Abstracts tagged "SLE"

Abstract Number: 2681 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activated SLE-T Cells Enhance the Interferon-Alpha Production By Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Stimulated By RNA-IC
Dag Leonard¹, Maija-Leena Eloranta¹, Niklas Hagberg¹, Olof Berggren¹, Karolina Tandre¹, Gunnar Alm² and Lars Rönnblom¹, ¹Department of Medical Sciences, SciLife Lab, Rheumatology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, ²Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose A prominent interferon-α (IFNα) signature is seen in several autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are the main IFNα…
Abstract Number: 1976 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevation and Functional Activity of Interferon Omega in Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jarrat Jordan¹, Jessica Schreiter¹, Hao Liu², Sreedevi Adhikarakunnathu², Chichi Huang³ and Jacqueline Benson¹, ¹Estrela Lupus Venture, Janssen Research and Development, LLC., Spring House, PA, ²Immunology Research, Janssen Research and Development, LLC., Spring House, PA, ³Biologics Research, Janssen Research and Development, LLC., Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose IFNα is emerging as a clinically validated target in SLE yet it is currently unclear if other type I IFNs are contributing to the…
Abstract Number: 1614 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Functional Analysis of Interferon Responsiveness in PBMC from SLE Donors Identifies Subgroups with Higher and Lower Disease Activity
Rachael Hawtin¹, Wouter Korver², Erik Evensen², Diane Longo², Drew Hotson², Nikil Wale², Andy Conroy², Alessandra Cesano², Barbara Mittleman², Tsung Lin³, Vikram R. Rao⁴, Elena Peeva⁵, Stephen Benoit⁵, Martin Hodge³, James D. Clark³, Aaron R. Winkler⁶ and Jean-Baptiste Telliez³, ¹Nodality Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²Nodality, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ³Immunoscience, Pfizer Biotherapeutics Research and Development, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Inflammation & Remodeling, Pfizer, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Precision Medicine, Pfizer Biotherapeutics Research and Development, Cambridge, MA, ⁶Inflammation and Remodeling, Pfizer Biotherapeutics Research and Development, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Interferons (IFN) reportedly are central to SLE pathogenesis and increased expression of IFN regulated genes (the ‘IFN signature') is associated with active disease. Clinical…
Abstract Number: 709 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Sleep Disorders in Quality of Life, Pain and Disease Activity Using Actigraphy and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)in Female with Systemic Lupus Ertyhematosus (SLE).
Lilian Reis¹, Marco Tulio de Mello² and Virginia M. Trevisani³, ¹Internal medicine and therapy, Federal University of Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, SAO PAULO, Brazil, ²Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil, ³Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil, Brazil
Background/Purpose Despite the fact that sleep disorders are poorly studied, they´re a frequent complain by patients with SLE (62 to 80% related) and others found…
Abstract Number: L8 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differential DNA Methylation Associated with Lupus Nephritis
Renuka Nayak¹, Sharon A. Chung², Joanne Nitiham³ and Lindsey A. Criswell³, ¹Rheumatology, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Rosalind Russell / Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Rosalind Russell / Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Genetic and epigenetic factors contribute to the progression of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We now have technologies that allow us to identify these factors…
Abstract Number: 2677 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decreased Levels of SRSF1 (Serin/Arginine-Rich Splicing Factor1) Induced Lower Levels of RasGRP1 in T Cells from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Takashi Kurita¹, Shinsuke Yasuda¹, Vaishali Moulton², Yuka Shimizu¹, Michihito Kono¹, Hideyuki Koide¹, Kenji Oku¹, Toshiyuki Bohgaki¹, Olga Amengual¹, Tetsuya Horita¹, George C. Tsokos³ and Tatsuya Atsumi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Down-regulation of MAP kinase pathway has been recognized in T cells from patients with SLE that results in hypo-methylation of DNA. RasGRP1 is an…
Abstract Number: 1955 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disparity in Internalisation of Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting B Cell Antigens and Regulation By Fc Gamma Receptor IIb: Implications for Targeted Therapy in SLE
Venkat Reddy¹, Geraldine Cambridge², David A. Isenberg³, Mark Cragg⁴ and Maria J. Leandro², ¹Centre for Rheumatology Research, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatology Research, Rayne Building, 4th Floor, Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Antibody and Vaccine group, Cancer Sciences Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton University, Southampton, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting B cell antigens CD20 and CD22 are used to treat patients with SLE either in the clinic or in clinical…
Abstract Number: 1611 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modular Transcriptional Neutrophil Signature As Predictive of Nephritis and of Its Severity in SLE Patients
Noémie Jourde-Chiche Sr.¹, Stéphane Burtey², Nathalie Bardin³, Elizabeth Whalen⁴, Bertrand Gondouin⁵, Scott Presnell⁶, Bertrand Dussol⁷, Gilles Kaplanski⁸, Jean-Robert Harle⁹, Yvon Berland², Virginia Pascual¹⁰, Damien Chaussabel⁴ and Laurent Chiche¹¹, ¹Nephrology, Aix-Marseille Université - APHM, Marseille, France, ²Nephrology, APHM, Marseille, France, ³Hopital de la Conception, Marseille, France, ⁴BRI, seattle, WA, ⁵Department of Nephrology, APHM, Marseille, France, ⁶bri, seattle, WA, ⁷AP Marseille, Marseille, France, ⁸INSERM U608, Marseille, France, ⁹Internal Medicine, APHM, Marseille, France, ¹⁰Baylor University, Dallas, TX, ¹¹147 Boulevard Baille, CHU Marseille, Marseille, France
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a serious complication of SLE. Reliable biomarkers to assess and/or predict renal involvement in SLE patients are needed. The aim…
Abstract Number: 681 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hydroxychloroquine Use Is Associated Independently with Improved Quality of Life in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Meenakshi Jolly¹, Winston Sequeira², Sarfraz Hasni³, Zulfiqar Ali⁴, Sergio Toloza⁵, Ana M. Bertoli⁶, Ivana Blazevic⁷, Luis M. Vila⁸, Ioana Moldovan⁹, Karina D Torralba¹⁰, Berna Goker¹¹, Josiane Bourré-Tessier¹², S. Navarra¹³, Daniel Wallace¹⁴, Michael H. Weisman¹⁵, Ann E. Clarke¹⁶ and Chi Chiu Mok¹⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, ³NIH, BETHESDA, MD, ⁴NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Hospital San Juan Bautista, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina, ⁶Instituto Reumatológico Strusberg, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁷University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aries, Argentina, ⁸Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, ⁹Rheumatology, Beaver Medical Group, Redlands, CA, ¹⁰University of Southern California, LA, CA, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine- Rheumatology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ¹²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines, ¹⁴UCLA, LA, CA, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁷Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been shown to be beneficial to patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), however, its effects on the quality of life (QOL)…
Abstract Number: 2662 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Attribution Protocol and Clinical Significance of Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Renata Barbosa¹, Karina Oliveira Peliçari², Aline T. Lapa³, Nailu A. Sinicato³, Mariana Postal³, Roberto Marini⁴, Marcelo Govoni Sr.⁵ and Simone Appenzeller⁶, ¹Medicine, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Germany, ²State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ³Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁴Departament of Pediatrics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁵Department of Clinical medicine and Experimental, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ⁶Medicine, Faculty of Medical Science, State University of Campinas Unicamp, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is caused by an imbalance of the immune system and may lead to injury and dysfunction of various systems and…
Abstract Number: 1954 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Successfull Long-Term Depletion of Memory Plasma Cells Requires a Combined Depletion of Plasma Cells and Their Precurors in NZB/W Mice
Adriano Taddeo¹, Laleh Khodadadi¹, Qingyu Cheng², Andreas H. Radbruch¹, Falk Hiepe³ and Bimba F. Hoyer², ¹Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité University Medicine, Department of Medicine/Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology and German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ), Germany, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The long-lived plasma cells (LLPC) secreting such autoantibodies are unfortunately refractory to conventional…
Abstract Number: 1607 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B Cell and Neutrophil-Related Transcripts Predict and Characterize a Lupus Flare
Mikhail Olferiev¹, Kyriakos A. Kirou² and Mary K. Crow³, ¹Research, HSS, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose Lupus flare reflects an increase of disease activity that is associated with significant morbidity and accumulation of tissue damage. Prediction and prevention of lupus…
Abstract Number: 699 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Osteonecrosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Prevalence, Patterns and Outcomes
Nimrit Dhillon¹, Dominique Ibanez¹, Dafna D. Gladman² and Murray B. Urowitz², ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Osteonecrosis is a serious comorbidity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The reported frequency of symptomatic osteonecrosis in SLE is variable, ranging from 4% to…
Abstract Number: 2636 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Improves Endothelial Function in Patients with Clinically Stable Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
John A. Reynolds¹, David W. Ray², Terence O'Neill³, Yvonne Alexander⁴ and Ian N. Bruce^5,6, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Institute of Human Development, Institute of Human Development, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Healthcare Science Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Manchester Academy of Health Sciences, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose SLE patients have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with both CVD risk factors and subclinical CVD…
Abstract Number: 1923 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Restores Lupus Myeloid Angiogenic Cell Function Via Down-Regulation of IP-10/CXCL-10
John A. Reynolds¹, David W. Ray², Yvonne Alexander³ and Ian N. Bruce⁴, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Institute of Human Development, Institute of Human Development, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Healthcare Science Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose Endothelial repair is important for the maintenance of vascular integrity and is impaired in patients with SLE. Myeloid angiogenic cells (MACs) contribute to endothelial…

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