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  • Abstract Number: 0034 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Meta-Analysis of GWAS data from 10,003 Sjögren’s Disease Cases Identifies Thirteen Sjögren’s Risk Loci.

    Marcin Radziszewski1, Bhuwan Khatri1, Philip Stuart2, Astrid Rasmussen1, Kandice Tessneer1, Cherilyn Pritchett-Frazee1, Matthew Pattrick2, Elena Pontarini3, michele Bombardieri4, Maureen Rischmueller5, Marika Kvarnström6, Torsten Witte7, Hendrika Bootsma8, Gwenny Verstappen9, Frans Kroese9, Arjan Vissink10, Sarah Pringle9, Athanasios Tzioufas11, Clio Mavragani12, Alan Baer13, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme14, Javier Martin15, Xavier Mariette16, Gaetane Nocturne17, Jacques-Olivier Pers18, Jacques-eric GOTTENBERG19, Wan-Fai Ng20, Caroline Shiboski21, Kimberly Taylor22, Lindsey Criswell23, Blake M. Warner24, A. Darise Farris1, Judith James1, R Hal Scofield1, Joel Guthridge1, Daniel Wallace25, Swamy Venuturupalli26, Mike Brennan27, Juliana Imgenberg-Kreuz28, Lars Rönnblom28, Eva Baecklund29, Maija-Leena Eloranta28, Svein Joar Augländ Johnsen30, Roald Omdal31, Lara Aqrawi32, Øyvind Palm33, Johan Brun34, Daniel Hammenfors34, Malin Jonsson34 and Silke Appel34, Sara Bucher35, Helena Forsblad36, Thomas Mandl37, Per Eriksson38, Marie Wahren-Herlenius6, Erik Abner39, Tõnu Esko39, Benjamin A. Fisher40, Rachel Gordon41, Gabriela Hernandez-Molina42, Adrian Lee43, Johann Gudjonsson44, Lam Tsoi44, Gunnel Nordmark29 and Christopher Lessard1,1Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 2University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, 4Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK, London, United Kingdom, 5RheumatologySA, Adelaide, Australia, 6Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 7Dept of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany, 8UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands, 9University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 10University of Groningen, Leek, Netherlands, 11LAIKO HOSPITAL, Athens, Greece, 12National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 13Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 14Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, 15Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain, 16Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, 17University Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicetre, Ile-de-France, France, 18CHU de Brest, Brest, France, 19Hautepierre Hospital, STRASBOURG, Alsace, France, 20Newcastle University, Gateshead, United Kingdom, 21University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 22UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 23NIH/NHGRI, Bethesda, MD, 24National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 25Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, 26Attune Health, Beverly Hills, CA, 27Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, 28Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 29Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 30Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, 31Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Nepal, 32Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway, 33Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 34University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 35Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, 36University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, 37Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, 38Linköping University, Linköping University, 39University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, 40 King’s College London, London, UK; Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 41University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 42Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Mexico City, Mexico, 43University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 44University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

    Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s disease (SjD) is a systemic autoimmune condition with a complex genetic architecture. To date, 22 genome-wide significant (GWS) SjD risk loci have been…
  • Abstract Number: 0009 • ACR Convergence 2025

    MRT-6160, a VAV1-Directed Molecular Glue Degrader, Attenuates T and B Cell Effector Functions and Inhibits Disease Progression in a Spontaneous MRL-Faslpr Mouse Model

    Adam Cartwright1, Lucas Gyger1, Foram Desai2, Shailee Vora2, Anna Kostikova1, Xudong Wang2, Peter Trenh2, Katie May2, Sophia Nguyen2, Chris King2, Daniel Lam2, Xavi Lucas1, Mary Zlotosch2, Elisa Liardo1, Daric Wible2, Ilaria Lamberto2, Bradley Demarco2, Debora Bonenfant1, Sharon Townson2, Eswar Krishnan2, Filip Janku2, John Castle1, Laura McAllister1, Alison Paterson2 and Marisa Peluso2, 1Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Basel, Switzerland, 2Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: VAV1, an immune cell restricted guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) and scaffolding protein, plays a critical role in mediating T- and B-cell receptor activity.…
  • Abstract Number: 0013 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Discovery and Characterization of SIM0710, a Novel B and T Lymphocyte Attenuator (BTLA) Agonistic Antibody for Autoimmune/Inflammatory Diseases

    Xiaofeng Zhao1, Xiaoqing Liu1, Yuxi Yan2, Tiezheng Liu3, Yong Fu3, Yulan Hu2, Kangmin Zhou2, Minyun Zhou4, Yingying Hu2 and Shunwei Zhu2, 1State Key Laboratory of Neurology and oncolog Drug Development, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, Nanjing, China (People's Republic), 2State Key Laboratory of Neurology and Oncology Drug Development, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), 3State Key Laboratory of Neurology and Oncology Drug Development, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, Nanjing, China (People's Republic), 4State Key Laboratory of Neurology and Oncology Drug Development, Simcere Pharmaceutical group, Nanjing

    Background/Purpose: B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) is an immune checkpoint molecule that contributes to the regulation of T cell, B cell and dendritic cell…
  • Abstract Number: 2284 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetic Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: TNF-α Inhibitors versus IL-6 Inhibitors

    Sila Mateo Faxas1, Godbless Ajenaghughrure1, Gurjot Singh2, Kim Nguyen2, Nirys Mateo Faxas3, Nicole Tejeda4, Kimberly Ramirez Bonetti5 and Erick Perez Mejias4, 1Trihealth Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 2Trihealth Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, 3Independent Author, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 4Independent Author, Cincinnati, 5Independent Author, cincinnati, OH

    Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) face increased cardiovascular risk. Different biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) may have varying…
  • Abstract Number: 0003 • ACR Convergence 2025

    In Vivo Generation of anti-CD19 CAR T Cells Utilizing Circular RNA Encapsulated in Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles

    Xiaoyu Pan1, Xiaoning Wang1, Zhihao Chen1, Xiaowen Zou1, Siqi Li1, Jian Ye1, Fei Lin1, Yang He1, Edo Kon2, Peng Zhu1, Mengyun Chen1 and Weiyi Zhang1, 1RiboX Therapeutics, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), 2RiboX Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA

    Background/Purpose: Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has revolutionized cancer treatment and shown promise in addressing autoimmune diseases. However, current ex vivo CAR T-cell therapies…
  • Abstract Number: 0022 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Genome-wide association study identifies novel genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease

    Austin Wheeler1, Thomas Riley2, Riku Takei3, Joshua Baker2, Yangyuna Yang1, Punyasha Roul4, Katherine Wysham5, Grant Cannon6, Gary Kunkel7, Gail Kerr8, Dana Ascherman9, Paul Monach10, Andreas Reimold11, Jill Poole1, Ted Mikuls1, Tony Merriman12 and Bryant England1, 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4UNMC, Omaha, NE, 5VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, 6University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, 7University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, 8Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, 9University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 10VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 11Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 12University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL

    Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is clinically present in ~10% of individuals with RA. There is recognized overlap between RA-ILD and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)…
  • Abstract Number: 0027 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Consistent Method to Generate Hyaline Cartilage from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Multi-Tissue Organoids

    Huzefa Husain1, Manci Li2, Juan Abrahante3, Natalia Mancipe3, Amanda Vegoe4, Yi Wen Chai5, Beth Lindborg6, Marc Tompkins7, Brenda Ogle8, Peter Larsen9, Timothy O'Brien10 and Ferenc Tóth11, 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 3Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 4Department of Veterinary Population Medicine and Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Sarcio, Inc, St. Paul, 5Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 6Sarcio, Inc., St. Paul, 7Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Sarcio, Inc., Minneapolis, 8Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 9Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 10Department of Veterinary Population Medicine and Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Sarcio, Inc, Minneapolis, 11Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul

    Background/Purpose: Existing methods to produce hyaline cartilage from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) face significant limitations, such as complex culture conditions, instability of the…
  • Abstract Number: 0037 • ACR Convergence 2025

    A Proteomic Signature Containing TNF Receptor Superfamily Member 10A (TNFRSF10A) and Growth/Differentiation Factor 15 (GDF-15) Improves Prediction of All-Cause Mortality Among Individuals with Gout, Beyond Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular and Other Clinical Risk Factors

    Natalie McCormick1, Sharan Rai2, Chio Yokose3, Tony Merriman4, Robert Terkeltaub5 and Hyon K. Choi6, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, 4University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL, 5Retired, San Diego, CA, 6MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA

    Background/Purpose: Gout affects >12 million US adults and is associated with premature all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality which has failed to improve over recent decades,…
  • Abstract Number: 0008 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Characterization of S-1117, a novel pan-IgG protease engineered for reduced immunogenicity using the IMPACT platform

    Julia Manasson1, Liliana Sanmarco2, Alex Pellerin2, Maria Cecilia Ramello2, Agustin Plasencia2, Jordan Anderson2, Tobias Green2, Andita Newton2, Ryan Peckner2, Yi Xing2, Heather Vital3, Nathan Higginson-Scott2, John Sundy4, Kevin L. Otipoby2 and Ivan Mascanfroni2, 1Seismic Therapeutic, New York, NY, 2Seismic Therapeutic, Watertown, MA, 3Seismic Therapeutic, Lexington, MA, 4Seismic Therapeutic, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: Pathogenic autoantibodies are key effectors of inflammation, promoting tissue damage in autoantibody-mediated diseases such as inflammatory myopathies, lupus nephritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, antiphospholipid syndrome, and…
  • Abstract Number: 0018 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Development of a noval ‘1+1+1’ CD19- and BCMA-dual targeted T cell engager for autoimmune diseases

    Lin Huan, Hao Ran, Shiyi Wang, Xiaoping Zhang, Bing Yang, Yang He, Dandan Liu, Chenpeng Su, Chuan Chen, Xiaoqian Chen, Kezhen Ye, Liang Tian, Jian Peng and Zhenping Zhu, Helixon Therapeutics, New York

    Background/Purpose: B cells and autoantibodies play a central role in the pathogenesis of various autoimmune diseases. Although CD19-targeted B cell depletion shows promising therapeutic potential,…
  • Abstract Number: 0032 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Protein Language Model-Guided Homology Identifies Microbial Enzymes Linked to Fibrosis-Prone IgG4-RD and Crohn’s Disease

    Kumar Thurimella1, Ahmed Mohamed2, Chenhao Li3, Tommi Vatanen4, Daniel Graham3, Roisin Owens5, Sabina Leanti La Rosa6, Damian Plichta3, Sergio Bacallado5 and Ramnik Xavier7, 1University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 2Broad Institute, Boston, 3Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, 4University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 5University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 6NMBU, As, Norway, 7Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Uncharacterized microbial enzymes in metagenomics are difficult to annotate, especially in fibrosis-prone conditions like IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and Crohn’s disease (CD), where microbial carbohydrate…
  • Abstract Number: 2272 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Combination Therapy with TNF Inhibitors and JAK Inhibitors in Multi-Drug-Resistant Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Series from the RA UCLouvain Brussels Cohort

    Francesco NATALUCCI1, Cécile VAN MULLEM1, Aleksandra AVRAMOVSKA1, Tatiana SOKOLOVA2 and Patrick Durez1, 1Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Rheumatology, Brussels, Belgium, 2Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Rheumatology, Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease with persistent synovial inflammation. Several bDMARDs and tsDMARDs target different key players in the immune-regulatory pathways,…
  • 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: 0026 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Spatial Proteomic-based Phenotyping of Muscle Stem Cells and their Niches in Myositis

    Bilgesu Safak Tümerdem1, Yi-Nan Li2, Tim Filla3, Rolf Schröder4, Anna Brunn5, Alexandru Micu6, Ayla Nadja Stuetz1, Laura-Marie Lahu6, Aleix Rius Rigau7, Christina Bergmann8, Alexandru-Emil Matei9, Jörg Distler10 and Andrea-Hermina Györfi11, 1Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 2University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, 3Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany, 4Institute of Neuropathology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 5Institute of Neuropathology, Heinrich-Heine University, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, 6Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, 7Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 8Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 9Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, and Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence for Immune Mediated Diseases CIMD, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Düsseldorf, Germany, 10University Hospital Duesseldorf and HHU, Duesseldorf, Germany, 11Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Immune-mediated inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by chronic inflammation, damage and impaired regeneration of the skeletal muscle leading to…
  • Abstract Number: 2276 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk Following Tnfi vs Triple Therapy: A Post-hoc Analysis Integrating Randomized Clinical Trial and Electronic Health Record Data

    Jennifer Hanberg1, David Cheng2, Xuan Wang3, Rahul Sangar4, Yuk-Lam Ho4, Lauren Costa4, Rachael Matty4, Candace Feldman1, Tate Johnson5, Joshua Baker6, Bryant England5, J. Michael Gaziano1, Kelly Cho7, James O'Dell5, Grant Cannon8, Paul Monach4, Ted Mikuls5, Tianxi Cai7 and Katherine Liao1, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 3University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 4VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 5University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 6University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 7Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 8University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT

    Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are often avoided when treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with decompensated heart failure (HF), based on increased rates of…
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