Abstracts tagged "Monocytes/macrophages"

Abstract Number: 1169 • ACR Convergence 2022
Downregulated Fli1 in Systemic Sclerosis Myeloid Cells Contributes to Enhanced Transendothelial Migration
Pablo Weilg Espejo¹, Taha Dinc², Fatima El Adili³, Maria Trojanowska⁴ and Andreea Bujor⁴, ¹Boston Medical Center, Chelsea, MA, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Revere, MA, ⁴Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The mononuclear phagocytic system in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is central to fibrogenesis and may contribute to fibrosis via enhanced monocyte migration into injured tissues…
Abstract Number: 1565 • ACR Convergence 2022
Dissection of Ocular and Peripheral Blood Immune Phenotypes Suggests Preferential Transmigration of CD16+ Monocytes to Effector Sites in Behçet’s Disease
Yesim Ozguler¹, Ziyan Lin², Ann Cavers³, gulen Hatemi⁴, Olivier Manches⁵ and Johannes Nowatzky³, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Applied Informatics Laboratories, New York, NY, ³NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Recherche et Développement, Immunobiology and Immunotherapy in Chronic Diseases, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Université Grenoble Alpes Etablissement Français du Sang Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Grenoble, France
Background/Purpose: Cellular immunity of Behçet's Disease (BD) remains poorly understood. Previous work has provided clues pointing to most innate and adaptive immune cell types in…
Abstract Number: 1699 • ACR Convergence 2022
Arthritis-associated Synovial CD64-Ly6c- myeloid Cells Comprise 2 Subpopulations
Yidan Wang¹, Miranda Gurra¹, Carla Cuda¹, Hadijat Makinde¹, Shangyang Chen¹, Gaurav Gadhvi¹, Salina Dominguez¹, Caroline Shah¹, Deborah Winter² and Harris Perlman¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Skokie, IL
Background/Purpose: Monocytes are critical for the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, depletion of circulating monocytes – either classical or non-classical monocytes – is not…
Abstract Number: 1710 • ACR Convergence 2022
CCL2 Drives Interferon-enhanced Monocytosis in UV-mediated Skin Injury in Murine Lupus
Mitra Maz¹, Hong Shi², Sonya Wolf-Fortune³, Shannon Estadt³, Alayka Reddy³, Rachael Wasikowski³, Alex Tsoi³, Celine Berthier³ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg³, ¹University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Vascular Biology Center, Augusta, GA, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by overproduction of type I interferons (IFNs) and sensitivity to ultraviolet (UV) light. Though…
Abstract Number: 2003 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-rheumatic Treatment Modulates Expression of the Glycolytic Enzyme PFKFB3 in CD14+ Monocytes of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Which Contributes to Dissimilarities of the IFN Signature
Malin Erlandsson¹, Karin Andersson¹, Sofia Töyrä Silfverswärd², Rille pullerits² and Maria Bokarewa², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Combination of IFN-stimulated genes known as IFN signature, helps to predict disease activity and treatment response in several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 0004 • ACR Convergence 2022
mTORC1 Drives the Spectrum of Pathology in Systemic JIA and Macrophage Activation Syndrome
zhengping huang¹, xiaomeng You², Liang Chen³, Yan Du³, Kailey Brodeur³, Qiang Wang³, David Sykes⁴, Margaret Chang⁵, Julia Charles², Peter Nigrovic⁵ and Pui Lee⁵, ¹Guangdong Second Provincial Hospital, Guangzhou, China, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is a severe inflammatory syndrome characterized by fever, skin rash and arthritis. A subset of patients with sJIA develop…
Abstract Number: 2144 • ACR Convergence 2022
JAK Inhibition Re-balances Gene Expression Profile of Circulating Immune Cells in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Maria Gabriella Raimondo¹, Charles Gwellem Anchang¹, Hannah Labinsky², Mina Saad Aziz Saad¹, Simon Rauber¹, Mario Vogg¹, Eleni Kampylafka¹, Johannes Knitza¹, Alina Soare¹, Georg Schett³ and Andreas Ramming¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Janus Kinase (JAK)/Signal Transducers and Activator of Transcription (STAT) is not only involved in IL23- signaling, but rather implemented into a broad range of…
Abstract Number: 0152 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pm/Scl Patients Have an Expanded Population of CD19+CD21lo/negCD11c+CD11b+ Cells Expressing a Monocyte, Not B Cell, Transcriptome
Erin Wilfong, Leslie Crofford and Rachel Bonami, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: CD19 is considered a canonical B cell lineage marker. Previously, we have reported that CD19+CD21lo/negCD11c+ cells were increased in both systemic sclerosis [PMC8828801] as…
Abstract Number: 2181 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gut Microbe-derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids Regulate Arthritis and Myositis During Chikungunya Virus Infection
Fang R. Zhao¹, Emma Winkler¹, Chun-Jun Guo², Russell B. Williams³, Leran Wang¹, Ana Jung¹, Lindsay Droit¹, Leah Heath¹, Ting-ting Li², Matthias Mack⁴, Megan T. Baldridge¹, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck⁵, Larissa B. Thackray¹, Scott A. Handley¹, Michael A. Fischbach⁶ and Michael S. Diamond¹, ¹Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²Cornell University, New York, NY, ³Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, ⁴University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: The intestinal microbiota regulates musculoskeletal inflammation and antibiotic use increases risk for the development or relapse of inflammatory arthritis. However, the basis for this…
Abstract Number: 0249 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of Distinct Peripheral Blood Myeloid Cell Subpopulations in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Jill Poole¹, Bryant England¹, Kathryn Cole¹, James Talmadge¹, Amy Nelson¹, Rohit Gaurav¹, Aaron Schwabb¹, Angela Gleason¹, Michael Duryee¹, Rhonda Walenz¹, Bridget Kramer¹, Joel VanDeGraaff¹, Sara May¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹ and Ted Mikuls², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The key cellular players of RA-ILD remain largely unknown.…
Abstract Number: 0022 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Effects of MAA-Modified and/or Citrullinated Proteins on Calcium Influx and Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase (PAD) Expression in Macrophage
Andrew Gerber, Michael Duryee, Nozima Aripova, Bryant England, James O'Dell, Ted Mikuls and Geoffrey Thiele, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Expressed in synovial fluid mononuclear and other inflammatory cells, peptidyl arginine deiminase (PAD) catalyzes post-translational citrullination of synovial proteins in a calcium (Ca2+)-dependent manner.…
Abstract Number: 0040 • ACR Convergence 2021
M1-M2 Polarization by CTLA4-Ig (Abatacept) on Cultured Circulating Monocytes from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Healthy Subjects
Samuele tardito¹, Stefano Soldano², Emanuele Gotelli², Paola Montagna¹, Rosanna Campitiello², Sabrina Paolino², Carmen Pizzorni¹, Alberto Sulli², Vanessa Smith³ and Maurizio Cutolo², ¹Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Dept. Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Polyclinic San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy, ²Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Polyclinic San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy, ³Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting 1% of the population worldwide [1]. Monocytes/macrophages are known to play a crucial role in…
Abstract Number: 0041 • ACR Convergence 2021
Vascularized ‘Synovium-on-a-Chip’ – A Novel and Adaptable Model for Dissecting Inflammatory Biology Underlying Rheumatoid Arthritis
Theresa Wampler Muskardin¹, Chao Ma², Benteng Ma², Kayla Van Buren³, Timothy Niewold⁴ and Weiqiang Chen², ¹Colton Center for Autoimmunity, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²New York University, New York, NY, ³Mnemo Therapeutics, New York, NY, ⁴Colton Center for Autoimmunity NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common multisystem inflammatory condition, affecting approximately 1% of the world population. The mechanisms underlying RA are still incompletely defined…
Abstract Number: 0508 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of Macrophages Stimulated with Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde And/or Citrulline Modified Proteins on Fibroblasts Activation
Nozima Aripova, Michael Duryee, Evan Ryan, Peter Maloley, Bryant England, James O'Dell, Ted Mikuls and Geoffrey Thiele, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), chronic synovial inflammation is accompanied by fibrotic responses that together lead to pannus formation and progressive joint damage. Exposure to…
Abstract Number: 0513 • ACR Convergence 2021
Spirulina Activates IFNγ via TLR4 in Dermatomyositis Skin and Peripheral Blood
DeAnna Diaz¹, Thomas Vazquez², Christina Bax³, Jay Patel⁴, Madison Grinnell⁵, Emily Keyes⁶, Yubin Li⁵ and Victoria Werth⁷, ¹Philadelphia College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²FIU Wertheim College of Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA, ³Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC/ Department of Dermatology, U Penn, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Department of Dermatology, U Penn, Philadelphia, NJ, ⁵Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Department of Dermatology, U Penn, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Our group has previously shown that Spirulina, a popular herbal supplement with purported immune boosting effects, is temporally associated with dermatomyositis (DM) onset and…

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