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Abstracts tagged "methylation and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

  • Abstract Number: 178 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Study in Lupus in an Admixed Mexican Population

    Maria Teruel1, Patrick Coit2, Mikhail Dozmorov3, Mario Cardiel4, Ignacio Garcia-De La Torre5, Marco A Maradiaga-Ceceña Sr.6, José Francisco Moctezuma7, Maria Teresa Tusié-Luna8, Marta Alarcón-Riquelme9,10 and Amr H Sawalha2, 1GENYO, Center for Genomics and Oncological Research Pfizer/University of Granada/Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain, 2Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 4Centro de Investigación Clínica de Morelia SC, Morelia, Mexico, 5Immunology & Rheumatology, Centro de Est. de Invest. Bas. y Clin., S.C., Guadalajara, JAL, Mexico, 6Hospital General de Culiacán, Culiacán, Mexico, 7Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, 8Medicina Genómica y Toxicología Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, 9Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 10Centro de Genomica e Investigación Oncológica, Pfizer-University of Granada-Junta de Andalucía, Granada, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Our knowledge about the pivotal role DNA methylation plays in the pathogenesis of SLE has significantly increased in the last few years. However, we…
  • Abstract Number: 2519 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    A Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Diagnostic Test Based On DNA Methylation Signatures From Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

    David W. Anderson1, Robert Shoemaker2, Kurt Krummel3, Zachary Hornby4 and Jonathan E. Lim1, 1Research and Development, IGNYTA, Inc., San Diego, CA, 2Bioinformatics, IGNYTA, Inc., San Diego, CA, 3Research and Development-Assay Development, IGNYTA, Inc., San Diego, CA, 4Business Development, IGNYTA, Inc., San Diego, CA

    Background/Purpose: The heterogeneous nature of SLE and a lack of reliable biomarkers make SLE a challenge to classify in patients. A differential diagnosis of SLE…
  • Abstract Number: 2332 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012

    Suppression of PP2Ac Causes DNA Hypermethylation Through Enhanced Pmek/Perk Activity in T Cells

    Katsue S. Watanabe1, Kamalpreet Nagpal2 and George C. Tsokos3, 1Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, 2Medicine/Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Medicine/Rheumatology, BIDMC, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Although many reports have focused on the impaired MEK-ERK signaling pathway in T cells from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients which results in suppression…
  • Abstract Number: 2284 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012

    Epigenetic Profiling in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Reveals Prominent Hypomethylation of Interferon-Inducible Genes

    Paula S. Ramos1, Timothy D. Howard2, Miranda C. Marion3, Satria Sajuthi4, Jennifer A. Kelly5, Kathy L. Moser5 and Carl D. Langefeld4, 1Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 2Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 3Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, 4Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 5Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, multisystem, autoimmune inflammatory disease. In addition to genetic and environmental influences, the discordance rate between monozygotic (MZ)…
  • Abstract Number: 2269 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012

    The Differences of DNA Methylome and Transcriptome Among Diverse Clinical Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Ming Zhao1, Shuangyan Luo1, Honglong Wu2, Siyang Liu2, Meini Tang1, Wenjing Cheng1, Qing Zhang1, Xinhai Yu1, Tak Mao Chan3, Yudong Xia2, Na Yi2, Fei Gao2, Li Wang2, Ning Li2 and Qianjin Lu4, 1Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, Changsha, China, 2Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, Shenzhen, China, 3Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China, 4Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Background/Purpose: Aberrant DNA methylation and gene expression have been observed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, patterns of DNA methylation and gene expression associated with…
  • Abstract Number: 2270 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012

    The DNA Methylome of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) From Whole Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs)

    Robert Shoemaker1, Lou H. Bookbinder2, David L. Boyle3, Gary S. Firestein4, Jonathan E. Lim5 and David W. Anderson6, 1Bioinformatics, NexDx, Inc., San Diego, CA, 2Molecular Biology, NexDx, Inc., San Diego, 3Div of Rheum, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, 4Div of Rheumatology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, 5Research and Development, NexDx, Inc., San Diego, 6Research and Development, NexDx, Inc., San Diego, CA

    Background/Purpose:  SLE is a disease where epigenetic mechanisms play a role. Methylation of DNA at CpG loci is known to influence the suppression or activation…

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