteoclasts in Peripheral Blood Monocytes from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kazuhiro Yokota¹, Yoshimi Aizaki², Takuma Tsuzuki Wada¹, Hiroshi Kajiyama¹, Yasuto Araki², Hiroaki Yazawa², Yuji Akiyama² and Toshihide Mimura¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: We have previously demonstrated that a combination of TNF-a and IL-6 induces mouse osteoclast-like cells with bone resorption activity both in vitro and in…
Abstract Number: 0063 • ACR Convergence 2023
Investigating Macrophage Repopulation in the Synovium
Jessica Maciuch¹, Yidan Wang², Slim Fourati¹, Harris Perlman¹ and Deborah Winter³, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Hanover Park, IL, ³Northwestern University, Skokie, IL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the joints. Macrophages are a key mediator of pro-inflammatory signaling, contributing to…
Abstract Number: 1722 • ACR Convergence 2023
Fate-mapping of Synovial Monocytes and Macrophages
Yidan Wang¹, Carla Cuda¹, Deborah Winter² and Harris Perlman¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Skokie, IL
Background/Purpose: Synovial monocytes and macrophages are heterogenous populations. These populations play diverse roles in the development of arthritis in humans and mice. In recent years,…
Abstract Number: 0270 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exploring the Potential of Oral Administration of 5-aminolevulinic Acid/sodium Ferrous Citrate in Adult-onset Still’s Disease: Preclinical Study in Mice and Pilot Investigation in Humans to Assess Efficacy and Safety
Tomohiro Koga¹, Remi Sumiyoshi¹, Yoshika Tsuji¹, Ken Kodama², Kaori Furukawa¹, Yushiro Endo¹ and Atsushi Kawakami³, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Neophama Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ³Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: The primary objective of this study is to elucidate the therapeutic potential of 5-aminolevulinic acid/sodium ferrous citrate (5-ALA/SFC) in ameliorating the pathological manifestations associated…
Abstract Number: 1748 • ACR Convergence 2023
Macrophage Extracellular Traps Require Peptidylarginine Deiminase 2 and 4 and Are a Source of Citrullinated Antigens Bound by Rheumatoid Arthritis Autoantibodies
S Janna Bashar, Caitlyn Holmes and Miriam Shelef, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) are a hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis, but the sources of citrullinated antigens as well as which peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs) are…
Abstract Number: 0724 • ACR Convergence 2023
Synovial Macrophage Subsets Defined by ScRNAseq Demonstrate Sexually Dimorphic Gene Expression in RA and a Mouse Inflammatory Arthritis Model
Richard Bell, Ewurama Cann, Chao Yang, Accelerating Medicine Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis, Amit Lakhanpal, Laura Donlin and Lionel Ivashkiv, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Macrophages (MФ) play a key pathogenic role in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), a disease that exhibits female sex bias. Recent work using scRNAseq has defined…
Abstract Number: 1766 • ACR Convergence 2023
Inflammatory Priming of the Joints via Pre-activation of Macrophages by Anti-MAA Antibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marcelo Afonso¹, Jitong Sun¹, Koji Sakuraba¹, Anca Catrina¹, Aase Hensvold², Caroline Grönwall¹ and Bence Réthi¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet. Center for Rheumatology, Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that certain malondialdehyde/acetaldehyde modified protein binding autoantibodies (anti-MAA), obtained from the inflamed joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, induced osteoclast…
Abstract Number: 0798 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Novel 3D Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue Incorporating Fibroblasts, Endothelial Cells and Macrophages
Eva Philippon¹, Lisanne van Rooijen¹, Jan Piet van Hamburg¹, Fatemeh Khodadust¹, Conny Van der Laken² and Sander Tas³, ¹Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam UMC - location VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam UMC, locatie AMC, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a progressive and systemic autoimmune disorder associated with chronic and destructive inflammation of the joints. The hallmarks of RA are…

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