Abstracts tagged "auto-immunity and autoantibodies"

Abstract Number: 2795 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-23 Acts through IL-23R+ Tfh cells to Promote Pathogenic IgG Autoantibody Formation in Lupus
Huixian Hong¹, Qi Wu², PingAr Yang², Bao Luo³, Jun Li⁴, Hao Li⁵, Daniel Cua⁶, Hui-Chen Hsu² and John D. Mountz⁷, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham， Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham， Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ³DIvision of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham， Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham， Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Discovery Research, Merck Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Devision of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology; University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: IL-23 is currently a target for several forms of autoimmune diseases, yet its role in promoting pathogenic autoantibody development is less clear. IL-23 was…
Abstract Number: 1853 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Binding of a Novel IgG3 VH4-34 Monoclonal Antibody to ssRNA in SLE
Asiya Chida¹, Kevin Cashman¹, Scott Jenks², Louise Hartson¹, Youliang Wang¹, Quan-Zhen Li Li^3,4, Chandra Mohan⁵ and Ignacio Sanz^6,7, ¹Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Department of Immunology and Microarray Core Facility, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁵Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Medicine/Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: IgG antibodies expressing the idiotope for the 9G4 idiotype, the framework-1 hydrophobic patch (HP) of VH4-34, are expanded in SLE and provide a unique…
Abstract Number: 2526 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Autoantibody Profile for The Diagnosis Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using the IMMUNARRAY iCHIP™
Chaim Putterman¹, Irene Blanco², Nicole Jordan³, Yves Renaudineau⁴, Vered Daniel Carmi⁵, Rachel Sorek⁵, Ornit Cohen-Gindi⁵, Miriam Lerner⁵, D. Scott Batty⁵, Idan Tamir⁵ and Irun R Cohen^5,6, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Department of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Unit of immunology, EA 2216, Brest Occidentale University, Brest, France, ⁵ImmunArray, Rehovot, Israel, ⁶Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, recurrent, and potentially fatal multisystem inflammatory disorder mainly affecting women. SLE patients produce antibodies to many different self-antigens,…
Abstract Number: 1502 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antibodies To Anti-Type -3 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Are Highly Prevalent To Rabbits Immunized With 4-Hydroxy-2-Noneal-Modified and 60-Kda Ro
Valerie Harris¹, Biji T. Kurien², R. Hal Scofield³, Timothy Gross⁴ and Mary Girton⁵, ¹Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: In Sjörgen’s Syndrome, an autoimmune disease, the lacrimal and salivary glands are the primarily affected glands. Previous studies have proposed autoantibodies that target type-3…