Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 1072 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inclusion of Older Adults in Pharmacologic Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials of Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review
Manuel Carpio Tumba¹, Raisa Lomanto Silva², Lily Sung³, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo⁴, Sneha Gupta⁵, Jeenah Gwak⁶, Aida Mohamadi⁷, Diana Louden⁸, Rachael Stovall⁸, Namrata Singh⁹, Didem Saygin¹⁰, Sarah Lieber¹¹, Jiha Lee¹² and Sebastian E Sattui¹³, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Hayward, CA, ⁴St. Barnabas Hospital, New York, NY, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center McKeesport, McKeesport, PA, ⁶Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, ⁸University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ¹⁰Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: A growing number of older adults are living with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) as the global population is aging. And yet, they remain underrepresented…
Abstract Number: 0961 • ACR Convergence 2025
Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor-α: A novel upstream regulator of Hippo signaling and potential therapeutic target in fibrosis
Cuong Tran-Manh¹, Thuong Trinh-Minh², Christoph Liebel³ and Jörg Distler⁴, 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, ²Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 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, ⁴University Hospital Duesseldorf and HHU, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor-α (RORα) is a nuclear transcription factor implicated in immune regulation, circadian rhythm, and metabolism. However, its role in fibrotic diseases…
Abstract Number: 0911 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Novel FcRn × Albumin Bispecific Antibody Demonstrates Extended Half-life and Deep IgG Reduction in Preclinical Mouse Models
Hang Su¹, Lulu Li¹, Zenglin Pei¹, Barry Duplantis², Yuhao Wang², Yi Li¹ and Quan Yu¹, ¹Ailux, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Ailux, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Sjögren’s syndrome are characterized by elevated levels of pathogenic autoantibodies that drive inflammation. The…
Abstract Number: 0630 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development, Validation and Performance of a Patient Knowledge Assessment Tool for Assessing the Immediate and Short-term Impact of an Information Course in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ranjan Gupta, Rudra Prosad Goswami and Anju Mohan, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Background/Purpose: Long-term outcomes in rheumatic diseases can be improved by improving patients’ knowledge, beliefs and perception about their disease. However, there is a lack of…
Abstract Number: 0841 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparing the Impact of GLP-1 Agonists and SGLT-2 Inhibitors on Outcomes in Lupus Nephritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Kinga Grzybowski¹ and Irene Tan², ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Maspeth, NY, ²Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia - Jefferson Health, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Background/Purpose: Lupus Nephritis (LN) is one of the most serious complications of SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) characterized by an attack of the kidneys by the…
Abstract Number: 0364 • ACR Convergence 2025
Group-Based Medical Mistrust and Logistical Factors Influencing Rheumatology Clinical Trial Enrollment: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Survey
Andreina Martinez Paulino¹, Miles King², Danny Arias Diaz¹, Asma Cheema³ and Muznay Khawaja⁴, ¹Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Montefiore Einstein , Wakefield Campus, Woodbridge Township, NJ, ⁴Jersey City Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ

Background/Purpose: Clinical trials are the cornerstone of evidence-based rheumatology, yet enrolling and retaining a representative patient cohort remains challenging. While underrepresentation of underserved minorities is…
Abstract Number: 0266 • ACR Convergence 2025
Chronic PPI Use Association with Development of Autoimmune Conditions: Retrospective Cohort Study
Nanuka Tsibadze¹, Irakli Tskhakaia¹, Rusudan Tskitishvili² and Fabian Rodriguez³, ¹Jefferson Health - Einstein, Philadelphia, PA, ²Virtua Health, Camden, NJ, ³Jefferson Health - Einstein, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are one of the most prescribed medications around the world. Recent research has increasingly identified adverse reactions in patients with…
Abstract Number: 0205 • ACR Convergence 2025
Implementation of the Varicella Zoster virus vaccine and its Real-World effectiveness
Laura Mas Sanchez¹, ELENA GRAU GARCIA², Carlos Valera Ribera³, Pablo Muñoz-Martínez⁴, Daniel Ramos Castro⁵, Alba Maria Torrat Noves⁶, Belen Villanueva Manes⁷, Iago Alcántara Álvarez⁸, Miguel Simeo Vinaixa⁹, Andres Perez Hurtado¹⁰ and José Andrés Román Ivorra¹¹, ¹Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, València, Spain, ²HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, València, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Sagunto, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁷Hospital La Fe, València, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari i Politénic La Fe, València, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario y Politècnico La Fe, València, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
Background/Purpose: In 2023, Spain approved the inactivated varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine in individuals over 50 years of age with immunosuppressive conditions, including rheumatology patients…
Abstract Number: 0081 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trans-endothelial Trafficking of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes Amplifies Synovial Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jaeyeon Kim¹, Sanaz Panahandeh², Hieu Nguyen³, Kainat Mian⁴, Hadijat Makinde⁴, Kyoung Jae Won⁵, Arminja Kettenbach³, Harris R Perlman⁴, Costantino Pitzalis⁶ and Nunzio Bottini⁷, ¹Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, ³Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶QMUL, Bromley Kent, United Kingdom, ⁷Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA
Background/Purpose: The discovery of circulating fibroblast-like synoviocyte (FLS), known as PRIME cells, in RA patients suggests that synovial FLS may enter the circulation through blood…
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: 2699 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cutaneous IgA Vasculitis: Emulation of a Target Trial from a European Multicentric Retrospective Study
Elena Biancamaria Mariotti¹, Boris Sorin², William Lutz³, Chloé Grolleau³, Thomas Bettuzzi⁴, Caterina Ricordi⁵, Santos Castañeda⁶, Luisa Herda⁷, Cord Sunderkotter⁷, Rodérau Outh⁸, Romain Paule⁹, Alexandra Audemard-Verger¹⁰, Marzia Caproni¹¹, Angelo Valerio Marzano¹², Pietro Quaglino¹³, Laura Atzori¹⁴, Julien Campagne¹⁵, Mehemt Erkan¹⁶, Nabil Belfeki¹⁷, Marijan Frkovic¹⁸, Nicolas Dupin¹⁹, Raphael Porcher²⁰, Marie Jachiet²¹ and Benjamin Terrier¹⁹, ¹University of Florence, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Department of Dermatology, Florence, Firenze, Italy, ²Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ³University Paris Cité, Hospital Saint Louis, Dermatology department, Paris, Paris, France, ⁴Université Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne, Hôpital Henri-Mondor (APHP), Service de dermatologie, EpiDermE, Paris, France, ⁵AUSL-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Parma, Italy, ⁶Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de Perpignan, Perpignan, France., Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁹Hospital Foch, Service de medicine interne, Suresnes, Paris, Suresnes, France, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Tours University Hospital, Tours, France., Tours, France, ¹¹University of Florence, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Department of Dermatology, Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹²Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹³University of Turin, Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, Turin, Torino, Italy, ¹⁴Dermatology Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, ¹⁵Hospital Robert Schuman, Metz, France, ¹⁶Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatric Rheumatology Ankara, Türkiye, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁷Head of the Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology Department South Île de France Health Hospital Group, Melun Center, Melun, France, ¹⁸Division for clinical immunology and rheumatology, Department of pediatrics UHC Zagreb / School of Medicine Zagreb Croatia, Zagabria, Croatia, ¹⁹Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²⁰Université Paris Cité and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, INSERM, INRAE, Center for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), Paris, France, Paris, France, ²¹University Paris Cité, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Dermatology department, Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Immunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV) is a small vessel vasculitis marked by IgA, deposition, palpable purpura with lower body predilection and variable joints, kidney and…
Abstract Number: 2580 • ACR Convergence 2025
Estrogen Modulates Neutrophil Biology: Implications for Autoimmunity
William Ambler¹, Eduardo Patino-Martinez¹, Gustaf Wigerblad¹, Shuichiro Nakabo², Jorge Romo-Tena³, Norio Hanata⁴, James Simone¹, Stephen Brooks¹, Kan Jiang⁵, Hong-wei Sun¹, Faiza Naz⁶, Shamima Islam⁶, Gustavo Gutierrez-Cruz¹, Stefania Dell'Orso¹, Anshu Deewan⁷, Vicky Chen⁷, Paul Schaughency⁸, Carmelo Carmona-Rivera⁴, Sarfaraz Hasni¹, Veronica Gomez-Lobo⁹ and Mariana Kaplan⁴, ¹NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Biodata Mining and Discovery Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, ⁶National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁷NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ⁸NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁹NIH/NICHD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are essential for inflammation and host defense against infections. Our group has previously highlighted their key roles in the pathogenesis of diseases that…
Abstract Number: 2463 • ACR Convergence 2025
Allogenic anti- CD19 CAR-T cells induce remission in refractory systemic lupus erythematosus
Chunnei Yang¹, Chuanyin Sun², Binghe Tan³, Chao Hu¹, Liyan Wan², Changling Xie³, Qian Tan³, Mingyao Liu³, Jin Lin², Bing Du³ and Hongyan Tong¹, ¹Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (People's Republic), ³BRL Medicine Inc., Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The treatment approach for SLE primarily involves immunomodulation and…
Abstract Number: 2292 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety and Humoral Response to Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine in immunosuppressed Sjögren’s Disease Patients: Results From a Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Study
Sandra G Pasoto¹, Talita Ribeiro², Nadia Emi Aikawa³, Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro¹, Bruno Borges², Andre Franco⁴, Henrique Silva², Eloisa Bonfa⁵ and Clovis Artur Silva⁶, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Immunosuppressed Sjögren’s disease (SjD) patients are at increased risk of herpes zoster (HZ). Despite this vulnerability, data on safety and immunogenicity of the recombinant…
Abstract Number: 1979 • ACR Convergence 2025
Utility of ALT/AST and Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4) Score in Monitoring Methotrexate Hepatotoxicity in Rheumatologic Disease: A Retrospective Analysis
Julia Wajsberg¹, Dana Nachawati², Lenche Kostadinova³, Donald Anthony⁴ and Maya Mattar³, ¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospitals, Cleveland, ³Louis Stolkes Cleveland VA, Cleveland, ⁴The MetroHealth System at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is widely used in rheumatologic disease but carries hepatotoxic risk. Standard monitoring relies on measurement of alanine and aspartate aminotransferase (ALT and…

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