Abstracts tagged "Mouse Models, RA"

Abstract Number: 1889 • ACR Convergence 2021
Arthritogenic T Cells Harbor a Transcriptional Program of T Cell Activation and a Repertoire Pruned by Endogenous Superantigen
JUDITH F ASHOURI, Elizabeth McCarthy, Steven Yu, Noah Perlmutter, Charles Lin, Chun Jimmie Yu and Arthur Weiss, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: It is widely accepted that activation of specific CD4 T cells through their TCRs by self-antigen (Ag) is necessary for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) onset.…
Abstract Number: 1891 • ACR Convergence 2021
Variable Effects of Testosterone on Male versus Female Derived Macrophages in Inflammatory Arthritis
Kiana Chen¹, Xi Lin¹, Lianping Xing², H. Mark Kenney³, Richard Bell⁴, Edward Schwarz⁵ and Homaira Rahimi⁵, ¹University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Webster, NY, ³University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease that is female predominant. The TNF-transgenic (TNF-Tg) mouse model of RA also develops a sexually…
Abstract Number: 0774 • ACR Convergence 2020
Nr4a1-high Arthritogenic T Cells from SKG Mice Are Associated with Markers of Recent and Chronic Antigen-stimulation and an Altered T Cell Receptor Repertoire
Judith Ashouri-Sinha¹, Elizabeth McCarthy¹, Steven Yu², Chun Jimmie Ye¹ and Arthur Weiss¹, ¹UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco, CA, ²UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, San Francsico, CA
Background/Purpose: T cells can either be activated through their T cell receptor (TCR) in an antigen-specific manner, or in response to cytokines. Identification of antigen-reactive…
Abstract Number: 0778 • ACR Convergence 2020
Bacterial Families Lachnospiraceae/Ruminococcaceae Are Immunologically Targeted in Individuals At-risk for RA and a Specific Strain Is Arthritogenic in Monocultured Gnotobiotic Mice
Meagan Chriswell¹, Jennifer Seifert², Lisa Blum³, Michelle Bloom³, Marie Feser⁴, M Kristen Demoruelle⁵, Jill Norris⁶, Kevin D. Deane⁷, Eddie James⁸, Jane Buckner⁸, William Robinson³, V. Michael Holers⁵ and Kristine Kuhn⁹, ¹UC Denver SOM, Denver, CO, ²UC Denver, Littleton, CO, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado, ⁵University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁶Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ⁷2 Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado, ⁸Center for Translational Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Circulating autoantibodies, including anti-CCP and RF, develop years before physical manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with several lines of evidence suggesting that these autoantibodies…
Abstract Number: 0781 • ACR Convergence 2020
Phenotypic and Functional Characterisation of Synovial Fluid-derived Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ditte Køster¹, Johanne Hovgaard Egedal¹, Malene Hvid¹, Martin Roelsgaard Jakobsen¹, Ulf Müller-Ladner², Bent Deleuran¹, Tue Wenzel Kragstrup¹, Elena Neumann³ and Morten Aagaard Nielsen¹, ¹Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology, Immunology, Osteology and Physical Medicine, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are central cellular components in persistent inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Pathological subsets of FLS have been identified…
Abstract Number: 0966 • ACR Convergence 2020
Decoupling Inflammation and Bone Loss in Rheumatoid Arthritis via Schnurri-3
Zheni Stavre¹, JungMin Kim², Jae-Hyuck Shim² and Ellen Gravallese³, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School-Rheumatology Division, Worcester, MA, ²University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that leads to local and systemic bone loss. TNF is a key mediator of bone loss,…
Abstract Number: 0969 • ACR Convergence 2020
Investigating Murine Joint-Draining Lymphatics: Lineage Tracing and Single Cell RNA Sequencing Reveal Evidence That Popliteal Lymphatic Muscle Cells and Their Progenitors Represent Distinct Cell Types Divergent from Striated and Vascular Muscle Cells
H. Mark Kenney¹, Richard Bell², Elysia Masters¹, Lianping Xing¹, Christopher Ritchlin³ and Edward Schwarz¹, ¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Previous studies demonstrated that tumor necrosis factor transgenic (TNF-Tg) mice with inflammatory arthritis have damaged lymphatic muscle cells (LMCs) and eventual loss of popliteal…
Abstract Number: 1407 • ACR Convergence 2020
Resolvin D5 Modulates Th17/Treg Cell Differentiation and Suppresses Osteoclastogenesis
Hirotaka Yamada¹, Jun Saegusa², Sho Sendo³, Yo Ueda⁴, Takaichi Okano¹, Yoshikazu Fujikawa⁵, Yuzuru Yamamoto⁶, Takumi Nagamoto¹, Yoshihide Ichise¹, Ikuko Naka¹, Kengo Akashi⁷, Akira Onishi⁷, Masakazu Shinohara¹ and Akio Morinobu⁷, ¹Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, ²Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ³Kobe University, Kobe, ⁴Kobe UniversityRheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ⁵Kobe University, Kobe city, Japan, ⁶Kobe University, Kobe-city, Japan, ⁷Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Over the last two decades, it has become increasingly clear that resolution of acute inflammation is not a passive process, but requires active modulation.…