Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 544 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-6 May Have an Important Role in the Resistance to Anti-TNF Therapies of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients; HTLV-1 Infected Cells Activate the Inflammatory Responses of RA Synovial Fibroblasts
Kunihiko Umekita¹, Shunichi Miyauchi¹, Kazuyoshi Kubo¹, Kazumi Umeki¹, Hajime Nomura¹, Mao Komura¹, Koushou Iwao¹, Ichiro Takajo¹, Yasuhiro Nagatomo¹, Toshihiko Hidaka² and Akihiko Okayama¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, ²Kyushu multicenter rheumatoid arthritis ultrasound prospective observational cohort study group, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: We reported that human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) positive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had higher inflammation and greater resistance to anti-TNF treatment…
Abstract Number: 2102 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Persistence and Adherence with Combination Therapy with Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor+Methotrexate Combination Versus Triple Therapy in US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brian Sauer¹, Chia-Chen Teng², Jianwei Leng³, Ted R. Mikuls⁴, Jeffrey R. Curtis⁵, Bradley S. Stolshek⁶, Derek Tang⁶ and Grant W. Cannon⁷, ¹IDEAS Center and Division of Epidemiology, HSR&D SLC VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²HSR&D SLC VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Internal Medicine Division of Epidemiology, HSR&D SLC VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Background/Purpose: Randomized controlled trials in RA have reported efficacy with both triple therapy (methotrexate [MTX] + hydroxychloroquine [HCQ] + sulfasalazine [SSZ]) and tumor necrosis factor…
Abstract Number: 582 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biological Drugs Dose Tapering in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: 2 Year Results at Basurto University Hospital
Juan María Blanco-Madrigal¹, Maria Luz Garcia Vivar¹, Catalina Gomez Arango¹, Olaia Fernández Berrizbeitia¹, Clara Perez Velasquez¹, Ignacio Torre Salaberri², Jose Francisco Garcia Llorente³, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa⁴, Esther Ruiz Lucea¹ and Iñigo Gorostiza⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ²Rheumaytology, Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Basurto University Hospital., Bilbao, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ⁵Research Department, BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain
Background/Purpose: Last years, biological dose tapering in patients with inflammatory diseases has become a routine clinical practice. Since 2011 we are applying a dose reduction…
Abstract Number: 2546 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Targeting Synovial Fibroblasts By the Intra-Articular Delivery of microRNA-140-3p and -5p Ameliorates Experimental Autoimmune Arthritis
Chrong-Reen Wang¹, Jia-Shiou Peng², Shih-Yao Chen³, Chao-Liang Wu⁴ and Ai-Li Shiau⁵, ¹Rheum/Immun Sec/Int Med Dept, Medical Coll/Nat'l Cheng Kung, Tainan, Taiwan, ²Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical Coll/Nat'l Cheng Kung, Tainan, Taiwan, ³Internal Medicine, Medical Coll/Nat'l Cheng Kung, Tainan, Taiwan, ⁴Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Coll/Nat'l Cheng Kung, Tainan, Taiwan, ⁵Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Medical Coll/Nat'l Cheng Kung, Tainan, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Synovial fibroblasts (SF) with aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRNA) are critical pathogenic regulators of rheumatoid joint, and studies examining the effect of overexpressing or…
Abstract Number: 1038 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Peptidylarginine Deiminase 4 in Lung and Joint Inflammation
Mandar Bawadekar¹, Annette Gendron-Fitzpatrick², Thomas F. Warner³, Lennart K.A. Lundblad⁴, Paul Thompson⁵ and Miriam A. Shelef^1,6, ¹Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Comparative Pathology Laboratory of the Research Animal Resources Center and Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴Medicine, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, ⁵University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, ⁶Medicine, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: The relationship between lung and joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis is poorly understood. About 10% of people with rheumatoid arthritis develop interstitial lung disease…
Abstract Number: 2564 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nuclear Receptor 4A2 Is Selectively Upregulated in the Human TNF-Alpha Transgenic Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jackeline Araujo, Cullen Lilley and Kimberlee Mix, Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: The orphan nuclear receptor 4A2 (NR4A2 / NURR1) is emerging as a critical transcription factor in chronic inflammatory joint diseases. We have demonstrated elevated…
Abstract Number: 1039 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Safety and Effect on Disease Activity of Tocilizumab in Combination with MTX Versus Tocilizumab Monotherapy in Patients with Mild to Moderate RA: An Attempt to Optimise the Treatment Response
Burkhard Leeb^1,2, Raimund Lunzer³, Peter Fasching⁴, Manfred Herold⁵, O. Zamani⁶, Winfried Graninger⁷ and OPTIMISE trial Investigators, ¹2nd Dept. of Medicine, State Hospital Stockerau, Center for Rheumatology Lower Austria, Stockerau, Austria, ²Department of Clinical Rheumatology, Karl Landsteiner Society, Stockerau, Austria, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Barmherzige Brüder Graz-Eggenberg, Graz, Austria, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine V, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Internal Medicine VI, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁶Rheumazentrum Favoriten, Wien, Austria, ⁷Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: An Austrian multi-center study of the effect on disease activity and the safety of Tocilizumab (TCZ) in combination with Methotrexate (MTX) versus TCZ Monotherapy…
Abstract Number: 2566 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Therapeutic Compound Tuftsin-Phosphorylcholine Attenuate Collagen Induced Arthritis
Tomer Bashi¹, Miri Blank¹, Jasna Omersel², Alexander Volkov³, Iris Barshack³ and Yehuda Shoenfeld¹, ¹Sheba Medical Center, Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, affiliated to affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Faculty of pharmacy, University of Ljublijana, Ljublijana, Slovenia, ³Sheba Medical Center, Institute of Pathology, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Background/Purpose: Treatment with helminthes and ova from helminthes, improved clinical findings of several autoimmune diseases in patients and in animal models. We aimed to decipher…
Abstract Number: 1210 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic, Environmental, and Serologic Risk Factors for Inflammatory Joint Signs Among First-Degree Relatives without Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Prospective Cohort
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Shun-Chiao Chang², Kevin D. Deane³, Ryan W. Gan⁴, Kristen Demoruelle³, Marie L. Feser³, LauraKay Moss³, Jane H. Buckner⁵, Richard M. Keating⁶, Karen H. Costenbader⁷, Peter K. Gregersen⁸, Michael H. Weisman⁹, Ted R. Mikuls¹⁰, James R. O'Dell¹⁰, V. Michael Holers³, Jill M. Norris⁴ and Elizabeth W. Karlson², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ⁵Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Feinstein Insititute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Veteran Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Family history of RA in a first-degree relative increases RA risk 4-fold. Determining risk factors for inflammatory joint signs (IJS) in this high risk…
Abstract Number: 2582 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Female Versus Male Tumor Necrosis Factor-Transgenic Mice
Richard Bell¹, Ronald Wood², Joe Chakkalakal³, Christopher T. Ritchlin⁴, Edward Schwarz⁵ and Homaira Rahimi⁶, ¹Pathology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³Orthopaedics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁵Orthopedeatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Rochester/Golisano Children's Hosp, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic debilitating condition with a 2-3 fold greater prevalence in women than men. Additionally, women have worse disease outcomes…
Abstract Number: 1254 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Deciphering the Immunome of Clinically Effective Immune Tolerization in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jing Yao Leong^1,2, Raymond Ong Jr.³, Juntao Li⁴, Theodorus van den Broek⁵, Roberto Spreafico⁴, Maura Rossetti¹ and Salvatore Albani^1,2, ¹SingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore, ²Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ³Singhealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre (STIIC), Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴SingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre (STIIC), Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Translational Research Unit, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: We have previously described (Nature Medicine, PNAS, A&R, Nature Rheum, Lancet) how oral treatment with the pro-inflammatory, heat shock protein-derived dnaJP1 peptide induces detectable…
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: 1586 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Weight Loss in Obese Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients Improves Disease Activity without Modifying RA Treatment
Elisa Gremese¹, Maria Rita Gigante¹, Barbara Tolusso¹, Anna Laura Fedele¹, Silvia Canestri¹, Barbara Aquilanti², Clara Di Mario¹, Luca Petricca¹, Stefano Alivernini¹ and Gianfranco Ferraccioli¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ²Dietology Service, Association Columbus, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Obesity is recognized as a systemic, low-grade inflammatory state and the adipose tissue as an endocrine organ releasing pro-inflammatory cytokines. On the other hand,…
Abstract Number: 2705 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
AAA-Atpase p97-HDAC6 Controlled Poly-Ubiquitin Turnover Regulates Apoptotic and Autophagy-Associated Cell Death in Arthritis
Masaru Kato¹, Kerstin Klein², Caroline Ospelt², Christoph Kolling³, Michihito Kono¹, Shinsuke Yasuda¹, Renate E. Gay⁴, Steffen Gay⁵ and Tatsuya Atsumi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, ²Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The AAA-ATPase valosin containing protein (p97) and histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) interact with each other and are implicated in the degradation of ubiquitin-labelled proteins.…
Abstract Number: 1616 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Genes Regulating TRAIL-Induced Apoptosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblasts-like Synoviocytes (RA FLS)
Rachel Audo^1,2, Bernard Combe^3,4, Michael Hahne⁵ and Jacques Morel⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Teaching Hospital of Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ²IGMM, CNRS UMR5535, Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ³Department of Rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France, ⁴Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ⁵IGMM-CNRS UMR5535, Montpellier, France, ⁶Department of rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital and Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: We previously described that sensitivity to TRAIL-induced apoptosis varied in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblasts-like-synoviocytes (FLS) from one patient to another, and was inversly correlated…

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