Abstracts tagged "pathogenesis"

Abstract Number: 427 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epigenetic Features As Predictive Markers of Responsiveness to Epitope-Specific Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Roberto Spreafico¹, Maura Rossetti¹, Theodorus Van Der Broek¹, Olivia Morrow¹ and Salvatore Albani², ¹Translational Immunology, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, ²Translational Research Program, Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: The focus of current research for new therapeutic approaches in Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is shifting from mere suppression to induction and maintenance of tolerance.…
Abstract Number: 2312 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Senescent T Cells Promote Bone Loss in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Johannes Fessler¹, Rusmir Husic², Elisabeth Lerchbaum³, Verena Schwetz³, Claudia Stiegler³, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch³, Winfried B. Graninger⁴ and Christian Dejaco⁵, ¹Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ²Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ³Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁴Internal medicine/Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁵Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To study the influence of aged CD28-T cells on systemic osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Methods: Prospective, cross-sectional study on 100 patients with…
Abstract Number: 406 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
βig-h3 Regulates the Inflammatory Arthritis by Mediating Selective Recruitment of Effector/Memory T Cells
Keum Hee Sa¹, Jin Hee Kang¹, Mahmudul Md Alam¹, Kyung Hwa Lee¹, Churl Hyun Im¹, Eon Jeong Nam¹, In San Kim² and Young Mo Kang³, ¹Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea, ²Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea, ³Department of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Transforming growth factor-beta inducible gene-h3 (βig-h3) is abundantly expressed in synovial tissues of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has a regulatory role in growth, differentiation,…
Abstract Number: 2320 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Superantigen Induces IL-17 Production From Extremely Polarized Th1 Clones
Kentaro Yomogida¹, Yuan K. Chou¹ and Cong-Qiu Chu², ¹Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Rheumatology, Oregon Health & Science Univ and Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Differentiation of naïve CD4+ T cells is considered to be an irreversible event and, in particular, the plasticity is thought to be completely lost…
Abstract Number: 408 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Alpha-Enolase Facilitates Migration of Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kichul Shin¹, Ji Ah Park², Seyeon Bae³, Jae Seung Kang³ and Yeong Wook Song⁴, ¹Rheumatology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine,, Seoul National Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Anatomy and Tumor Immunity Medical Research Center, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose:Alpha-enolase (ENO1) is a multifunctional glycolytic enzyme ubiquitously expressed in the cytoplasm. Citrullinated ENO1 is reported to be a candidate autoantigen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…
Abstract Number: 1767 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating Plasmablasts As a Source of Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Priscilla Kerkman, Ellen I.H. van der Voort, Leendert A. Trouw, Tom W.J. Huizinga, René E.M. Toes and Hans Ulrich Scherer, Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Anti citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and predict disease onset and severity. Accumulating evidence indicates that ACPA could…
Abstract Number: 328 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-7; An Important Pro-Inflammatory Factor That Affects Myeloid Cell Function in RA and CIA
Nathan D. Chamberlain¹, Seung-jae Kim², Michael Volin³, Anjali Mehta², Nadera J. Sweiss⁴ and Shiva Shahrara¹, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, ⁴internal medicine section of rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine the role of IL-7 in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as well as in collagen…

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