Abstracts tagged "synovial fluid"

Abstract Number: 2429 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Enhanced Responsiveness To Stimulation and Increased Extrusion Of Extracellular Traps By Rheumatoid Arthritis Neutrophil Granulocytes and of Healthy Control Neutrophils to Serum and Synovial Fluid From Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Stavros Giaglis^1,2, Chanchal Sur Chowdhury³, Ulrich A. Walker⁴, Andreas Buser⁵, Sinuhe Hahn⁶ and Paul Hasler¹, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland, ²Dept. of Biomedicine, Laboratory of Prenatal Madicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³Dept. of Biomedicine, Laboratory of Prenatal Diagnostics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Division of Hematology; Swiss Red Cross Blood Transfusion Centre, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶Dept. of Biomedicine, Laboratory for Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMNs) are the most abundant immune cell population in the synovial fluid in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and…
Abstract Number: 916 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Role Of CD20+ B Cells As Antigen-Presenting Cells In Arthritis
Estefania Armas-Gonzalez¹, Ana Diaz-Martin¹, María Jesús Dominguez-Luis¹, Maria Teresa Arce-Franco¹, Ada Herrera-Garcia¹, Vanesa Hernandez¹, Alicia Usategui², Jose L. Pablos³, Sagrario Bustabad¹ and Federico Diaz-Gonzalez⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain, ²Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³Servicio de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (I+12), Madrid, Spain, ⁴University of La Laguna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain
Background/Purpose: B cells participate in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) through a mechanism still not fully understood. In RA, B cells are believed to…
Abstract Number: 2396 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
PI3Kdelta Regulates Invadosome Formation and Invasiveness Of Fibroblast-Like Synoviocyte In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Beatrix Bartok¹ and G. S. Firestein², ¹Rheumatology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ²Div of Rheumatology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) in the intimal lining are major effectors of cartilage damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). PI3Kdelta, a member of the Class IA…
Abstract Number: 497 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development Of a Novel Bispecific Therapeutic For Arthritic Diseases
Mathieu Ferrari¹, Shimobi Onuoha¹, Tahereh Kamalati², Daniele Sblattero³ and Costantino Pitzalis⁴, ¹Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ²University College of London, London, United Kingdom, ³University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, QMUL, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Despite the obvious success of current biological agents for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), achievement of broader efficacy and improved safety profile remains an…
Abstract Number: 438 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Methyl Supplementation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts Regulates the Expression of Transcription Factors and Matrix Metalloproteinases
Edvardas Bagdonas¹, Emmanuel Karouzakis², Astrid Jungel², Caroline Ospelt¹, Renate E. Gay¹, Steffen Gay¹, Beat A. Michel¹ and Michel Neidhart¹, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich and Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Previously we reported that methyl supplementation can reverse the global hypomethylation of rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RASF) and attenuate their aggressive behaviour. Now we…
Abstract Number: 2336 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated Frequency of Synovial Interleukin-21⁺ CD4⁺ T Cells Co-Expressing Tumor Necrosis Factor-a in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maria C. Lebre¹, Pedro L. Vieira², Saïda Aarrass³, Thomas Newsom-Davis², Paul P. Tak⁴ and Gavin R. Screaton², ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Experimental Immunology, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam and GlaxoSmithKline, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting synovial tissue in multiple joints. The inflammatory process in RA is regulated by several cytokines,…
Abstract Number: 410 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Growth Response-1 (EGR-1) Controls Synoviocyte Apoptosis, and Its Expression Is Regulated by the Direct Binding of Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF1) or Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF1) to Integrin αvβ3
Shino Tanaka¹, Jun Saegusa¹, Seiji Kawano¹, Yoshikazu Takada², Shunichi Kumagai³ and Akio Morinobu¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ²Dermatology, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, ³The Center of Rheumatic Diseases, Shinko Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Growth factors such as fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) are of interest in the initiation and development of rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 2088 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Annexin A1 Receptor Agonist Suppresses Development of Inflammatory Arthritis
Yuan Hang Yang¹, Yuan Jia², Wenping Kao¹, Wuqi Song³, Zhan-guo Li⁴ and Eric F. Morand¹, ¹Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology,Clinical Immunology Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, ⁴Rheumatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Annexin A1 (AnxA1) is recognized as an endogenous anti-inflammatory molecule. An AnxA1 receptor, formyl-peptide receptor 2 (FPR2), has been identified in human and mice.…
Abstract Number: 415 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hypoxia-Induced Endogenous Prostaglandin E2 Negatively Regulates Hypoxia-Enhanced Aberrant Overgrowth of Rheumatoid Synovial Tissue
Hirofumi Mitomi¹, Hidehiro Yamada¹, Toshiko Nozaki Shibata¹, Hiroshi Ito¹, Yoshioki Yamasaki², So Nomoto³, Atsushi Kusaba⁴, Hiroki Yamashita⁴ and Shoichi Ozaki¹, ¹Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University, Kawasaki, Japan, ²Medicine, St. Marianna University, Kawasaki, Japan, ³Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Ebina General Hospital, Ebina, Japan
Background/Purpose: During isometric exercise, the synovial joint tissue is prone to hypoxia, which is further enhanced in the presence of synovial inflammation. Hypoxia is also…
Abstract Number: 1782 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dual Effects of Soluble FasL and Membrane Bound FasL On Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes Cells (FLS) From Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients
Rachel Audo¹, Flavia Calmon-Hamaty¹, Bernard Combe², Michael Hahne¹ and Jacques Morel³, ¹IGMM, CNRS UMR5535, Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ³Dpartment of Rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Membrane bound FasL (mFasL) is able to induce fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) cell death. In experimental arthritis mouse models, injection of agonistic antibody (Ab) anti-Fas…
Abstract Number: 419 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epigenome Analysis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts Revealed TBX-5 As a Novel Transcription Factor in Chemokine Regulation
Emmanuel Karouzakis¹, Michelle Trenkmann², Renate E. Gay¹, Beat A. Michel¹, Steffen Gay¹ and Michel Neidhart¹, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich and Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Changes in DNA methylation and histone marks have been associated with diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus. Previously, we…
Abstract Number: 1766 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Gene Expression and Response to Rituximab: Preliminary Data
Yasser El-Sherbiny¹, Sarah Churchman², Frederique Ponchel³, Paul Emery⁴ and Edward M. Vital¹, ¹Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Quality and duration of response to rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis have not been completely explained. In the synovium, three studies have indicated a relationship…
Abstract Number: 326 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Silencing Intraarticular Snail Expression Ameliorates Rat Collagen-Induced Arthritis Through Induction of Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition in Synovial Fibroblasts
Chrong-Reen Wang¹, Shih-Yao Chen², Ai-Li Shiau³, Yuan-Tsung Li⁴, Ming-Fei Liu⁵ and Chao-Liang Wu², ¹Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ²Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, ³Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, ⁴Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ⁵Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Morphological characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial fibroblasts (SF) are similar to transformed cells. We hypothesized that epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of SF regulated by…
Abstract Number: 1768 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Absolute Concentration of Anti Citrullinated Protein Antibodies in Serum and Synovial Fluid in Relation to Total Immunoglobulin-Concentrations
Annemiek Willemze, Jing Shi, Marlies Mulder, Gerrie Stoeken-Rijsbergen, Tom W. J. Huizinga, René E. M. Toes and Leendert A. Trouw, Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) is one of the most predictive factors for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Nonetheless, relatively little…
Abstract Number: 51 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Phosphodiesterase 4 Expression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovium and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Apremilast On Synovial Fibroblasts
Lei Wu, Mary Adams, Stacey Parton and Peter Schafer, Department of Translational Development, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
Background/Purpose: Apremilast (APR), a small molecule specific inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4), works intracellularly to modulate pro- and anti-inflammatory mediator production in both immune and…

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