Abstracts tagged "T cells"

Abstract Number: 717 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Impaired Candida Albicans Specific Th17 Responses But Preserved Oral Candida Albicans Protective Immunity
Shrinivas Bishu¹, E. Wern Su², Erich Wikerson³, Donald M. Jones⁴, Kelly A. Reckley⁵, Sarah L. Gaffen³ and Marc C. Levesque⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are susceptible to infections, even after controlling for the effects of medications. Recent data suggest an important role for the…
Abstract Number: 39 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy As a Target Of Therapeutic P140 Peptide Used In Lupus
Sylviane Muller, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: In the pipeline of molecules with a potential for treating lupus patients, the P140 peptide/Lupuzor holds a lot of promise. P140 is a 21-mer…
Abstract Number: 2712 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Soluble PD-1: A Link Between Generation Of Immunological Memory and Risk Of Disease Flare In Early RA
Stinne Greisen¹, Tue W. Kragstrup², Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen³, Merete Lund Hetland⁴, Kim Hørslev-Petersen⁵, Malene Hvid⁶ and Bent Deleuran², ¹Dept of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Glostrup Hospital., Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Graasten, Denmark, ⁶Dept. of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Disturbances in the regulatory mechanisms of the immune system play a major role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Programmed Death 1 (PD-1) on lymphocytes negatively…
Abstract Number: 1654 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization Of T Cell Phenotype and Function In a Double Transgenic (Collagen-Specific TCR /HLA-DR1) Humanized Model Of Arthritis
Seunghyun Kim¹, Bo Tang², Sarah Hammond³, DL Cullins³, David Brand⁴, EF Rosloniec³, John M. Stuart⁵, Arnold E. Postlethwaite⁶, AH Kang³ and Linda Myers³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, ³University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ⁴Research Service 151, VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, ⁵Medicine, VA Medical Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ⁶Med-Div of Conn Tis Dis, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: T cells orchestrate joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), yet they are difficult to study due to the small numbers of antigen-specific cells. The…
Abstract Number: 718 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Skin Fibroblasts Both Suppress Early Steps In T Cell Activation In a Nitric-Oxide Dependent Manner
Runsheng Wang¹, Francoise Meylan², Jizhong Zou³, Mahendra Rao³ and Richard M. Siegel⁴, ¹NIH/NIAMS, Rheumatology fellowship and training branch, Bethesda, MD, ²NIH/NIAMS, autoimmunity branch, Bethesda, MD, ³NIH/NIAMS, center for regenerative medicine, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells with capacity to differentiate into osteoblasts, chondrocytes, and adipocytes. A phase II study in Europe has shown…
Abstract Number: 2714 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Commensal Intestinal Microbiota Drives Spontaneous Interleukin-1- and T Helper 17-Mediated Arthritis In Mice
Shahla Abdollahi-Roodsaz¹, Rebecca Rogier², Tom Ederveen², Harm Wopereis³, Raish Oozeer³, Marije I. Koenders² and Wim B. van den Berg¹, ¹Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Danone Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Altered composition of intestinal microbiota in recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and possible efficacy of oral antibiotics suggest a role of intestinal microbiota in RA.…
Abstract Number: 1656 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon Type I and T Helper 17: A Dangerous Liaison In Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome?
Zana Brkic¹, Sandra M.J. Paulissen², Cornelia G. van Helden-Meeuwsen³, Naomi I. Maria³, Odilia B.J. Corneth⁴, Nadine Davelaar⁵, Jan Piet van Hamburg⁵, Paul L. Van Daele³, Virgil A. Dalm¹, Martin van Hagen³, Erik Lubberts⁶ and Marjan A. Versnel¹, ¹Erasmus Medical Center, Immunology, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology and Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Erasmus Medical Center, Rheumatology, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The T helper 17 (Th17) cell subset, which produces IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-22 and IL-21, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome…
Abstract Number: 719 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mammalian Target Of Rapamycin (mTOR) Skews T Cell Lineage Development In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Hiroshi Kato¹ and Andras Perl², ¹Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²Dept of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: mTOR activity is increased in SLE T cells and its blockade has therapeutic efficacy in SLE. Murine studies showed essential roles of mTORC1 in…
Abstract Number: 2328 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Novel Method for Quantitative and Functional Analysis of Autophagy Using Flow Cytometry in Activated Human Primary T Cells
Ryu Watanabe¹, Hiroshi Fujii², Yukiko Kamogawa², Kyohei Nakamura¹, Tsuyoshi Shirai², Yumi Tajima², Shinichiro Saito², Tomonori Ishii¹ and Hideo Harigae¹, ¹Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ²Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Background/Purpose: Autophagy is an evolutionally conserved self-degradation system. In this process, an isolation membrane engulfs cytoplasmic materials and organelles to form an autophagosome. The autophagosome…
Abstract Number: 2315 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Foxp3⁺ Treg Cells Decreased in Overexpression of T-Bet in PD-1 Deficient Mice
Masahiro Tahara¹, Yuya Kondo¹, Hiroto Tsuboi², Satoru Takahashi³, Isao Matsumoto¹ and Takayuki Sumida¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ³Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Programmed cell Death-1 (PD-1) plays an important role in peripheral T cell tolerance, therefore PD-1 deficient (PD-1 KO) mice develop strain-specific autoimmune phenotypes. C57BL/6…
Abstract Number: 1513 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TSLP Receptor Deficiency Reduces IL-13 Expression and Prevents Fibrosis in Experimental Scleroderma
Alicia Usategui¹, Vanessa Miranda¹, Gabriel Criado², Manuel J. Del Rey¹, Elena Izquierdo¹, Warren J. Leonard³ and Jose L. Pablos¹, ¹Servicio de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (I+12), Madrid, Spain, ²Grupo de Enfermedades Inflamatorias y Autoinmunes, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (I+12), Madrid, Spain, ³Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Although SSc shares pathogenetic features with other…
Abstract Number: 518 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Spontaneous Sialadenitis Like Sjögren’s Syndrome in Orphan Nuclear Receptor γt (RORγt) Transgenic Mice
Mana Iizuka¹, Hiroto Tsuboi¹, Hiromitsu Asashima¹, Yuya Kondo¹, Satoru Takahashi², Isao Matsumoto¹ and Takayuki Sumida¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: The nuclear receptors retinoic-acid-receptor-related orphan receptors gt (RORγt) is required for the generation of Th17 cells expressing the proinflammatory cytokine IL-17. Th17 cells expressing…
Abstract Number: 2330 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells Are Inactivated by IFNα and Reduced in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Asako Chiba¹, Naoto Tamura², Ran Matsudaira³, Takashi Yamamura¹, Yoshinari Takasaki² and Sachiko Miyake¹, ¹Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan, ²Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a subset of innate-like lymphocytes which are restricted by the MHC-related molecule-1 (MR1) and express an invariant TCRα…
Abstract Number: 2317 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Protein Phosphatase 5 (PP5) Regulates Methylation Sensitive Gene Expression in CD4+ T Cells
Dipak R. Patel, Gabriela Gorelik and Bruce C. Richardson, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: CD4+CD28- T cells are enriched in chronic inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus. They are cytotoxic and resistant to apoptosis. Compared to…
Abstract Number: 1442 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IRF-1 Deficient Lupus-Prone MRL/Lpr Mice Show Reduced Glomerulonephritis but Develop Severe Interstitial Nephritis, Renal Vasculitis and Pulmonary Granulomas with Propensity for Th2 Polarity
Hidemaru Sekine¹, Takeshi Machida¹, Natsumi Sakamoto¹, Eiji Suzuki², Xian Zhang³, Christopher Reilly⁴ and Gary S. Gilkeson⁵, ¹Immunology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan, ²Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, ⁴Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: The transcription factor interferon regulatory factor-4 (IRF-4) and -1 (IRF-1) are members of the IRF family of transcription regulators and involved in the development…

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