Abstracts tagged "synovium"

Abstract Number: 2911 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Randomised, Open Labelled Clinical Trial to Investigate Synovial Mechanisms Determining Response – Resistance to Rituximab versus Tocilizumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Failing TNF Inhibitor Therapy
Frances humby ¹, Maya H. Buch ², Patrick Durez ³, Myles Lewis ¹, Michele Bombardieri ¹, Hasan Rizvi ⁴, Stephen Kelly ⁴, Liliane Fosatti ¹, Rebecca Hands ¹, Giovanni Giorli ¹, Arti Mahto ¹, Carlomaurizio Montecucco ⁵, Bernard Lauwerys ⁶, Vasco Romao ⁷, Arthur Pratt ⁸, Serena Bugatti ⁹, Nora Ng ¹⁰, Felice Rivellese ¹, Pauline Ho ¹¹, Mattia Bellan ¹², Mattia Congia ¹³, Patrick Verschueren ¹⁴, Pier Paolo Sainaghi ¹², Nagui Gendi ¹⁵, Bhaskar Dasgupta ¹⁶, Alberto Cauli ¹⁷, Piero Reynolds ¹⁸, Juan Cañete ¹⁹, Robert J. Moots ²⁰, Peter Taylor ²¹, Christopher Edwards ²², John Isaacs ⁸, Peter Sasieni ²³, João Eurico Fonseca ²⁴, Ernest Choy ²⁵ and Costantino Pitzalis²⁶, ¹Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ²University of Leeds & NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Pôle de Recherche en Rhumatologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCL Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Italy, ⁶University of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium, ⁷University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁸University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ⁹University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ¹⁰Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹²University of Novara, Novara, Italy, ¹³University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, ¹⁴University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ¹⁵Basildon Hospital NHS Trust, Basildon, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Southend University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Rheumatology Unit, University Clinic AOU and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, ¹⁸Homerton University NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic and IDIBAPS,, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²²University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, ²³Kings College London, London, United Kingdom, ²⁴Rheumatology and Bone Diseases Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte; Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa; Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa; Lisbon, Portugal., Lisbon, Portugal, ²⁵Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ²⁶Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Although biologic therapies have transformed the outlook for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the lack of a major treatment response in over 50% of patients, the…
Abstract Number: 44 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Validation of New Genes Identified in a Molecular Bayesian Network of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovitis
Teresina Laragione¹, Carolyn Harris ¹, Wenhui Wang ¹, Jun Zhu ¹ and Percio Gulko ¹, ¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: We have previously identified new key regulators of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial pathology using a systems biology approach that combined RA gene expression datasets,…
Abstract Number: 49 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Towards a Single Cell Portrait of Rheumatoid Arthritis – Development of a Single Cell Multiomics Pipeline for Phase 2 of the Accelerating Medicine Partnership (AMP) – RA Network
Kevin Wei¹, Anna Helena Jonsson ¹, Fan Zhang ², Aparna Nathan ³, Joseph Mears ², Gerald Watts ², Zhu Zhu ², ilya Korsunsky ², Laura Donlin ⁴, Deepak Rao ², Andrew Filer ⁵, Accelerating Medicine Partnership (AMP) ⁶, Brendan Boyce ⁷, Ellen Gravallese ⁸, V. Michael Holers ⁹, Larry Moreland ¹⁰, Peter Gregersen ¹¹, Vivian Bykerk ¹², Jennifer Anolik ⁷, Soumya Raychaudhuri ² and Michael Brenner ¹³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Institute of Inflammation and Ageing College of Medical and Dental Sciences University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁷University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁸University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁹University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, USA, Denver, ¹⁰University of Pittsburgh, PITTSBURGH, PA, ¹¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, ¹³Brigham and Women’s Hospital:, Boston
Background/Purpose: The goal of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) program is to study synovial tissue from individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using high-dimensional analyses. During…
Abstract Number: 996 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Role of Flip in Differentiation and Survival of Synovial Tissue Resident Macrophages
Qi Huang¹, Renee Doyle ¹, Shang-Yang Chen ², Alexander Misharin ³, Deborah Winter ⁴ and Richard Pope ⁵, ¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, chicago, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, ⁵Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: We previously identified that under homeostatic conditions Flip was necessary for macrophage (MΦ) survival. The mechanisms responsible for the differentiation of monocyte-derived MΦs into…
Abstract Number: 1996 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Bromodomain Inhibitor, I-BET762 Inhibits Production of Pro-inflammatory in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes and Differentiation of Osteoclast
Ra Ham Kim¹, Hyun Jung Yoo ², Shin Eui Kang ³, Ji soo Park ⁴, Seon Uk Kim ⁵, Eun Young Lee ⁶, Jin Kyun Park ⁶ and Yeong-Wook Song ⁷, ¹Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Repulbic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea., Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁵Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁷Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder, characterized by joint inflammation and bone destruction. The fibroblast-like synoviocyte(FLS) contributes to the pathogenesis of RA…
Abstract Number: 2002 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Presence of the MerTK Receptor on Human Synovial Tissue Macrophages Lowers Inflammatory Cytokine Production and Activation of the MerTK+CD206+ Subpopulation Limits the Inflammatory Response of Synovial Fibroblasts
Samuel Finlay¹, Stefano Alivernini ², Aziza Elmesmari ³, Barbara Tolusso ², Luca Petricca ², Clara Di Mario ⁴, Annunziata Capacci ², Andrew Filer ⁵, Gianfranco Ferraccioli ², Iain McInnes ¹, Elisa Gremese ² and Mariola Kurowska-Stolarska ¹, ¹Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²Division of Rheumatology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ³Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ⁵Institute of Inflammation and Ageing College of Medical and Dental Sciences University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Background: A substantial proportion of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients do not respond to treatment and only a small proportion achieve sustained disease remission. We showed…
Abstract Number: 2010 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Individual Functions of Histone-acetyltransferases CBP and p300 in Regulating Autophagy and Proteasomal Degradation in Synovial Fibroblasts
Monika Krošel¹, Marcel Gabathuler ², Matija Tomšič ¹, Oliver Distler ³, Caroline Ospelt ⁴ and Kerstin Klein ⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Schlieren, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland., Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Tight control of the two major catabolic pathways proteasomal degradation and autophagy is critical for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis and cell survival. Here…
Abstract Number: 2741 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Integration of Single Cells from Inflammatory Disease Tissues Reveals Common and Unique Pathogenic Cell States
Fan Zhang¹, Joseph Mears ¹, ilya Korsunsky ¹, Kevin Wei ², Anna Helena Jonsson ², Deepak Rao ¹, Edy Kim ³, Laura Donlin ⁴, Jill Buyon ⁵, Michelle Petri ⁶, Chaim Putterman ⁷, Thomas Tuschl ⁸, Nir Hacohen ⁹, Betty Diamond ¹⁰, Michael Brenner ¹¹ and Soumya Raychaudhuri ¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boton, MA, ⁴Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Rockefeller Research Laboratories, New York, ⁹Broad Institute, Cambridge, ¹⁰Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, ¹¹Brigham and Women’s Hospital:, Boston
Background/Purpose: Different autoimmune diseases can co-exist in an individual and share similar genetic associations, autoimmune signaling pathways, and clinical manifestations. However, autoimmune diseases present varied…
Abstract Number: 2848 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Semiquantitative Assessment of Synovial Inflammation on US-Guided Synovial Membrane Biopsy Is Contingent to Disease Phase, Autoimmune Profile and Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Large Single Center Experience (SYNGem Cohort)
Stefano Alivernini¹, Barbara Tolusso ¹, Marco Gessi ², Maria Rita Gigante ¹, Luca Petricca ¹, Clara Di Mario ³, Simone Perniola ¹, Anna Laura Fedele ¹, Giusy Peluso ⁴, Laura Bui ², Annunziata Capacci ¹, Francesco Federico ², Gianfranco Ferraccioli ³ and Elisa Gremese ¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Pathology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ³Institute of Rheumatology - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ⁴Division of Rheumatology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US)-guided minimally-invasive Synovial Tissue (ST) biopsy is a well tolerated procedure for basic and translational studies on chronic inflammatory joint diseases as Rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 70 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Colocalization of Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Adducts (MAA) and Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Joint and Lung Tissues from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Geoffrey M. Thiele¹, Michael J. Duryee², Jacob D. McGowan¹, Logan M. Duryee¹, Lynell W. Klassen³, James R. O'Dell³, Bryant R. England⁴ and Ted R. Mikuls⁵, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Rheumatology, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde adducts (MAA) are products of oxidative stress that modify self-proteins and stimulate potent cellular and humoral immune responses. We have previously demonstrated…
Abstract Number: 1073 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Connective Tissue Growth Factor Associates with Angiogenesis through Notch-1 Activation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kazuhisa Nozawa¹, Takuya Hirai², Hiroshi Tsushima², Ken Yamaji³, Naoto Tamura³ and Iwao Sekigawa⁴, ¹2-1-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Rheumatology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Institute for Environment and Gender Specific Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Aberrant angiogenesis has been considered as one of important factors for pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several angiogenetic mediators are reported to be massively…
Abstract Number: 1201 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Finger Extensor Tendon Involvement Is Frequent in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mihaela Maruseac¹, Patrick Durez^2,3, Adrien Nzeusseu Toukap⁴ and Maria Stoenoiu⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ²Pôle de Maladies Rhumatismales, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ³Pôle de Recherche en Rhumatologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Rheumatology - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc - Université Catholique de Louvain - Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Finger extensor involvement (FET) at ultrasound examination (US) was previously described in patients suffering from early psoriatic arthritis. Contradictory results were published in patients…
Abstract Number: 1933 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Histological Features and Tissue-Macrophage Phenotype of Synovial Biopsies Identify RA Patients in Sustained Remission at Risk of Disease Flare after Treatment Tapering or Discontinuation
Stefano Alivernini¹, Barbara Tolusso¹, Aziza Elmesmari², Laura Bui³, Giusy Peluso¹, Maria Rita Gigante¹, Samuel Finlay^2,4, Luca Petricca¹, Clara Di Mario¹, Simone Perniola^1,5, Anna Laura Fedele¹, Francesco Federico³, Iain B. McInnes^2,4, Gianfranco Ferraccioli¹, Mariola Kurowska-Stolarska^2,6 and Elisa Gremese¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ²Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ³Institute of Pathology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ⁴Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis Centre of Excellence (RACE), Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Verona - University of Verona (ITALY), Verona, Italy, ⁶Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis Centre of Excellence (RACE), Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Flares of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) occur unpredictably representing a major burden for patients and clinicians. We aimed to dissect the…
Abstract Number: 1959 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Stability of DNA Methylation Signature in Primary RA Synovial Fibroblasts Compared with Cultured Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes
Rizi Ai¹, Deepa Hammaker², Wei Wang³ and Gary S. Firestein⁴, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an aggressive immune-mediated joint disease with synovial inflammation and joint destruction. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a key role in mediating…
Abstract Number: 2798 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Expanded T-Cell Clones Are Present in the Synovium before the Clinical Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Giulia Balzaretti^1,2,3, Paul L. Klarenbeek⁴, Marieke E. Doorenspleet⁵, Maria JH de Hair⁶, Barbera C.D. van Schaik⁷, Rebecca Esveldt², Marleen van de Sande¹, Danielle Gerlag⁸, Antoine H.C. van Kampen⁷, Frank Baas^2,9, Paul-Peter Tak¹⁰ and Niek de Vries^3,5, ¹Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, ARC | Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Dept. of Genome Analysis, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Dept. of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology & immunology Center | Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁷Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁹Dept. of Genome Diagnostics, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁰GlaxoSmithKline, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In healthy individuals with arthralgia and RA-specific autoantibodies (so called at-risk individuals) the presence of expanded B-cell receptor (BCR) clones in peripheral blood (PB)…

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