Abstracts tagged "Mast cells"

Abstract Number: 1401 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Persistence of Mast Cell-Rich Synovitis Is Associated with Lack of Response to Synthetic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Felice Rivellese, Frances Humby, Sara Pagani, Alessandra Nerviani and Costantino Pitzalis, Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Mast cells (MCs) are immune cells infiltrating the synovial membrane and implicated in the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis, but their strict contribution to disease…
Abstract Number: 3218 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Synovial Mast Cells Associate with High Disease Activity and Predict Radiographic Progression at 12 Months in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Felice Rivellese¹, Frances Humby¹, Stephen Kelly¹, Amato de Paulis², Gianni Marone² and Costantino Pitzalis¹, ¹Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Background/Purpose: Mast cells (MCs) are immune cells present in the synovial membrane and implicated in the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis, although their exact contribution…
Abstract Number: 934 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Platelet-Independent Role of Megakaryocytes in Antibody-Mediated Murine Arthritis
Pierre Cunin¹, Loka Penke², Jonathan Thon³, Paul A. Monach⁴, Tatiana Jones⁵, Mary Chen², Yoichiro Iwakura⁶, Jerry Ware⁷, Michael Gurish², Joseph Italiano³, Eric Boilard⁸ and Peter A. Nigrovic^2,9, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Department of Medicine, Hematology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowel, MA, ⁶Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁸Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Faculté de Médecine de l’Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁹Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Mice bearing mutations affecting Kit (stem cell factor receptor) exhibit multiple hematologic phenotypes, including mast cell deficiency, and have been used to assess the…
Abstract Number: 850 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Targeting Synovial Mast Cells in Spondyloarthritis: A Proof-of-Concept Study with the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Nilotinib
Jacqueline E. Paramarta¹, Maureen C. Turina¹, Tanja F. Heijda², Iris C. Blijdorp³, Troy Noordenbos¹, Nataliya Yeremenko² and Dominique L. Baeten⁴, ¹Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology and Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology and Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Immunopathological studies on synovitis recently identified the mast cell as potential novel therapeutic target in spondyloarthritis (SpA).[1] Mast cells can be targeted by inhibiting…