Abstract Number: 1832 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Proteomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Cells in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Identifies a Novel, Synovial-Resident CD8+ T Cell
Background/Purpose: Current data suggests that immune events in the gut may impact on joint inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) but what directs cells in the…Abstract Number: 1897 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Single Cell RNA Expression in Lupus Nephritis Comparing African-American and Caucasian Patients Identifies Differential Expression of Interferon Pathway
Background/Purpose: African-American (AA) ethnicity is associated with a 3-fold higher risk of developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In addition, there is an increased risk of…Abstract Number: 1899 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Down-Regulation of RNA Processing Protein CFIm25 Amplifies Skin Fibrosis By up-Regulating Pro-Fibrotic Transcripts/Proteins in Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Persistent myofibroblast activation and associated excessive extracellular matrix protein deposition are hallmarks of systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, the mechanisms that account for this excessive fibrotic response remain…Abstract Number: 1903 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Molecular Analysis of a Skin Equivalent Tissue Culture Model System of Systemic Sclerosis Using RNA Sequencing, Epigenetic Assays, Histology, and Immunoassays
Background/Purpose: The molecular mechanisms of systemic sclerosis (SSc) have been difficult to study outside of patient samples. Mouse models often lack key features of the…Abstract Number: 1721 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long Noncoding RNA H19X Is a Key Regulator of Apoptosis and Proliferation of Fibroblasts in Systemic Sclerosis and Other TGFβ-Driven Fibrotic Diseases
Background/Purpose: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of transcripts regulating gene expression. We have recently identified a novel lncRNA, H19X, which was upregulated in…Abstract Number: 1744 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Transciptome Profile of Inflammation Inducted Circulating Effector and Regulatory T Cells Is Dominated By HLA-DR Pivoted Functional Networks in Active Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients
Background/Purpose: We have previously identified two dichotomous CD4 pathogenic subsets in both T effector (CPLs: Circulating pathogenic like lymphocytes) and T regulatory (iaTreg: inflammation associated…Abstract Number: 1745 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autophagic Memory in Stress Experienced Human T Cells
Background/Purpose: Autophagy is central to many key immune related pathways, disregulation of which has been associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Autophagy…Abstract Number: 2075 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Uric Acid Lowering Treatment on the Microbiome in Gout Patients
Background/Purpose: Accumulating evidence indicates that gut microbiota interact with gout but it is still unknown how the uric acid lowering treatment (ULT) affects to the…Abstract Number: 2324 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Single Cell RNA-Sequencing of Bone Marrow Macrophages Identifies a Distinct Subpopulation in Systemic JIA with Features of Interferon Response, Endocytic Vesicles and Phagocytosis
Background/Purpose: Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening complication of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA), characterized by activation and expansion of cytolytic lymphocytes and macrophages…Abstract Number: 2432 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Changes in Gene Expression Associated with Disease Activity during Pregnancy and Post-Partum Among Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Many women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience an improvement in disease activity during pregnancy, and a predictable flare in the months after they give…Abstract Number: 2575 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Role of Interferon in Autoimmune-Susceptible Ro60 Knockout Mice
Background/Purpose: The Ro60 protein is a prominent autoantigen in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Sjogren’s syndrome (SS). Anti-Ro antibodies are strongly associated with UV-mediated skin…Abstract Number: 2757 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Kidney and Skin Single-Cell RNA Sequencing in Lupus Nephritis Provides Mechanistic Insights and Novel Potential Biomarkers
Background/Purpose: Classification and treatment decisions in lupus nephritis (LN) are largely based on renal histology. Single-cell RNAseq (scRNAseq) analysis may accurately differentiate types of renal…Abstract Number: 181 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Disease-Susceptible Lncrna Contributed to Abnormal Activation of Type I Interferon Pathway in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Dysregulation or dysfunction of some key moleculars in signaling pathway is involved in disease pathogenesis. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), as a regulator of gene…Abstract Number: 302 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
From Monocytes to Macrophages: the Pathogeneses of Spontaneous Inflammatory Arthritis in CD11c-Flip-KO (HUPO) Mice
Background/Purpose: We have generated a CD11c-Flip-KO mouse line (HUPO) that spontaneously develops erosive arthritis with incidence 70-80% at age ≥ 20 weeks. This study aimed…Abstract Number: 387 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
F4/80hi Synovial Macrophages in the Pathogeneses of Spontaneous Inflammatory Arthritis in CD11c-Flip-KO (HUPO) Mice
Background/Purpose: Synovial tissue macrophages (STMs) are critical in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). During homeostasis, the majority of murine synovial tissue resident macrophages (TRMs)…