Abstracts tagged "neutrophils"

Abstract Number: 1765 • ACR Convergence 2023
Persistent Cigarette Smoking Is Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis Onset and Neutrophil Activation in a Prospective Study of At-risk First-Degree Relatives
Jeba Maisha, Xiaobo Meng, Hani El-Gabalawy and Liam O'Neil, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cigarette smoking (CS) is a major environmental risk factor for the development of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and is associated with the development of RA…
Abstract Number: 0110 • ACR Convergence 2023
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps as Mediators of Antiphospholipid Antibody-Induced Trophoblast Dysfunction and Fetal Loss
Christine Rysenga, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi, Wenying Liang, Claire Hoy, Cyrus Sarosh, Richard Lieberman, Yu Zuo and Jason Knight, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) induce obstetric complications associated with placental insufficiency by promoting trophoblast dysfunction and inflammation at the maternal-fetal interface. Neutrophils have been found…
Abstract Number: 1776 • ACR Convergence 2023
Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor May Help Maintain Tight Junctions in the Gut by Enhancing Occludin Expression
Shaghayegh Foroozan¹ and Nigil Haroon², ¹University Health Network/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with multifactorial origins, primarily affecting the musculoskeletal system. Gut inflammation is seen in the majority of…
Abstract Number: 0112 • ACR Convergence 2023
Molecular Stratification of Antiphospholipid Syndrome Patients Through Integrative Analysis of the Whole-blood RNA Transcriptome
Amala Ambati¹, Feiyang Ma¹, Katarina Kmetova¹, Sherwin Navaz¹, Claire Hoy¹, Cyrus Sarosh¹, Ajay Tambralli¹, Johann E. Gudjonsson¹, J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹, Jacqueline Madison¹, Ali Duarte-Garcia², Jason Knight¹ and Yu Zuo¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired thrombo-inflammatory disease associated with diverse clinical manifestations in the setting of persistent antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). Early diagnosis and…
Abstract Number: 1781 • ACR Convergence 2023
TNF Induces Neutrophil Elastase/Gasdermin D-mediated Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Yehao Li and Xiang Peng, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Qingyuan People’s Hospital, Qingyuan, China
Background/Purpose: Emerging studies have shown that neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are increased and associated with the disease activity in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However,…
Abstract Number: 0113 • ACR Convergence 2023
Serum Myeloperoxidase (MPO)-DNA Complexes and Serum Calprotectin Differentiate Isolated Thrombotic Antiphospholipid Syndrome from Isolated Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Ruyu Liang¹, Ranran Yao², Ziye Wang³, Wenwen Pei², Renge Liang³ and Chun Li⁴, ¹Peking University, XiCheng, China, ²Peking University, Beijing, China, ³Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁴Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: There is a lack of serum markers to differentiate thrombotic APS (tAPS) and obstetric APS (oAPS). Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are involved in the…
Abstract Number: 2189 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lymphopenia Fluctuation Patterns Determine the Trajectory of the Disease in Sjogren’s Patients with Hematological Involvement
Giovanni Fulvio¹, Matilde Bandeira², Augusto Silva³, Gaetano La Rocca⁴, Silvia Fonzetti⁵, Francesco Ferro⁶, Marta Mosca⁷, Vasco Romão², Chiara Baldini¹, Manuel Silvério-António⁸ and Nikita Khmelinskii², ¹University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ³Santa Maria Hospital, Maceira, Portugal, ⁴University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ⁵AOUP, Pisa, Italy, ⁶Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁸Hospital Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Sjogren's disease (SjD) is characterized by a moderate prevalence of cytopenia, mainly neutropenia and lymphocytopenia with a typical fluctuating pattern. The associations between clinical…
Abstract Number: 0259 • ACR Convergence 2023
Preliminary Experience with a Novel “Fix” for Deep Epitope and Transcriptional Phenotyping of Fragile Cells from Autoinflammatory Flares
Hallie Carol¹, Emily Landy² and Scott Canna¹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory diseases (AID) are characterized by inflammation and immunopathology due to primary defects in the innate immune response. Neutrophils (PMN) feature prominently in the…
Abstract Number: 2233 • ACR Convergence 2023
Neutrophil Levels Associate with Early Improvement in Spinal Pain and Week 24 Multi-Domain Disease Control During Guselkumab Treatment in Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Post Hoc Pooled Analyses of Two Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trials
Thomas Macleod¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Emmanouil Rampakakis³, Warner Chen⁴, Antonius Pieter J Van Den Heuvel⁴, Loqmane Seridi⁴, May Shawi⁵, Frederic Lavie⁶, Joseph F. Merola⁷, Proton Rahman⁸ and Dennis McGonagle⁹, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³McGill University, Department of Pediatrics / JSS Medical Research, Scientific Affairs, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Translational Sciences, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁵Immunology, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Titusville, NJ, ⁶The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Paris, France, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Craig Dobbin Research Institute, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada, ⁹Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils have potential pathogenic roles in chronic inflammatory diseases (e.g., neutrophilic cutaneous microabscesses in psoriasis, and neutrophils in the synovial fluid/tissue in PsA and…
Abstract Number: 0864 • ACR Convergence 2023
Proteomic Analysis of Circulating Neutrophils from Osteoarthritis Patients Shows Metabolic Dysregulation That Is Associated with Decreased Physiologic Apoptosis
Jennifer Amsler¹, Morgane Le Gall², Camille Daste³, François Rannou³ and Véronique Witko-Sarsat², ¹Institut Cochin, Bern, Switzerland, ²Institut Cochin, Paris, France, ³Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) has long been thought to be only of local mechanical origin. However, it has been shown recently that there is a phenotype…
Abstract Number: 2358 • ACR Convergence 2023
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Induce Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Associate with Vascular Complications in Scleroderma
Ramadan Ali¹, Wenying Liang¹, Claire Shiple¹, Rosemary Gedert², Suiyuan Huang¹, Cyrus Sarosh¹, Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou¹, Dinesh Khanna¹ and Jason Knight¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Onsted, MI
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc, also known as scleroderma) is a disease characterized by fibrosis, autoimmunity, and vasculopathy. Many devastating complications such as digital ulcerations, scleroderma…
Abstract Number: 0901 • ACR Convergence 2023
Scavenging of Isolevuglandins Attenuates Neutrophil Expansion and Aortic NETosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jaya Krishnan¹, Néstor de la Visitación¹, Jonathan Williams¹, Leslie Crofford² and David Patrick³, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Melbourne, AR, ³Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Atherosclerosis and vascular inflammation are a cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Vascular NETosis is a driver of atherosclerosis and…
Abstract Number: 2442 • ACR Convergence 2023
Neutrophils Induce Contact-Dependent Expansion of Arthritogenic Th17 Cells and Are Necessary for Disease in Experimental Ankylosing Spondylitis
Hillary Struthers¹, Emily Vance¹, Kofi Asare-Konadu¹, Holly Rosenzweig² and Ruth Napier¹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients have irregular neutrophil responses, as indicated clinically by neutrophilia and increased neutrophil to lymphocyte ratios that positively associate with disease…
Abstract Number: 0905 • ACR Convergence 2023
Low-Density Granulocytes and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Incomplete Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Svenja Henning¹, Tobias Reimers², Berber Doornbos-van der Meer², Barbara Horvath³, Hendrika Bootsma⁴, Karina de Leeuw² and Johanna Westra², ¹University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³University Medical Center Groningen / Department of Dermatology, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Incomplete SLE (iSLE) defines a group of patients with symptoms typical of SLE but not meeting sufficient criteria required for the classification of SLE.…
Abstract Number: 2462 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mitochondrial-Mediated Neutrophil Activation in Dermatomyositis (DM) and Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM): Insights into Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Implications
Jorge Armando Gonzalez-Chapa¹, Jemima Albayda², Begum Horuluoglu³, Despina Michailidou¹, Marina Barguil Macedo¹, Lisa Christopher-Stine², Ingrid Lundberg⁴ and Christian Lood¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet; Department of Gastroenterology, Dermatotology, Rhematology, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) and inclusion body myositis (IBM) are characterized by muscle weakness and inflammation, with emerging evidence of mitochondrial and neutrophil involvement. Prior work…

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