Program Book - Confex

ACR/ARHP Poster Session C
Laguna, Spain, 3 Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La
Laguna. Tenerife, Spain, 4 La Paz Hospital. IdiPaz, Madrid,
Spain, 5 University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC),
Canary Islands, Las Palmas (Gran Canaria), Spain
1819. Poly I:C, a Ligand for TLR3, Abrogates Stimulation of
Fibrotic Response Induced by Transforming Growth
Factor-β. Feng Fang 1 , Kohtaro Ooka 2 , Swati Bhattacharyya 3
and John Varga 3 , 1 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL,
2
Northwestern University, 3 Northwestern Univ Med School,
Chicago, IL
1820. Visfatin and B-Cell Activating Factor of the TNF Family
Serum Levels Correlate with Disease Activity in Anti-
Jo-1 Positive Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory
Myopathies. Hana Hulejová 1 , Olga Kryštufková 1 , Klára
Kuncová 2 , Josef Zámecník 2 , Herman F. Mann 1 , Ladislav
Senolt 1 and Jiri Vencovsky 1 , 1 Institute of Rheumatology,1st
Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague,
Czech Republic, 22nd Medical School and University
Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic,
Prague, Czech Republic
1821. FMS-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand/CD135 in Arthritis: A
New Inflammatory System in RA Maria I. Martins Ramos,
Saïda Aarrass, Lisa G.M. van Baarsen, Danielle M. Gerlag,
PP. Tak and Maria C. Lebre, Division of Clinical Immunology
and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1822. Efficacy of Influenza and Meningococcal Vaccinations
in Healthy Subjects Exposed to Secukinumab 150 Mg:
Preliminary Study Results. Andrea Chioato, Novartis, Basel,
Switzerland
1823. Adiponectin Isoforms Differentially Affect Gene Expression,
Signaling Transduction and Migration of Rheumatoid
Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts. Klaus Frommer 1 , Rosel Engel 1 ,
Andreas Schäffler 2 , Christa Büchler 2 , Jürgen Steinmeyer 3 ,
Markus Rickert 3 , Stefan Rehart 4 , Fabia Brentano 5 , Steffen
Gay 6 , Ulf Müller-Ladner 1 and Elena Neumann 1 , 1 Justus-
Liebig-University of Gießen, Bad Nauheim, Germany,
2
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany,
3
University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Gießen, Germany,
4
Markus-Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany, 5 University Hospital
Zürich, 6 University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
1824. F-Spondin Mediates Catabolic Effects on Articular
Chondrocytes Via Its Thrombospondin Repeat Domain.
James Liu 1 , Glyn Palmer 1 , Yang Qing 2 , Daniel Rifkin 2 ,
Mukundan Attur 1 and Steven B. Abramson 1 , 1 NYU Hospital
for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, 2 New York University
School of Medicine, New York, NY
1825. Adipokine Expression in Osteoarthritis Osteophytes.
Susann Junker 1 , Klaus Frommer 1 , Grit Krumbholz 1 , Angela
Lehr 2 , Stefan Rehart 2 , Markus Rickert 3 , Jürgen Steinmeyer 3 ,
Georg Schett 4 , Ulf Müller-Ladner 1 and Elena Neumann 1 ,
1
Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Bad Nauheim, Germany,
2
Markus-Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany, 3 University Hospital
Gießen and Marburg, Gießen, Germany, 4 University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
1826. Increasing Serum IL-17F Levels in Pediatric Localized
Scleroderma As Disease Enters Remission. Kathryn S.
Torok 1 , Katherine Kurzinski 1 , Christina Kelsey 1 and Carol A.
Feghali-Bostwick 2 , 1 Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh,
PA, 2 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1827. TWEAKing Cutaneous Manifestations In MRL-Lpr/Lpr Lupus
Prone mice. Yumin Xia 1 , Karin Blecher 1 , Jing Wen 1 , Jennifer
S. Michaelson 2 , Linda C. Burkly 2 , Adam Friedman 1 and Chaim
Putterman 3 , 1 Albert Einstein College of Med, Bronx, NY,
2
Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, 3 Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, Bronx, NY
1828. Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Measurement in Whole Blood
Cultures Stimulated with Lipopolysaccharide Predicts
Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Treated with Biologics. Ken Kayakabe 1 , Takashi Kuroiwa 2 ,
Noriyuki Sakurai 1 , Hidekazu Ikeuchi 1 , Anastasie K.T. 1 , Toru
Sakairi 1 , Akito Maeshima 1 , Keiju Hiromura 1 and Yoshihisa
Nojima 1 , 1 Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine,
Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, 2 Jichi Medical University, Saitama
Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
1829. Mitochondrial Mutagenesis Correlates with the Local
Inflammatory Environment in Arthritis. Leonard C. Harty 1 ,
Monika Biniecka 1 , Edward Fox 2 , Jacintha N. O’Sullivan 3 ,
Ursula Fearon 1 and Douglas J. Veale 1 , 1 Translation
Rheumatology Research Group, Dublin, Ireland, 2 University
of Washington, Seattle, WA, 3 Trinity University, Dublin,
Ireland
1830. Relationship of Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor α, Tumor
Necrosis Factor α Receptors and Tumor Necrosis Factor
- Weak Inducer of Apoptosis to Clinical Parameters and
Therapeutic Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Treated with Etanercept. Gunther Neeck 1 , Helmut Dotzlaw 2
and Martin Schulz 2 , 1 Rheumazentrum Bad Doberan, Bad
Doberan, Germany, 2 Center for Rheumatology, Bad Doberan,
Germany
1831. The Role of IL-17 in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Gil Amarilyo 1 , Elaine Lourenco 2 and Antonio La Cava 3 ,
1
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2 UCLA
David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 3 Univ of
California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1832. A Specific Microrna Pattern Discriminates Synovial
Macrophages From Rheumatoid Arthritis and
Osteoarthritis Patients. Andrea Diaz-Alderete 1 , Vanessa
Miranda 2 , Ignacio Caballero 1 , Manuel Tardaguila 1 , Alberto
Pascual-Montano 1 , Jose L. Pablos 2 and Santos Mañes 1 ,
1
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología- CSIC, Madrid, Spain,
2
Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (I+12),
Madrid, Spain
1833. The Influence of Interleukin-32γ on Osteoclastogenesis,
with a Focus on Fusion-Related Genes. Bon San Koo,
Yong-Gil Kim, Min Wook So, Chang-Keun Lee and Bin Yoo,
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