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Abstract Number: 0157 • ACR Convergence 2025
Influence of Outpatient Clinic Visits on Receipt of the COVID-19 Vaccine among People with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Lesley Jackson¹, Nicole Wright², Rahima Begum³, Fazlur Rahman¹, Rena Patel¹, Kenneth Saag⁴, Jeffrey Curtis⁵ and Maria I. ("Maio") Danila⁶, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ⁴The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologists and primary care providers (PCPs) are some of the most trusted clinicians for people living with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRD), and they may…
Abstract Number: 0086 • ACR Convergence 2025
Androgen Upregulates Interferon Signaling in Osteoclast Differentiation During Inflammatory State
Kiana Chen¹, Chia-Lung Wu², Gulzada Kulzhanova² and Homaira Rahimi³, ¹University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Bronx, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, ³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by chronic inflammatory erosions and female predominant disease. Androgen, the dominant sex hormone in males, is protective against bone…
Abstract Number: 0042 • ACR Convergence 2025
Serum Proteomic Analysis of Cellular Immune Clusters in Psoriatic Arthritis
Steven Dang¹, Xianwei Li², Sydney Thib³, Darshini Ganatra⁴, liqun Diao⁵, Igor Jurisica⁶, Vinod Chandran⁷ and Lihi Eder⁸, ¹Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, ³Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program; Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Toronto, Canada, ⁶University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, and Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁸University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Our recent study characterized immune endotypes in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients using mass cytometry of peripheral blood1. We identified an endotype characterized by high…
Abstract Number: 0014 • ACR Convergence 2025
NKX019, an allogeneic off-the-shelf CD19 targeting CAR-NK cell therapy, induces deep CD19+ B cell depletion in hematological malignancy and models of autoimmune disease
Mira Tohmé, Meriam Vejiga, Wendy Yu, Emily Kang, Katharine Yu, Jessica Sood, Ivan Chan, Kyle Hansen, David Shook and Phung Gip, Nkarta, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Autologous CAR T-cell therapies have remarkable clinical activity in autoimmune disease (AD) via B-cell targeting, with many patients achieving durable, drug-free remission. However, safety…
Abstract Number: 0089 • ACR Convergence 2025
Expansion of PD-1hi Tfh and Tph cells in the peripheral blood of seropositive clinically suspect arthralgia patients: association with progression to rheumatoid arthritis
Maria-Eugenia Miranda-Carus¹, Mariana Gutierrez-Riart², Beatriz Nieto-Carvalhal³, Laura Nuño², Alejandro Villalba¹, Diana Peiteado¹, Irene Monjo Henry¹, Marta Novella-Navarro¹ and Eugenio de Miguel¹, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, ³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Mdrid
Background/Purpose: Subjects with clinically suspect arthralgia (CSA) are at risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and therapeutic interventions may prevent or delay progression. Still, a…
Abstract Number: 0092 • ACR Convergence 2025
SynovAI: A Revolutionary AI Framework for Enhanced Detection and Differentiation of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, and Spondyloarthritis via Advanced Ultrasound Imaging
Mojtaba S. Fazli¹, Mariani Diaz Deluna², Suzanne Tamang² and Robert Fairchild², ¹Stanford University, San Francisco, CA, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) is a powerful technique to identify and differentiate arthritidies joint pathology, yet MSKUS is highly dependent on user experience. Techniques…
Abstract Number: 0085 • ACR Convergence 2025
Single Cell RNA-seq Revealed Immune/epithelial Cell Abnormalities Underlying the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis-related Interstitial Lung Disease
Kensuke Suga¹, Amara Seng², Changfu Yao³, Tanyalak Parimon³, Youn Jung Choi², Justyna Fert-Bober⁴, Barry Stripp³, Jon Giles⁵, Peter Chen³ and Nunzio Bottini⁶, ¹Kao Autoimmunity Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, ²Kao Autoimmunity Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Women's Guild Lung Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) characterized by inflammation and/or fibrosis. Clinically relevant RA-ILD occurs in…
Abstract Number: 0074 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rheumatoid Factors (RFs) in RA Patient Sera Do Not Bind To Fc-Free Certolizumab Pegol, But Do Bind To Fc-Containing Anti-TNF-α Biological DMARDs, Driving Immune Complex Formation and Cellular Clearance
Sophie Hopkin¹, Kathryn Malpas¹, David Kallenberg¹, Jacqueline O'Neill¹, Geofrey Odede¹, Kerry Tyson¹, Sue Cross¹, Tatiana SOKOLOVA², Bernard Lauwerys³, Baran Ufuktepe⁴, Patrick Durez⁵, Susanna Bidgood¹ and David Humphreys¹, ¹UCB Pharma, Slough, England, United Kingdom, ²Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Rheumatology, Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium, ³Systemic and Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases Section, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴UCB Pharma Istanbul, Turkey, istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Rheumatologie, Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Background/Purpose: RFs are polyclonal autoantibodies which bind the Fc domain of IgGs. Patients with RA and high RF levels experience reduced serum drug concentrations and…
Abstract Number: 0217 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide for Integrating Patient Reported Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Quality Measures
Catherine Nasrallah¹, Christine Hariz², Shanthini Kasturi³, Wambui Machua⁴, Jinoos Yazdany⁵, Christie Bartels⁶, Kate Chiseri⁷, Starla Blanks⁷, Patti Katz⁸, Cherish Wilson⁹, April Jorge¹⁰, Beth Radtke¹¹, Tom Tack⁷ and Shivani Garg¹², ¹University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco (UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, GA, ⁵UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁷American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁸UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ⁹UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹ACR, Atlanta, GA, ¹²University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease that presents unique care challenges. To improve high-quality patient-centered care, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR),…
Abstract Number: 0228 • ACR Convergence 2025
Bridging the Gap: Leveraging eConsultation to Improve Access to Quality Gout Care
Laura Nichols¹ and Steven Taylor², ¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: In the context of the rheumatology workforce shortage, eConsultation holds significant potential to address some challenges through supporting primary care providers in managing rheumatologic…
Abstract Number: 0030 • ACR Convergence 2025
Immune-related Diagnoses Associated with NOD2 Variants in Human Subjects: A Phenome-wide Association Study
John Davis¹, Elizabeth Atkinson¹, Vanessa Kronzer¹, Cynthia Crowson², Afsaneh Alavi³, John Damianos¹, Loftus Edward¹, Joseph Murray¹, Ann Moyer¹ and Filippo Pinto e Vairo¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Stewartvillle, MN, ³Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) gene is associated with risk for several inflammatory diseases, including Crohn disease, Blau syndrome, and Yao syndrome…
Abstract Number: 0015 • ACR Convergence 2025
CDR111 is a novel CD19 and BCMA dual-targeting T cell engager (TCE) for the treatment of severe and refractory autoimmune diseases
Philipp Richle, Stephanie Jungmichel, Alessio Vantellini, André Fonseca, Anna Howald, Fabian Scheifele, Loredana iuliano, Ariadna Vilarrasa, Romina Doerig, Hannes Merten, Philip Knobel, Daniel Lenherr-Frey, Christian Leisner and Leonardo Borras, CDR-Life, Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: B cells and plasma cells are central to the pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases. While B cell depletion therapies (BCDTs), such as anti-CD20 monoclonal…
Abstract Number: 0011 • ACR Convergence 2025
KT502, a novel CD19-directed TCE (T-cell engager), leads to rapid and deep B-cell depletion with low cytokine release
Min Bao, John Wang, Jay Zhao and Weihao Xu, Kali Therapeutics, San Mateo, CA
Background/Purpose: Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies targeting CD19 have shown unprecedented effects in treatment-resistant autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 0036 • ACR Convergence 2025
Integrated Analysis of Polygenic and Environmental Risk Scores for Late-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Mehmet Hocaoglu¹ and Amr Sawalha², ¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Piitsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Polygenic risk scores (PRS) have been constructed to summarize genetic risk but there is limited research on environment-wide analysis of risk factors for systemic…
Abstract Number: 0222 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating the Barriers and Facilitators for Collecting and Documenting Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Measures Using a Rheumatology Provider Survey
Isaac Smith¹, Linda Tovar², Michael Battistone², Andrea Barker³, Bryant England⁴, Ankoor Shah⁵, Joshua Baker⁶, Katherine Wysham⁷, Beth Wallace⁸, Ted Mikuls⁴, Deanna Lazaro⁹, Pascale Schwab¹⁰, Paul Monach¹¹, Gail Kerr¹², Andreas Reimold¹³, Gary Kunkel², Liron Caplan¹⁴, John Richards¹⁵, Aleksander Lenert¹⁶, Andrew Jones¹⁷, Maria I. ("Maio") Danila¹⁸, Brian Sauer¹⁹, Jorge Rojas²⁰ and Grant Cannon²¹, ¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Salt Lake City VA, Cottonwood Heights, UT, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁸Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁰Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ¹¹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹²Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹³Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁴University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹⁵Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁶Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁷VA Saint Louis and Washington University, Saint Louis, ¹⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁹Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²⁰VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ²¹University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Collection of disease activity measures (DAMs) is a key component of high-quality care for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. This study surveyed rheumatology providers at…

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