Abstracts tagged "neutrophils"

Abstract Number: 1456 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neutrophil Activation Is Associated with Disease Activity and Predicts Development of Erosive Disease and Extra Articular Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mary Bach^1,2, Tiffany Pan³, J. Lee Nelson^3,4 and Christian Lood⁵, ¹VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, SEATTLE, WA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil activation is associated with inflammation and autoimmunity, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where neutrophil infiltration into joints participates in tissue destruction and development of…
Abstract Number: 1720 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Neutrophil Count Predicts More Severe Skin/Lung Disease and Increased Mortality in Early Systemic Sclerosis
Rana Taherian¹, Vishnu Mohan¹, Jun Ying², Samuel Theodore¹, Julio Charles¹, Hau Pham¹, Minghua Wu³, Maureen D. Mayes³ and Shervin Assassi³, ¹University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Department of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Our recent global blood transcript studies show that systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients have a prominent neutrophil signature. Mechanistic studies with neutrophils are hampered by…
Abstract Number: 1929 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Newly Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis and Its Ability to Predict Treatment Failure
Daniel Boulos¹, Robert Metcalf², Susanna Proudman³ and Ian Wicks⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ²Rheumatology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ³Royal Adelaide Hospital, Rheumatology Unit and University of Adelaide, Discipline of Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴Wicks Lab, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: To assess whether the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) can predict those who require disease modifying therapy escalation and hence progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods:…
Abstract Number: 798 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Altered Phenotype of Platelets and Neutrophils Toward Neutrophil-Platelet Interaction in Circulation of Small and Large Vessel Vasuculitis
Kotaro Matsumoto¹, Hidekata Yasuoka², Komei Sakata¹, Keiko Yoshimoto^1,3, Katsuya Suzuki^1,4, Kunihiro Yamaoka¹ and Tsutomu Takeuchi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Keio University School of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Research Center, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medcine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils play an important role in the pathogenesis of necrotizing vasculitis, and activation of neutrophil is one of important triggers of the disease process.…
Abstract Number: 2564 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inhibition of Neutrophil Elastase Protects Against Glomerulonephritis and Thrombosis in a Mouse Model of Lupus
Gautam Sule¹, Levi F. Mazza¹, Nayef M. Kazzaz¹, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi¹, He Meng¹ and Jason S. Knight², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are potential instigators of autoimmunity and effectors of organ damage in lupus. However, there is presently no consensus as to whether inhibition of…
Abstract Number: 2775 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Critical Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in Patients with Behcet’s Disease
Alexandre LE JONCOUR^1,2, Stephane Loyau³, Nicolas Lelay⁴, Marie-Christine Bouton⁵, Antoine Dossier⁶, Anne-Claire Desbois⁷, Fanny Domont⁸, Thomas Papo⁹, Martine Jandrot-Perrus⁵, Patrice Cacoub¹⁰, Nadine Ajzenberg⁵, David saadoun⁷ and Yacine Boulaftali², ¹Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Inflammation-Immunopathologie-Biotherapie (DHU i2B), F-75005, Paris, France., National center for Autoimmune and Systemic rare diseases and for Autoinflammatory diseases, Paris, France, ²INSERM 1148, CHU Xavier Bichat, paris, France, ³Unité INSERM 1148, CHU Xavier Bichat, Faris, France, ⁴2. Unité INSERM 1148, CHU Xavier Bichat, paris, France, ⁵Unité INSERM 1148, CHU Xavier Bichat, paris, France, ⁶3. Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Xavier Bichat, paris, France, ⁷Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Inflammation-Immunopathologie-Biotherapie, National center for Autoimmune and Systemic rare diseases and for Autoinflammatory diseases, Paris, France, ⁸Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Inflammation-Immunopathologie-Biotherapie, National center for Autoimmune and Systemic rare diseases and for Autoinflammatory diseases, paris, France, ⁹Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Xavier Bichat, Paris, France, ¹⁰Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, National center for Autoimmune and Systemic rare diseases and for Autoinflammatory diseases, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic systemic vasculitis characterised by muco-cutaneous, ocular, gastrointestinal, cerebral recurrent lesions. Venous thrombosis, is a frequent and life-threatening complication.…
Abstract Number: 1006 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immune Complex-Mediated TLR8 Activation Shifts Neutrophils from Phagocytosis to Netosis through Furin-Dependent Shedding of Fcgriia
Christian Lood¹, Sabine Arve², Laura Durcan², Jeffrey Ledbetter² and Keith B. Elkon¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils, isolated from healthy individuals, were incubated with RNA-ICs and analyzed for phagocytosis and NETosis by flow cytometry and fluorimetry, respectively, in the presence…
Abstract Number: 2408 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Severe Juvenile Arthritis Associated with a De Novo Gain-of-Function Germline Mutation in MYD88
Keith A. Sikora¹, Joshua R. Bennett¹, Zuoming Deng², Wanxia Li Tsai³, April Brundidge³, Fatemeh Navid³, Gerlinde Layh-Schmitt³, Eric Hanson³, Massimo G. Gadina⁴, Louis M. Staudt⁵, Thomas A. Griffin⁶ and Robert A. Colbert³, ¹Pediatric Translational Research Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Biodata Mining & Discovery, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Translational Immunology Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Levine Children’s Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Background/Purpose: Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88) is a critical adaptor protein that connects Toll-like and IL-1 receptor signaling to activation of NF-κB. Germline loss-of-function…
Abstract Number: 2430 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mutations in the Tyrosine-Protein Kinase Lyn Cause an Early-Onset Neutrophilic Vasculitis Syndrome
Adriana Almeida de Jesus¹, Gina A. Montealegre¹, Helen Freeman², Neil Martin³, Ebun Omoyinmi⁴, Bernadette Marrero¹, Katherine R. Calvo⁵, Chyi-Chia Richard Lee⁶, April D. Brundidge⁷, David Kleiner⁸, Stephen Hewitt⁸, Dawn C. Chapelle⁷, Yan Huang¹, Nirali Shah⁸, Stephen Brooks⁷, Eric Meffre⁹, Paul Brogan¹⁰, Hyesun Kuehn¹¹, Sergio Rosenzweig¹², Melinda Merchant⁸, Zuoming Deng⁷, Susan Moir¹³ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹⁴, ¹National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, United Kingdom, ³Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁴University College London Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hematology Section, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Dermatopathology Section, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁷NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁹Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ¹⁰UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹²Department of Laboratory Medicine/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹³National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁴Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Studies, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Tyrosine-protein kinase Lyn is a Src-family tyrosine kinase expressed by hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cell types. Phosphorylation of a tyrosine residue at position 508 renders…
Abstract Number: 3219 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Altered microRNA Expression Pattern in Synovial and Blood Neutrophils in Rheumatoid Arthritis Reveals the Pathogenic Profile of These Cells. Effect of Biological Therapies
Nuria Barbarroja¹, Ivan Arias de la Rosa¹, Carlos Perez-Sanchez¹, Yolanda Jiménez-Gómez¹, Maria Carmen Abalos-Aguilera², Miguel Angel Caracuel-Ruiz³, Jerusalem Calvo-Gutierrez¹, Rafaela Ortega-Castro¹, Eduardo Collantes-Estévez¹, Alejandro Escudero-Contreras¹, Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹ and Patricia Ruiz-Limon², ¹Rheumatology service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology Service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ³Rheumatology service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: MicroRNAs (miRNA) have recently emerged as a new class of modulators of gene expression, regulating inflammation, degradation of extracellular matrix and invasive behavior of the…
Abstract Number: 569 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neurophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Is a Reliable Marker of Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients during Tocilizumab Therapy
Byeongzu Ghang¹, Doo-Ho Lim², Soo Min Ahn³, Wook Jang Seo⁴, Seokchan Hong³, Yong-Gil Kim², Chang-Keun Lee² and Bin Yoo², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Univerisy of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Internal Medicine, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab, an interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor antagonist, is an effective drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). During administration of tocilizumab, previous studies have…
Abstract Number: 1364 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treating Experimental Arthritis with the Innate Immune Inhibitor IL-37 Reduces Joint and Systemic Inflammation
Giulio Cavalli¹, Marije Koenders², Lorenzo Dagna³, Alberto Mantovani⁴, Cecilia Garlanda⁴, Leo Joosten⁵ and Charles Dinarello¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ²Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy, ⁴Research Institute Humanitas, Milan, Italy, ⁵Internal Medicine, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Characterized as a fundamental inhibitor of innate inflammation, IL‑1 family member IL‑37 is expressed in the synovia of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We investigated…
Abstract Number: 1769 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Role of Topical Administration of Peptidylarginine Deiminase Inhibitors in Murine Lupus
Erica Moore¹, Huw Lewis², Carolyne K. Smith¹, Venkataraman Subramaniam³, Victoria Hoffmann⁴, Paul Thompson⁵ and Mariana J. Kaplan¹, ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Immuno Inflammation, GSK, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ³University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, ⁴ORS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs), specifically PAD4, have recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) through their role in citrullinating histones in…
Abstract Number: 2704 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neutrophil-Derived Lactoferrin Regulates the Activity of NFAT5 in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts Via Toll-like Receptor 4
Kunihiko Umekita, Shunichi Miyauchi, Kazuyoshi Kubo, Hajime Nomura, Kazumi Umeki, Koushou Iwao, Mao Komura and Akihiko Okayama, Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are proposed to drive aberrant stimulation of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) joints resulting in increased expression…
Abstract Number: 1518 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disentangling the Effects of Tocilizumab on Neutrophil Survival and Function
Timo Gaber^1,2,3, Martin Hahne⁴, Cindy Strehl², Paula Hoff¹, Yvonne Doerffel⁵, Eugen Feist¹, Gerd Burmester¹ and Frank Buttgereit⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany, ³Berlin-Brandenburg Center of Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany, ⁴Berlin-Brandenburg School of Regenerative Therapies (BSRT), Berlin, Germany, ⁵Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose The synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) represents a hypoxic environment with up-regulated pro-inflammatory cytokines and cellular infiltrates including neutrophils. Tocilizumab, a humanized IgG1…

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