Abstracts tagged "Animal Model"

Abstract Number: L04 • ACR Convergence 2022
Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Subtypes Mediated by CD8 T Cells Are Phenocopied in a Novel Humanized Murine Model of Psoriasis and Arthritis
Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez¹, Javier Rangel-Moreno¹, Ananta Paine², Soumyaroop Bhattacharya³, Jeffrey Fox⁴, Ernest Meyer⁵, Brian Isett⁵, Riyue Bao⁶, Tullia Bruno⁶ and Christopher Ritchlin⁷, ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²ORNA Tx, Southborough, MA, ³Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁴CMSR, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁵UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: A pivotal clinical characteristic of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is disease manifestations in several domains (skin, entheses, joints, spine) and multiple domain involvement is prevalent,…
Abstract Number: 0316 • ACR Convergence 2022
Targeting Oxidized Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (oxMIF) – a Novel Treatment Approach for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Christine Landlinger¹, Maroua Ferhat¹, ferdinando Nicoletti² and Michael Thiele¹, ¹OncoOne R&D, Vienna, Austria, ²University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Background/Purpose: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a primary mediator of adaptive and innate immune responses, as well as a primary counter-regulator of glucocorticoids (GCs),…
Abstract Number: 1709 • ACR Convergence 2022
Role of Corneal Langerhans Dendritic Cells in Lupus Keratitis
Ram Singh¹ and Angel Gutierrez², ¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with lupus and other systemic autoimmune diseases develop ocular surface inflammation that is sometimes severe and debilitating. Pathogenesis of autoimmune keratitis remains unclear.…
Abstract Number: 0586 • ACR Convergence 2022
Transcription Factor Fli-1 Impacts CXCL13 Expression and Renal Inflammation in Lupus-like Nephritis of Adult MRL/lpr Mouse
Shuzo Sato¹, Xian Zhang², Naoki Matsuoka¹, Yuya Sumichika¹, Kenji Saito¹, Shuhei Yoshida¹, Haruki Matsumoto¹, Jumpei Temmoku¹, Yuya Fujita¹, Tomoyuki Asano¹, Hiroshi Watanabe¹ and Kiyoshi Migita¹, ¹Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Friend leukemia virus integration 1 (Fli-1) belongs to the Ets family of transcription factors and plays an important role in the development of lupus…
Abstract Number: 1713 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bank1 Signaling Shapes the Gut Microbiota Composition by Controlling the Gut Mucosal B-cell Response in Lupus
Georgina Galicia-Rosas, María Botía Sánchez, Daniel Toro-Domínguez, Lorena Albadalejo and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme, Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain
Background/Purpose: Mucosa-associated commensal bacteria have been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, its exact role remains to be…
Abstract Number: 0654 • ACR Convergence 2022
Lymphatic Dysfunction and Immune Activation in Lupus
william ambler¹, Madhavi Somaraju¹, JiHyun Sim¹, Ethan Seltzer¹, Noa Schwartz², Ecem Sevim³, Doruk Erkan¹, Jinyeon Shin⁴, Rahgu Kataru⁴, Babak Mehrara⁵ and theresa Lu¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Campus, New York, NY, ⁴Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a prototypic autoimmune disease in which patients frequently have photosensitivity. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) causes the eruption of cutaneous…
Abstract Number: 1714 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Circadian Clock Gene Bmal1 Negatively Regulates Autoantibody Production in SLE
Shuichiro Nakabo¹, Donavon Sandoval-Heglund¹, Victoria Hoffmann², Mingzeng Zhang¹, Norio Hanata¹, Zerai Manna¹, Elaine Poncio¹, Sarfaraz Hasni³ and Mariana Kaplan⁴, ¹NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²ORS/ORF/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs including kidney and skin. While its etiology and pathogenesis are still…
Abstract Number: 0669 • ACR Convergence 2022
Understanding How Type I Interferon Modulates Langerhans Cell ADAM17 to Promote Photosensitivity in Lupus
Thomas Li¹, Ethan Seltzer¹, Victoria Zyulina¹, Keila Veiga², Noa Schwartz³, Yurii Chinenov¹, David Oliver¹, Jose Lora⁴, Ali Jabbari⁵, Yong Liu¹, Hafsa Munir¹, William Shipman¹, Marvin Sandoval¹, Isabel Sollohub¹, william ambler¹, Bikash Mishra⁴, sarah taber¹, karen onel¹, Mehdi Rashighi⁶, james krueger⁷, Niroshana Anandasabapathy⁴, Carl Blobel¹ and theresa Lu¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, New York, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁷Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Photosensitivity is a hallmark symptom of lupus erythematosus (LE), in which patients develop inflammatory skin lesions in response to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). In examining…
Abstract Number: 1715 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ezh2 Knockout in B Cells Impairs Plasmablast Differentiation and Ameliorates Lupus-like Disease in MRL/lpr Mice
Xiaoqing Zheng¹, Mikhail Dozmorov², Colleen Strohlein¹, Sheldon Bastacky¹ and Amr Sawalha¹, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) has been shown to regulate early B cell development and the differentiation of antibody secreting cells (ASCs). We…
Abstract Number: 0694 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluation of the Effect of UCB4470 (anti-mouse FcRn) on Amelioration of Thrombosis in a Mouse Model of Antiphospholipid (aPL)-induced Thrombosis
Maria Laura Bertolaccini¹, Yiannis Ioannou², Helen Neale³, Prakash Saha¹ and Alberto Smith¹, ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²UCB Biopharma SRL, London, United Kingdom, ³UCB Biopharma SRL, Slough, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: FcRn (the neonatal Fc receptor) is a receptor expressed by antigen-presenting cells, such as monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells, as well as on neutrophils.…
Abstract Number: 1718 • ACR Convergence 2022
Parenchymal INFγ Response Regulates Murine Lupus Nephritis
Minjung Kim¹, Anthony Marinov¹, Mark Shlomchik² and Jeremy Tilstra², ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis is the most common life-threatening end-organ complication of SLE. Interstitial infiltrates, specifically T cells, are major predictors of disease outcomes. We recently…
Abstract Number: 1094 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mechanical Loading-induced BHLHE40 Promotes Inflammatory Arthritis
Eric Gracey¹, Carolien Vlieghe², Isabelle Cambre¹, Elisabeth Gilis¹, Flore Stappers³, Guillaume Planckaert¹, Rik Lories⁴, Aline Bozec⁵ and Dirk Elewaut⁶, ¹Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, ²VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Belgium, Gent, Belgium, ³VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁵Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Force induced microdamage to joint tissue is hypothesized to trigger inflammatory events in the joint leading to arthritis. Patients with inflammatory arthritis, such as…
Abstract Number: 1719 • ACR Convergence 2022
NLRP12 Deficiency Mice Present Severer Lupus Nephritis in a Pristane-Induced Lupus Like Model
Yen Po Tsao¹, Fang-Yu Tseng², Ming-Han Chen³ and SZUTING CHEN², ¹Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ²National Yang Ming Chao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ³Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease that interferon (IFN) signature involved in the progress. NLRP12 (NOD-like receptor family (NLR) pyrin domain…
Abstract Number: 1095 • ACR Convergence 2022
A20(Tnfaip3) in Keratinocytes Restricts an Early Antiviral Gene Program Associated with Psoriatic Skin and Joint Disease
Bahram Razani¹, Jared Liu¹, Ryan Tobias¹, Sugandh Kumar¹, Zhi-Ming Huang¹, Wilson Liao², Barbara Malynn³ and Averil Ma³, ¹Dept. of Dermatology, UCSF, San Francisco, ²Dept. of Dermatology, San Francisco, ³Division of Gastroenterology, UCSF, San Francisco
Background/Purpose: A20 (Tnfaip3) levels are reduced in psoriatic plaques and polymorphisms in the TNFAIP3 gene locus are associated with increased risk for both psoriasis and psoriatic…
Abstract Number: 1723 • ACR Convergence 2022
CXCR4-targeted Functionally Selective Immunomodulator Shows Robust Efficacy in Pristane-induced Murine Lupus Model
Annegret Van der Aa¹, Simon Tessier¹, Jean-Philippe Herbeuval² and Joël Crouzet¹, ¹Ermium Therapeutics SAS, Paris, France, ²CBMIT, CNRS UMR 8601, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, heterogeneous autoimmune disease. There is still a high unmet need to improve current treatment options. The chemokine…

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