Abstracts tagged "signal transduction"

Abstract Number: 0043 • ACR Convergence 2021
Takinib Inhibits IL-1β-Induced Activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Anil singh¹, Paul Panipinto¹, Ruby Siegel¹, Farheen Shaikh¹, Mukesh Chourasia² and Salah-uddin Ahmed¹, ¹Washington State University, Spokane, WA, ²Amity University, Noida, India
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a crucial mediator of inflammatory cartilage and bone destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). IL-1β signaling relies on the activation of TGF-beta…
Abstract Number: 0050 • ACR Convergence 2021
Integrative Analysis of mRNAs to Identify Sex Differences in Th-17 Mediated Inflammation in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Maricela Haghiac¹, Maya Breitman², Ricky Chan³, Ahmad Khalil³ and Marina Magrey⁴, ¹Metrohealth Medical center, Cleveland, OH, ²MetroHealth Medical Center,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA, Richfield, OH
Background/Purpose: Gender has been shown to impact disease expression in ankylosing spondylitis. Men with AS are more likely to develop radiographic joint damage, while women…
Abstract Number: 1439 • ACR Convergence 2021
Inhibitors of Endogenous Reverse Transcriptases Suppress in Vitro Type I Interferon Responses and in Vivo Antigen-specific T Cell Responses
Nafeeza Hafeez, Jimmy Zhong, Jared Steranka, Margit Hagel, Greg Bisacchi, Donna Romero, Rosana Kapeller, Dennis Zaller and Wenyan Miao, Rome Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA elements that can replicate and move from one position to another within the host genome. Through co-evolution, TEs…
Abstract Number: 0741 • ACR Convergence 2020
Constitutive Inhibitor Kappa B (IκB) Kinase 2 (IKK2) Activation Induces an Inflammatory State in Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes
Sergio Ramirez-Perez¹, Umesh Gangishetti¹, Kyle Jones¹ and Pallavi Bhattaram², ¹Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are key players involved in the production of inflammatory mediators that trigger joint tissue damage in inflammatory arthritis (IA). The most…
Abstract Number: 1038 • ACR Convergence 2020
STAT1 and JAK2 Are the Most Appropriate Targets of JAK-inhibitor Therapy for Sarcoidosis: An In-silico Meta-nalysis
Marcia Friedman¹, Brian Le², Dongseok Choi² and James Rosenbaum², ¹Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Our group was the first to contend that STAT1 mediated genes were expressed in sarcoidosis. Since that time, several other groups have found similar…
Abstract Number: 1217 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effects of JAK Inhibitors Against JAK2-mediated Signaling in Innate Immune Cells
Yuya Fujita¹, Naoki Matsuoka¹, Makiko Furuya-Yashiro², Jumpei Temmoku², Yuki Kuroiwa³, Masaru Tanaka⁴, Tomoyuki Asano², Shuzo Sato⁵, Haruki Matsumoto², Hiroshi Watanabe², Hideko Kuzuru⁶, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi⁷, Atsushi Kawakami⁸ and Kiyoshi Migita⁹, ¹Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan, ²Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Fukushima, Japan, ³Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Tokyo, ⁴Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Fukushima, Japan, ⁶NHO Nagasaki Medical Center, Clinical Research Center, Omura, Japan, ⁷NHO Nagasaki Medical Center, Clinical Research Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁸Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁹Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase (JAK) family is comprised of JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2). JAKs form homo- or hetero-complexes, the combination of which…
Abstract Number: 1401 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Mutation That Weakens ZAP70 Autoinhibition Enhances Responses to Weak and Self Ligands
Lin Shen¹, Mehrdad Matloubian¹, Theresa Kadlecek² and Arthur Weiss¹, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
Background/Purpose: ZAP70, a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase, is critical for TCR signaling and T cell development. Complete loss of function of ZAP70 in humans causes…
Abstract Number: 0705 • ACR Convergence 2020
lncRNA H19 and Micro RNA 675-3p Are Altered by Visfatin During Osteogenesis
Dennis Küppers¹, Lali Tsiklauri², Marie-Lisa Hülser¹, Klaus Frommer², Stefan Rehart³, Caroline Ospelt⁴, Ulf Müller-Ladner⁵ and Elena Neumann⁶, ¹Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Campus Kerckhoff, Dept. of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Giessen, Germany, ²Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Campus Kerckhoff, Dept. of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ³Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Agaplesion Markus Hospital, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁴University Hospital Zürich; University Hospital of Zurich; Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Immunology, Osteology and Physical Medicine, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: Long non-coding (lnc-)RNAs are transcribed from DNA similar to mRNA. lncRNA are able to interact directly with DNA, RNA and proteins. Some lncRNAs contain…
Abstract Number: 817 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Enhanced Expression of mRNA for TAK1 in CD34+ Cells of the Bone Marrow in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shunsei Hirohata¹, Tatsuo Nagai ², Tetsuya Tomita ³ and Hideki Yoshikawa ³, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Tatsuno, Japan, ²Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ³Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by synovial hyperplasia, consisting of type A macrophage-like synoviocytes and type B fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS).…
Abstract Number: 126 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Direct Interaction between Autoreactive B Cells and Endothelial Colony Forming Cells Induces Cytokine Production from B Cells through B Cell Receptor and IL-6-JAK2-STAT3 Signaling Pathway, Suppressing Proliferation of Endothelial Colony Forming Cells in Systemic Sclerosis
Takemichi Fukasawa¹, Ayumi Yoshizaki¹, Satoshi Ebata¹, Kouki Nakamura¹, Yoshihide Asano¹, Yutaka Kazoe², Kazuma Mawatari², Takehiko Kitamori² and Shinichi Sato¹, ¹Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disorder that is characterized by fibrosis and vascular damage in the skin and other visceral organs, with…
Abstract Number: 2928 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
STAT3 As an Important Integrator of Profibrotic Pathways in Systemic Sclerosis
Debomita Chakraborty¹, Barbora Šumová², Tatjana Mallano³, Chih-Wei Chen³, Alfiya Distler³, Christina Bergmann³, Andreas Ramming⁴, Oliver Distler⁵, Georg Schett³, Ladislav Senolt⁶ and Jörg Distler³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3- Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor that regulates key cellular processes such as proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, angiogenesis, metastasis…
Abstract Number: 2573 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Role Of STAT-3 In The Development Of Pulmonary and Dermal Fibrosis
Mesias Pedroza¹, Sarah To¹, Anuh T. George¹, David J. Tweardy² and Sandeep K. Agarwal¹, ¹Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Fibrosis is the accumulation of excessive extra-cellular matrix in tissues, leading to tissue damage. In systemic sclerosis, the trigger is postulated to be an…
Abstract Number: 1448 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inhibition of Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase IV Suppresses the Autoimmunity in Lupus-Prone Mice
Kunihiro Ichinose¹, Atsushi Kawakami² and George C. Tsokos³, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, BIDMC, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Inhibition of Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase IV Suppresses the Autoimmunity in Lupus-Prone Mice. Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with abnormal…
Abstract Number: 1075 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of siRNA Depletion of Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 On Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Production and IgG Secretion by Primary Human Immune Cells in Response to TLR7/8 Stimulation
Dinesh Srinivasan¹, Sandip Panicker², Gang Lu³, Yajuan Gu³, Rothschild Soto², Seng-Lai Tan³ and Julie Demartino¹, ¹Inflammation Discovery, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, NJ, ²Inflammation, Hoffmann La Roche, Nutley, NJ, ³Inflammation, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, NJ
Background/Purpose: Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) has been identified as a genetic risk factor for multiple human autoimmune disorders, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 17 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Overexpression of Wnt and Wnt-1-Induced Secreted Protein 1 Induces Cartilage Damage by Skewing of TGF-Beta Signaling and Reduction of the Anti-Hypertrophy Factor Sox9
Martijn H. van den Bosch¹, Arjen B. Blom¹, Peter L. van Lent², Henk M. van Beuningen¹, Fons A. van de Loo³, Esmeralda N. Blaney Davidson¹, Peter M. van der Kraan¹ and Wim B. van den Berg⁴, ¹Rheumatology Research & Advanced Therapeutics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology Research & Advanced Therpeutics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Although many osteoarthritis (OA) patients show significant synovial involvement, consequences are largely unknown. We found highly increased expression of canonical Wnts 2b and 16…

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