Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases and cytokines"

Abstract Number: 86 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
THOR-809: An IL-2 Engineered from an Expanded Genetic Alphabet for the Potential Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders
Jerod Ptacin¹, Carolina Caffaro ¹, Lina Ma ¹, Ingrid Joseph ¹, David Chen ¹, Taylor Ismaili ¹, Kristine San Jose ¹, Yelena Pavlova ¹, Namit Singh ¹, Lilia Koriazova ¹, Hans Aerni ¹, Michael Pena ¹, Jill Mooney ¹ and Marcos Milla ¹, ¹Synthorx, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: CD4+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a crucial role in maintaining immune homeostasis. Treg dysfunction is associated with multi-organ autoimmune (AI) and inflammatory-related diseases.…
Abstract Number: 20 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Molecular Weight BAFF Receptor Antagonists Restrain Infiltration of B Cells into Organs of Autoimmune Model Mice By Suppressing B Cell Activation
Keiko Yoshimoto¹, Noriyasu Seki², Katsuya Suzuki³, Kunio Sugahara⁴ and Tsutomu Takeuchi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²3) Research Unit/Immunology & Inflammation, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Yokohama, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medcine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Research Unit/Immunology & Inflammation, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: We have reported that soluble BAFF (sBAFF) robustly increased IL-6 production by peripheral monocytes of patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) and that the…
Abstract Number: 2147 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lack of Pro-Inflammatory Cyto/Chemokines in ANA+ Individuals with Insufficient Criteria for a Diagnosis of Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
Waleed Hafiz¹, Nan-Hua Chang², Babak Noamani³, Dennisse Bonilla³, Larissa Lisnevskaia⁴, Earl Silverman⁵, Arthur Bookman⁶, Sindhu R. Johnson⁷, Carolina Landolt-Marticorena³ and Joan Wither³, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Lakeridge Health Services, Oshawa, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease (SARD) often have a prolonged pre-clinical phase during which they are anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) positive but lack clinical…

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