Abstracts tagged "psoriatic arthritis and synovial cells"

Abstract Number: 155 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Polyfunctional Synovial T-Cell Responses and Synovial Invasiveness Repressed By Blockade of Phosphodiesterase 4
Sarah M. Wade¹, Mary Canavan¹, Trudy McGarry¹, Siobhan C. Wade¹, Ronan Mullan², Douglas J. Veale³ and Ursula Fearon¹, ¹Molecular Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Department of Rheumatology,, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Genetic and functional studies strongly support the role of T-cells in PsA pathophysiology. Effective targeting of T-cells requires a detailed understanding of their phenotypic…
Abstract Number: 2815 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
A Comparison of Th17 Gene Expression in Psoriatic Arthritis Synovial Fluid and Peripheral Blood
Fatima Abji¹, Remy Pollock², Kun Liang³, Vinod Chandran⁴ and Dafna Gladman⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a destructive inflammatory arthritis that develops in approximately 30% of patients with cutaneous psoriasis. Th17 cells infiltrate psoriatic skin and…
Abstract Number: 2834 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
CXCL10 Expression Is Elevated in Synovial Fluid of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Anastasiya Muntyanu¹, Fatima Abji², Kun Liang³, Vinod Chandran⁴ and Dafna Gladman⁴, ¹Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), an inflammatory musculoskeletal disease, develops in approximately 30% of patients with psoriasis. We previously identified C-X-C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10) as…
Abstract Number: 560 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Proteomic Profiling of Synovial Fluid Reveals Candidate Psoriatic Arthritis Biomarkers
Daniela Cretu¹, Ihor Batruch², Punit Saraon³, Dafna D. Gladman⁴, Fawnda Pellett⁵, Eleftherios Diamandis⁶ and Vinod Chandran⁷, ¹Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine,, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a unique form of arthritis occurring in 30% of psoriasis patients. There is a high prevalence of undiagnosed PsA in…