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Abstracts tagged "systemic sclerosis and transcription factor"

  • Abstract Number: 1118 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Identification of Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Systemic Sclerosis

    Yue Wang1, Jennifer Franks2 and Michael L. Whitfield3, 1Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 2Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 3Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disorder with poor outcomes and no FDA-approved therapies. Prior work has shown gene expression patterns associated with…
  • Abstract Number: 2072 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Fli1-Haploinsufficient Dermal Fibroblasts Promote Skin-Localized Transdifferentiation of Th2- and Th17-like Regulatory T Cells

    Ryosuke Saigusa1, Yoshihide Asano2, Takuya Miyagawa2, Megumi Hirabayashi2, Kouki Nakamura1, Shunsuke Miura3, Takashi Yamashita2, Yohei Ichimura1, Takehiro Takahashi1, Tetsuo Toyama2, Takashi Taniguchi1, Ayumi Yoshizaki2, Maria Trojanowska4 and Shinichi Sato1, 1Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 3University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 4Arthritis Center, Boston University, Arthritis Center, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose:  Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem connective tissue disease characterized by autoimmunity/inflammation, vasculopathy, and tissue fibrosis. Fli1 is a member of Ets family transcription…
  • Abstract Number: 2704 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    Twist1 Regulates Transforming Growth Factor Beta Dependent Activation Of Fibroblasts In Fibrosis

    Katrin Palumbo-Zerr1, Andrea Liebl1, Pawel Zerr1, Michal Tomcik2, Alfiya Distler1, Christian Beyer1, Oliver Distler3, Georg Schett4 and Joerg H. W. Distler1, 1Department of Internal Medicine III and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, 2Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 3Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 4Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Twist1 is a member of the tissue-restricted class B of basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors acting as master regulators on different tissues. Twist1 is controlled…
  • Abstract Number: 2706 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    Fli1 Haploinsufficiency Exacerbates Dermal Fibrosis Via Activation Of Fibroblasts, Endothelial Cells and Macrophages In Bleomycin-Treated Mice

    Takashi Taniguchi1, Yoshihide Asano1, Kaname Akamata1, Shinji Noda1, Takehiro Takahashi1, Yohei Ichimura1, Tetsuo Toyama1, Maria Trojanowska2 and Shinichi Sato1, 1Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2Arthritis Center, Boston University, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem autoimmune disorder with clinical manifestations resulting from immune activation, vascular injuries and fibrosis development. Previous reports suggest that…
  • Abstract Number: 2707 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    Downregulation Of KLF5 and Fli1 Cooperatively Contribute To Distinct Manifestations Of Systemic Sclerosis In Vitro and In Vivo

    Shinji Noda1, Yoshihide Asano1, Katsuhito Fujiu2, Ichiro Manabe2, Ryozo Nagai2, Kaname Akamata1, Takashi Taniguchi1, Takehiro Takahashi1, Yohei Ichimura1, Tetsuo Toyama1, Daisuke Tsuruta3, Maria Trojanowska4 and Shinichi Sato1, 1Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 3Dermatology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, 4Arthritis Center, Boston University, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by initial vascular injuries and resultant fibrosis of skin and certain internal organs. Although the…
  • Abstract Number: 665 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    DNA hypermethylation of Forkhead box protein 3 (FOXP3) locus leads to quantitative defects of regulatory T cells in systemic sclerosis

    Yaoyao Wang1, Ye Shu2, Qing Wang1, Ming Zhao1, Gongping Liang1, Qianjin Lu1 and Rong Xiao1, 1Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, 2Department of Dermatology, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease of which the etiology and pathogenesis remains complex and poorly understood.  Attention has recently been directed…

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