Abstracts tagged "MicroRNA and familial Mediterranean fever"

Abstract Number: 1012 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of microRNAs in Familial Mediterranean Fever
Gil Amarilyo¹, Nir Pillar², Ilan Ben-Zvi³, Daphna Weissglas-Volkov², Jonatan Zalcman², Liora Harel⁴, Avi Livneh³ and Noam Shomron², ¹Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petach Tikva, Israel, ²Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is thought to be inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. However, there are frequent deviations from this model. The aim…
Abstract Number: 249 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MiR-204-3p Associates with an Increased Level of IL-6 in Familial Mediterranean Fever By Targeting the PIK3 Signaling Pathway
Tomohiro Koga¹, Kiyoshi Migita², Akihiro Yachie³, Yukitaka Ueki⁴, Kazunaga Agematsu⁵, Junya Masumoto⁶, Koh-ichiro Yoshiura⁷, Katsumi Eguchi⁸ and Atsushi Kawakami¹, ¹Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan, ³Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, ⁴Rheumatic and Collagen Disease Center, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, ⁵Department of Infectious Immunology, Shinshu University, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu, Japan, ⁶Department of Pathology, Division of Analyticalpathology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan, ⁷Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatology and Metabolism, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is caused by a number of mutations of the MEFV gene, coding for a protein named pyrin that acts as…