Abstracts tagged "sex hormones"

Abstract Number: 2580 • ACR Convergence 2025
Estrogen Modulates Neutrophil Biology: Implications for Autoimmunity
William Ambler¹, Eduardo Patino-Martinez¹, Gustaf Wigerblad¹, Shuichiro Nakabo², Jorge Romo-Tena³, Norio Hanata⁴, James Simone¹, Stephen Brooks¹, Kan Jiang⁵, Hong-wei Sun¹, Faiza Naz⁶, Shamima Islam⁶, Gustavo Gutierrez-Cruz¹, Stefania Dell'Orso¹, Anshu Deewan⁷, Vicky Chen⁷, Paul Schaughency⁸, Carmelo Carmona-Rivera⁴, Sarfaraz Hasni¹, Veronica Gomez-Lobo⁹ and Mariana Kaplan⁴, ¹NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Biodata Mining and Discovery Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, ⁶National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁷NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ⁸NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁹NIH/NICHD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are essential for inflammation and host defense against infections. Our group has previously highlighted their key roles in the pathogenesis of diseases that…
Abstract Number: 2495 • ACR Convergence 2025
IL-6/STAT3 Signaling is Central for Chemokine Production in E2-Induced Dermal Inflammation
Nicolas Ancona¹, Yucui Li², Ludivine Renaud³, Carol Feghali-Bostwick³ and DeAnna Baker Frost³, ¹MUSC Rheumatology & Immunology, Charleston, SC, ²Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi, Medical University Taiyuan, Shanxi, China (People's Republic), ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by dermal inflammation and fibrosis. Patients with SSc have high systemic levels of estradiol (E2), a form…
Abstract Number: 1817 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sex-specific mechanisms associated with female childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus revealed by transcriptomic analysis of transgender adolescents undergoing gender-affirming sex hormone therapy.
Heather Cross¹, Hannah Peckham¹, Gary Butler², Elizabeth Rosser³, Elizabeth C Jury¹, George Robinson¹ and Coziana Ciurtin¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²University College London Hospital NHS Trust, London, England, United Kingdom, ³University College London, London, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Sex determinants may play a role in the immunological sexual dimorphism of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). This study aimed to investigate the impact…
Abstract Number: 1714 • ACR Convergence 2025
The perimenopause period is associated with increased levels of disease activity in psoriatic arthritis
Lihi Eder¹, Xianwei Li², Sahil Koppikar³, Iliana Lega⁴, Dafna D. Gladman⁵, Vinod Chandran¹ and Richard Cook⁶, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, ³Women's College Hospital & University of Toronto, Markham, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto and Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Background/Purpose: Perimenopause is associated with a wide spectrum of symptoms, including mood changes, sleep disturbances, and joint pains. Limited information exists on the effect of…
Abstract Number: 0952 • ACR Convergence 2025
Therapeutic Potential of PaPE-1 in Reducing TLR7-Mediated Inflammation in a Murine Model of Lupus
Rachael Werner¹, Jena Wirth¹, Gary Gilkeson¹ and Melissa Cunningham², ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of SC, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects women, underscoring the critical role of sex chromosomes and sex hormones—particularly estrogen—in…
Abstract Number: 0651 • ACR Convergence 2025
The ERβ Agonist, OSU-ERβ-012, Suppresses Systemic, Kidney and Heart Inflammation in a Chimeric Mouse Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Braden Zeno¹, Tim Alexandrov², Hongyu Yuan³, Shane Bruckner³ and Wael Jarjour², ¹Ohio State University, upper arlington, OH, ²The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³OSU, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in many of the body’s tissues, including the skin, joints, lungs, kidneys…
Abstract Number: 0086 • ACR Convergence 2025
Androgen Upregulates Interferon Signaling in Osteoclast Differentiation During Inflammatory State
Kiana Chen¹, Chia-Lung Wu², Gulzada Kulzhanova² and Homaira Rahimi³, ¹University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Bronx, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, ³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by chronic inflammatory erosions and female predominant disease. Androgen, the dominant sex hormone in males, is protective against bone…
Abstract Number: 2544 • ACR Convergence 2024
Spatial Transcriptomics Suggests Synovial Macrophage Niches Are Sexually Dimorphic in a Mouse Inflammatory Arthritis Model
Richard Bell¹, Ruoxi Yuan², Mary Huang², Ewurama Cann², Chao Yang², Franck Barrat¹ and Lionel Ivashkiv¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²HSS, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Monocytes and Macrophages (MФ) play a key pathogenic role in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), a disease that exhibits female sex bias. Recent work using scRNAseq…
Abstract Number: 0050 • ACR Convergence 2024
Elucidating Androgen Effects on Osteoclast Precursor Populations and Osteoclastogenesis
Kiana Chen¹, Lauren Benoodt², Michael Christof³ and Homaira Rahimi⁴, ¹University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester, Irvington, NY, ⁴University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a female predominant disease characterized by chronic inflammatory erosive joint disease. Androgen, the dominant sex hormone in males, is anti-inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 0981 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Causal Effect of Sex Hormone-related Drugs on the Risk of Osteoarthritis – A Mendelian Randomization Study
Xing Xing¹, Ziyuan Shen², Jianan Zhu³, Yining Wang², Xingzhong Jin⁴ and Guoqi Cai², ¹Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, ⁴Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent joint disorder characterized by joint pain, disability, and the loss of articular cartilage, imposing a significant burden on patients…
Abstract Number: 0724 • ACR Convergence 2023
Synovial Macrophage Subsets Defined by ScRNAseq Demonstrate Sexually Dimorphic Gene Expression in RA and a Mouse Inflammatory Arthritis Model
Richard Bell, Ewurama Cann, Chao Yang, Accelerating Medicine Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis, Amit Lakhanpal, Laura Donlin and Lionel Ivashkiv, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Macrophages (MФ) play a key pathogenic role in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), a disease that exhibits female sex bias. Recent work using scRNAseq has defined…
Abstract Number: 0910 • ACR Convergence 2023
17β-estradiol and B-cell Intrinsic Type I Interferon Amplify Toll-like Receptor 7 Signaling Loop in B Cells of Female Lupus Prone BXD2 Mice
Kathryn Sullivan, Yong Wang, Winn Chatham, John Mountz and Hui-chen Hsu, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: While systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disproportionally affects women versus men, elevation in estradiol (E2) alone is not sufficient to promote the development of autoantibody…
Abstract Number: 1357 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Case Series and Systematic Literature Review
Erinn Coe¹, Emily Petrinec¹ and Omer Pamuk², ¹Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Division of Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases in women of childbearing age and female sex hormones are known to…
Abstract Number: 1715 • ACR Convergence 2023
Androgen Treatment Exhibits a Protective Role Against Focal Erosions in TNF-Induced Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice
Kiana Chen¹, Adelaide Weidner², Olga Astapova², Edward Schwarz² and Homaira Rahimi², ¹University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by chronic joint inflammation and bone erosion and is female predominant. The TNF-transgenic (TNF-Tg) murine model of RA develops…
Abstract Number: 0048 • ACR Convergence 2022
Combination of Repetitive Inhalant Endotoxin Exposure and Collagen-induced Arthritis Interact in a Testosterone-dependent Manner to Drive Inflammatory Lung Disease Processes and Arthritis Severity in Mice
Elizabeth Ramler¹, Ted Mikuls², Geoffrey Thiele³, Amy Nelson³, Michael Duryee³, Rohit Gaurav³, Todd Wyatt¹, Aaron Schwabb³, carlos hunter³, Bryant England³ and Jill Poole³, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Respiratory-related diseases are among the most common causes of death in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although autoimmune diseases are reported in higher frequency in females,…

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