Abstract Number: 134 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exploration of T-Cell Signatures Following TCR Stimulation Using Single Cell RNA-Seq to Inform Treatment Response Studies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: For rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as with many other rheumatic diseases, the importance of determining which therapy will work best, early in disease, to prevent…Abstract Number: 924 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
10X Genomics-Based Single-Cell RNA-Seq and Low Input RNA-Seq Identify a Transcriptional Landscape Supporting Interferon in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune-Associated Congenital Heart Block
Background/Purpose: Towards understanding the molecular mechanisms that link maternal anti-Ro antibodies to the development of conduction system disease in a second trimester fetus, single cell…Abstract Number: 1119 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic Signatures from RNA Sequencing of Pediatric Localized Scleroderma (LS) Skin
Background/Purpose: Localized scleroderma (LS) is a progressive disease of the skin and underlying tissue that causes significant functional disability and disfigurement, especially in developing children.…Abstract Number: 1474 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating Transfer RNA-Derived Small RNAs Are Altered in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Small RNAs (sRNAs) are important gene regulators and markers of disease. Transfer RNA (tRNA)-derived sRNAs (tDRs), including tRNA fragments (tRFs) and halves (tRHs), are…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)…Abstract Number: 770 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Integrating Analysis of Skin RNA in Situ Hybridization Using Rnascope and Whole Skin Gene Expression in Systemic Sclerosis Skin to Localize Key Pathogenic Drivers of Skin Fibrosis
Background/Purpose: Skin gene expression profiling can distinguish SSc from normal skin and can detect different subsets of disease. Previous studies have reported a cross-sectional relationship…Abstract Number: 1026 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gene Expression Analysis Reveals Common Pathways of Tissue Pathogenesis in Lupus Organ Involvement
Background/Purpose: Lupus is a prototypic autoimmune disease characterized by B cell hyperactivity, autoantibody formation and resultant tissue damage. The mechanisms underlying tissue pathology in lupus…Abstract Number: 1330 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rhesus Theta Defensin 1 (RTD-1) Suppresses Disease-Associated Genes and Induces Anti-Inflammatory Expression Signature in Synovial Tissues of Rat Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Theta (θ) defensins are the only known macrocyclic peptides found in the Animal kingdom and are exclusively expressed in Old World monkeys. θ-defensins were…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…