Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 3026 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Efficacy and Safety of Low Dose IL-2 Therapy in over-Treated Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Preliminary Study
Sheng-Xiao Zhang¹, Miao Miao², Xiao-Qing Liu², Xiao-Wen Ma², Xiao-Yan Wu² and Xiao-Feng Li¹, ¹Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, ²The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
Background/Purpose: Current therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often leads to excessive immunosuppression induced by glucocorticoids and DMARDs. Low-dose Interleukin 2 (IL-2) has been showed to induce…
Abstract Number: 575 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differences in Histological Scores and Histoclinical Correlations in ACPA- Versus ACPA+ Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Fadil Pirbuccus¹, Christine Galant¹, Adrien Nzeusseu Toukap², Frédéric A. Houssiau¹, Patrick Durez² and Bernard R. Lauwerys¹, ¹Pôle de pathologies rhumatismales inflammatoires et systémiques, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ²Pôle de Maladies Rhumatismales, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Differences in the pathogenesis of ACPA- versus ACPA+ rheumatoid arthritis are still poorly understood. In this study, we compared patterns of synovial changes in…
Abstract Number: 3124 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Huntingtin Interacting Protein 1 (Hip1) Is a New Arthritis Severity Gene
Teresina Laragione¹, Percio Gulko¹ and Max Brenner², ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ²Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Cia25/Pia42 is an arthritis severity and joint damage quantitative trait locus on rat chromosome 12 previously identified in an intercross between MHC identical but…
Abstract Number: 1036 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dominant B-Cell Receptor Clones in Peripheral Blood Predict Onset of Arthritis in Individuals at Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Paul-Peter Tak^1,2,3, Marieke E. Doorenspleet⁴, Maria de Hair⁵, Paul L. Klarenbeek⁶, Marian van Beers-Tas⁷, Antoine H.C. van Kampen⁸, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg^9,10, Danielle M. Gerlag^11,12, Frank Baas¹³ and Niek de Vries¹⁴, ¹Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology F4.105, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Currently: GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ³currently: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium & Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Dept. of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁶Dept. of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Dept Clin Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center/Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology F4.105, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, ARC | Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹²Current address: GSK,Clinical Unit Cambridge,R&D Projects Clinical Platforms & Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹³Department of Genome Analysis, Academic Medical Center/Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁴Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The onset of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is preceded by the presence of specific autoantibodies in the absence of synovial inflammation. Only a subset…
Abstract Number: 3148 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Peptidylarginine Deiminase 2 Is Required for Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induced Citrullination and Arthritis, but Not Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation
Mandar Bawadekar¹, Daeun Shim¹, Ryan Rebernick¹, Chloe Peyton¹, Chad J. Johnson², Thomas F. Warner³, Dres Damgaard⁴, Claus Henrik Nielsen⁵, Anthony P. Nicholas⁶, Ger JM Pruijn⁷, Jeniel E. Nett⁸ and Miriam A. Shelef^1,9, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ²Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ³Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ⁴Institute for Inflammation Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Danish Rheumatologic Biobank and DANBIO registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Gentofte and Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Biomolecular Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials and Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁸Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ⁹William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: The presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis points to a potential role for citrullination in disease pathogenesis. Peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs) catalyze the…
Abstract Number: 1111 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Huntingtin Interactin Protein 1 (HIP1) Regulates Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Mediated Activity and Cell Invasiness in Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes
Teresina Laragione, Nasim Azizgolshani, Carolyn Harris, Erjing Gao and Percio Gulko, Medicine/Rheumatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Huntingtin-interacting protein 1 (Hip1) is a new arthritis severity gene recently identified in the Pristane and Collagen-induced arthritis (PIA, CIA) quantitative trait locus Cia25/Pia42…
Abstract Number: 1435 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
KCa1.1 Potassium Channels Are a Novel Therapeutic Target on Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mark Tanner¹, Redwan Huq¹, Rajeev Tajhya¹, Michael Pennington², Teresina Laragione³, Pércio Gulko⁴ and Christine Beeton⁵, ¹Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Peptides International, Louisville, KY, ³Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) develop a high degree of invasiveness during rheumatoid arthritis (RA), leading to joint degradation. There are currently no therapeutics that specifically…
Abstract Number: 1436 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TAS8274, a Highly Selective Janus Kinase 3 Inhibitor, Demonstrates Potent Efficacy in an Animal Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hiroaki Hayashi, Takafumi Harada, Shunsuke Demizu, Fumito Tatsuzawa, Ken Sato, Morihiro Mitsuya, Kenji Tanaka, Kazuhiko Yonekura, Teruhiro Utsugi, Eiji Sasaki and Yoshikazu Iwasawa, TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: The family of Janus kinases (JAKs) plays important roles in signaling pathway mediated by various cytokine receptors. An aberrant activation of JAK-STAT signaling…
Abstract Number: 1618 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Protective Effect of HLA-DRB1*13 Alleles during Specific Phases in the Development of ACPA-Positive RA
J. van Heemst¹, A.H. Hensvold², X. Jiang², H. van Steenbergen¹, L. Klareskog², T. W. J. Huizinga¹, A.H.M. van der Helm- van Mil¹, A.I. Catrina², René E. M. Toes¹, K. Lundberg² and Diane van der Woude¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: HLA-DRB1*13 alleles are associated with protection from anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA-)positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is however unknown at which phase of disease development…
Abstract Number: 2732 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Adrenocorticotropin Gel (HP Acthar Gel) in Combination with MTX in Newly Diagnosed RA Patients from a Clinical and Structural Perspective
Norman B. Gaylis¹, Steven Needell² and Joanne Sagliani¹, ¹Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ²Boca Radiology Group, Boca Raton, FL
Background/Purpose: Although adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) gel was approved by the FDA for the treatment of RA in 1952, data on its clinical and structural benefits for…
Abstract Number: 1622 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genome-Wide Association Analysis and Whole Genome Sequencing Identify Variants Associated with Radiographic Severity of Rheumatoid Arthritis in African Americans
Vincent A. Laufer¹, Richard J. Reynolds², Maria I. Danila³, R. Curtis Hendrickson⁴, Elliot J. Lefkowitz⁵, Devin Absher⁶, Robert P. Kimberly⁷ and S. Louis Bridges Jr.⁸, ¹Division of Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, ⁷Medicine, Clinical Immun & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Joint damage manifested by bony erosions and joint space narrowing is a major contributor to the morbidity and mortality of RA. Reports in Caucasians…
Abstract Number: 3098 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Lymphocytic Aggregates Associate with Highly Active RA and Predict Erosive Disease at 12 Months: Results from the Pathobiology of Early Arthritis Cohort
Maria DiCicco¹, Frances Humby¹, Stephen Kelly², Rebecca Hands¹, nora ng³, Arti Mahto³, Illias Lazarou³, Vidalba Rocher¹, Lu Zou³, Michele Bombardieri⁴, Christopher Buckley⁵, A.H.M. van der Helm- van Mil⁶, Robert B.M. Landewé⁷, Désirée van der Heijde⁸, Iain B. McInnes⁹, Peter C. Taylor¹⁰ and Costantino Pitzalis¹¹, ¹Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ²William Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³William Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Birmingham, Rheumatology Research Group, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷University of Amsterdam and Atrium Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford Botnar Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹¹Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The inflammatory cell infiltrate in RA synovium has been recognised to organise into lymphocytic aggregates (Ags) with data to suggest that these structures are…
Abstract Number: 1646 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Which Factors Influence the Prescription of Tocilizumab Alone or in Combination with Dmards in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in a Real Life Setting? the ACT-Solo Study: An Analysis of Efficacy and Safety at 12 Months
Jacques Tebib¹, Isabelle Idier², Mathieu Coudert³, David Pau⁴, Jean-Francis Maillefert⁵ and Rene-Marc Flipo⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France, ²Chugai Pharma, La Defense, France, ³Statistics, Experis IT, Nanterre, France, ⁴Statistics, Roche, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital, Dijon, France, ⁶Rheumatology, University Hospital, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: Baseline factors influencing the use of tocilizumab (TCZ) in monotherapy (Mono) instead of combination with DMARDs (Combo) in real-life practice in RA patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: 3136 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Prokinetic Agents on Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Disease: A Systematic Review
Annaliese Tisseverasinghe¹, Ahmad Kadhim², Ambica Parmar², Louis Liu² and Sindhu R. Johnson¹, ¹Toronto Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Institue of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Gastroenterology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: More than 90% of patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) have gastroinstestinal (GI) involvement, commonly dysmotility causing complications such as gastroesophageal reflux and constipation. Treatment…
Abstract Number: 1648 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Balance of Foxp3/Ror-Gammat Expression Is Altered By Tocilizumab and By Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yoshifumi Tada¹, Syuichi Koarada², Nobuyuki Ono², Akihito Maruyama², Satoko Tashiro², Yukiko Tokuda², Yukihide Ono², Yoshinobu Nakao² and Akihide Ohta³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Saga University, Saga, Japan, ²Rheumatology, Saga University, Saga, Japan, ³Department of Adult and Gerontological Nursing, Saga University School of Medicine, Saga, Japan
Background/Purpose: It has been shown that the balance between Th17 cells and regulatory T (Treg) cells plays an important role for the development of autoimmune…

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