Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 2963 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sirukumab Improves Synovial Vascularity As Measured By Power Doppler Sonography in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients from As Early As Week 4 in a Phase 3 Trial
Bidisha Dasgupta¹, Kristen Sweet¹, Dick DeVries², Benjamin Hsu¹, Ian Gourley¹, Matthew Loza¹ and Peter C. Taylor³, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ²Janssen Biologics Europe, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is an established non-invasive tool for sensitively assessing disease activity at the individual‐joint level in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Synovial thickness is detectable…
Abstract Number: 1447 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Therapeutic Blockade of Interleukin-6 Trans-Signalling Restores Vascular Function in Murine Collagen Induced Arthritis
Ruth Davies¹, Jessica O Williams², Katie Sime², Ellyn Hughes², Lauren A. Jordan², Charlotte Rawlings², Derek Lang³, Stefan Rose-John⁴, Simon A. Jones⁵, Anwen S. Williams² and Ernest H. Choy^6,7, ¹CREATE Centre, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ²Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ³Institute of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ⁴Institute of Biochemistry, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany, ⁵Infection, Immunity and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, ⁶Section of Rheumatology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Great Britain, ⁷CREATE Center, Division of Infection and Immunity,, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Mortality is increased in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), mainly due to cardiovascular disease (CVD). While molecular mechanisms underlining this clinical observation are unknown, systemic elevations…
Abstract Number: 1451 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Glutamine Metabolism Plays a Crucial Role in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Soshi Takahashi¹, Jun Saegusa², Ikuko Naka³, Kosaku Tsuda³, Takaichi Okano⁴, Kengo Akashi³, Sho Sendo², Yo Ueda³, Akira Onishi⁵, Yoshinori Kogata² and Akio Morinobu², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ³Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ⁵Rheumaology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Many signaling pathways activated under inflammatory and hypoxic conditions have profound effects on intracellular metabolism to support cell growth and survival. Cancer cells consume…
Abstract Number: 1462 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnesium Is a New Mediator Arthritis Severity and Joint Damage
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: Given the effects of magnesium supplementation in suppressing components of the innate immunity in short-term studies, we examined the effect of dietary magnesium modifications…
Abstract Number: 1617 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment with Sirukumab, an Anti-IL6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, Improves Fatigue and Health-Related Physical and Emotional Well Being in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Refractory to Conventional or Biologic Therapy: Results of 2 Global, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trials
Clifton Bingham III¹, Yoshiya Tanaka², George Karpouzas³, Tsutomu Takeuchi⁴, Daniel Aletaha⁵, Carter Thorne⁶, Shihong Sheng⁷, Weichun Xu⁷, Ravi Rao⁸, Kaiyin Fei⁷, Benjamin Hsu⁷, Prasheen Agarwal⁷, Sharon Popik⁷, Regina Kurrasch⁹, Steve Peterson⁷, Rita Ganguly⁹, Chenglong Han⁷ and Kelly McQuarrie⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁶University of Toronto and Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁸GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, ⁹GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often experience both substantial fatigue and a decline in their health-related physical and emotional well-being. Sirukumab is a…
Abstract Number: 1651 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Case Series on Patients on Tofacitinib in Combination with a Biologic
Nashla Barroso¹ and Daniel E. Furst², ¹Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Although there have been significant advances in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). patients can experience a lack of or…
Abstract Number: 140 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between the Prevalence of Subclinical Tenosynovitis and Therapy in Patients with RA in Clinical Remission: Results from Italian Society of Rheumatology Study Group
Simone Parisi¹, Greta Carrara², Carlo Alberto Scirè^3,4, Alberto Batticciotto⁵, Emanuela Bellis⁶, Marco Canzoni⁷, Orazio De Lucia⁸, Ilaria Farina⁹, Carlo Venditti¹⁰, Annamaria Iagnocco^11,12 and Georgios Filippou¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Città Della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy, ²Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ³Epidemiology Unit -Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ⁴Epidemiology Unit – Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR), Milano, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology, Ospedale Mauriziano, Turin, Italy, ⁷A.O. Sant'Andrea, Rome, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology, Orthopedic Institute Gaetano Pini, Milano, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Unit AOU S.Anna, Ferrara, Italy, ¹⁰A.O. Rummo, Benevento, Italy, ¹¹Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ¹²Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Roma, Italy, ¹³University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Background/Purpose: This study is a sub-analysis of the data from the patient cohort of STARTER (The Sonographic Tenosynovitis Assessment in RheumaToid arthritis patiEnts in Remission)…
Abstract Number: 2174 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Anti-Rheumatic Treatment on Selenium Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Gia Deyab¹, Ingrid Hokstad², Milada Cvancarova Småstuen³, Stefan Agewall⁴, Jon Elling Whist⁵ and Ivana Hollan^5,6,7,8, ¹Department of Medical Biochemistry, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway, ²Lillehammer Hospitat for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, ³Institution of health care - Health science PhD program, Oslo and Akershus University College, Oslo, Norway, ⁴University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway, ⁶Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillahammer, Norway
Background/Purpose: The cause of the increased cardiovascular risk in inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) is still unclear. Intriguingly, selenium-deficiency, which might be caused by poor diet or…
Abstract Number: 179 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CD11b+Gr1dimcells, Which Are Induced By GM-CSF Produced By Th17 and Group3 Innate Lymphoid Cell, May Facilitate the Progression of Pneumonitis in SKG Mice
Sho Sendo¹, Jun Saegusa¹, Takaichi Okano², Soshi Takahashi³ and Akio Morinobu¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ²Rheumatology and Clinical immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid lung disease is a prognostic factors of rheumatoid arthritis in human. The pathogenesis and the mechanism of rheumatoid lung disease is unclear. Zymosan…
Abstract Number: 2558 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dissociation of the Inhibitory Apoptosis Stimulating Protein of p53 (iASPP) Binding with Transcription Factor p73 Induces Synovial Fibroblast Apoptosis in the Rheumatoid Joint
Chrong-Reen Wang¹, Shih-Yao Chen¹, Ai-Li Shiau², Ming-Fei Liu¹ and Chao-Liang Wu³, ¹Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ²Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, ³Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Apoptosis-resistant synovial fibroblasts (SFs) constitute the major cell component of pannus tissues in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In tumor cells, the binding of inhibitory…
Abstract Number: 458 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The TAM Receptors Axl and Mer Play a Protective Role in a Temporal and Spatial Manner in Inflammatory Arthritis
Claire E.J. Waterborg¹, Paqui G. Través², Silke Beermann¹, Marije I. Koenders¹, Greg Lemke² and Fons A.J. van de Loo¹, ¹Experimental Rheumatology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by an unrestrained inflammatory response in selective, anatomically distinct synovial joints. The innate immune system…
Abstract Number: 2581 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F Applied Topically in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Juan Jiao¹, Hai-bo Yin², Xiao-po Tang², Xun Gong² and Quan Jiang¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, ²Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF), a traditional Chinese herb, is widely used in China for treating Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), but limited only for eldly…
Abstract Number: 460 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TAS5315, a Novel Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Demonstrates Anti-Inflammatory Effect in Autoimmune Disease Models
Yohei Yoshiga¹, Fumihito Hosoi¹, Satoru Iguchi¹, Ryuusuke Kaneko¹, Yoshinori Nakachi¹, Daichi Akasaka¹, Kenji Tanaka², Kazuhiko Yonekura², Teruhiro Utsugi², Eiji Sasaki² and Yoshikazu Iwasawa², ¹TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., TSUKUBA, Japan, ²TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase (BTK), a non-receptor tyrosine kinase is involved in intracellular signaling pathways downstream of several receptors, including the B cell receptor (BCR),…
Abstract Number: 2656 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Resume of Biologic Therapy after Tuberculosis Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Arthropathies. Daily Clinical Practice Data from an Endemic Country
Liliana Uribe Botero¹, Margarita A Saldarriaga Alvarez¹, Natalia Duque Zapata¹, Johnny Urrego¹, Oscar Jair Felipe Diaz¹, Carmen Cerón², Alejandro Uribe¹, Luis Alonso Gonzalez^1,3 and José A. Gómez-Puerta¹, ¹Medicarte IPS, Medellín, Colombia, Medellín, Colombia, ²Medicarte IPS, Medellín, Colombia, ³Rheumatology Unit, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Long-term extension studies and observational drug registers mainly from Western countries or non-endemic areas have reported an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection in…
Abstract Number: 485 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sexual Dimorphism of Popliteal Lymph Node Collapse As a Biomarker of Disease Progression in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Transgenic Mouse Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Emily Wu¹, Richard Bell², Christopher Rudmann³, Ronald Wood⁴, Christopher T. Ritchlin⁵, Homaira Rahimi⁶ and Edward Schwarz⁷, ¹Department of Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²Pathology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁵Allergy Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Rochester/Golisano Children's Hosp, Rochester, NY, ⁷Orthopedeatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Although rheumatoid arthritis (RA) tends to occur earlier and with increased severity in females, the underling etiology of this sexual dimorphism is unknown. We…

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