Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 2385 • ACR Convergence 2024
Increased Type I Interferon Inducible Genes Expression in the Peripheral Blood of Patients Presenting Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Manifestations
Anastasia- Bilio Chronopoulou¹, Maria Gerochristou², Sylvia Raftopoulou³, Alexander Stratigos⁴ and Clio Mavragani⁵, ¹National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²Andreas Syggros Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³Molecular and Applied Physiology Unit, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens., Athens, Greece, ⁴1st Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Andreas Sygros Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁵Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens., Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE) is a chronic autoimmune skin disease characterized by a spectrum of cutaneous manifestations resulting from immune dysregulation and inflammation. While…
Abstract Number: 2530 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single-cell Multi-omics Analysis of Reactive Lymph Nodes, Affected Tissues, and Blood Reveals a Naive-like CD4+TRAIL+ T Cell Population That Differentially Directs Effector Anti-nuclear Antigen Reactive Responses in Patients with Sjogren’s Syndrome and Systemic Sclerosis
Theodoros Ioannis Papadimitriou¹, Prashant Singh², Arjan van Caam³, Madelon Vonk⁴, Irene E. van der Horst-Bruinsma⁵, Peter van der kraan³, Erik Aarntzen⁶, Martijn Huijnen⁷, Hans Koenen⁸ and Rogier Thurlings¹, ¹Radboudumc, Department of Rheumatology, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ²Radboudumc, Department of Medical BioSciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Radboudumc, Department of Rheumatology, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Radboudumc, Department of Medical Imaging, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁷Radboudumc, Department of Medical BioSciences, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ⁸Radboudumc, Department of Medical Immunology, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Recognition of self-peptides by autoreactive CD4+ T-cells is central to the disruption of immune tolerance. Although systemic autoimmune diseases such as Sjogren’s syndrome (SjS)…
Abstract Number: 2661 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changes in Krebs Von Den Lungen 6 Levels (∆KL6) Predict Fibrosing Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with an Underlying Connective Tissue Disease (CTD-ILD)
Fredeswinda Romero-Bueno¹, María Carmen Vegas-Sánchez², lydia Abasolo Alcazar³, Mª Jesus Rodriguez Nieto², Cristina Vadillo-Font⁴, M Asuncion Nieto⁵, Laura Cebrián⁶, Belén López-Muñiz⁶, Jesus Loarce Martos⁷, Juan Rigual⁸, hildegarda Godoy Tundidor⁹, Rosalía Laporta¹⁰, Irene Llorente-Cubas¹¹, Gema Bonilla¹², Luis Gomez Carrera¹³, Rosario García-Vicuña¹⁴, Ana Jaureguizar⁷, Jose Luis Morell Hita⁷, Claudia Valenzuela¹⁵ and Olga Sánchez-Pernaute¹⁶, and the NEREA Study group for Autoimmune ILD, ¹Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz and IIS-FJD. Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz and IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain, ³IdISSC. HCSC, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clinico S Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal - IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, IDIPHISA , Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹²H. Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz and IIS-FJD. Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL6) is a mucin-1 glycoprotein produced by type 2 alveolar epithelial cells , which increase at peripheral blood show a…
Abstract Number: 0002 • ACR Convergence 2024
Preclinical Evaluation of BCMA And/or CD19 Nanobody-based Single or Compound CAR-T Cells Targeting B and Plasma Cells Associated with Autoimmune Disorders
Byeong Hyeok Choi¹, Vincent M DeStefano², Masayuki Wada², Kevin G Pinz¹, Greg Deener², Nabil Hagag¹, Ahmed Abdel-Razek¹, Yu Ma³, Jing Luo³ and Yupo Ma², ¹iCell Gene Therapeutics Inc., Stony Brook, NY, ²iCell Gene Therapeutics, Inc., Stony Brook, NY, ³iCar Bio Therapeutics Ltd, Zhongshan City, Guangdong, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: CD19 single and BCMA-CD19 compound chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has demonstrated remarkable activity against autoimmune disorders, although relapses with CD19 CAR…
Abstract Number: 0087 • ACR Convergence 2024
SYNCAR: An Engineered IL-2/IL-2R-system That Selectively Enhances CD19 CAR T Cells to Deplete B Cells and Provide Therapeutic Benefit in SLE and RA Mouse Models Without Lymphodepletion
Ethan Jung¹, Marie semana¹, Ivan Cheng¹, Helena Silva¹, Sandro Vivona¹, Somya Singh¹, Michele Bauer¹, Mohammed Ali¹, Henry Rosas¹, Woei Chang¹, Deepti Rokkam¹, Patrick Lupardus¹, Martin Oft¹ and Paul-Joseph Aspuria², ¹Synthekine, Menlo Park, ²Sythekine, Menlo Park, CA
Background/Purpose: CD19 CAR-T therapy has demonstrated efficacy in autoimmune (AI) diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN), showing its potential beyond oncology.…
Abstract Number: 0244 • ACR Convergence 2024
Adjunctive Belimumab Exerts Favorable Ferritin Recovery and Survival for Post-COVID Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases Treated with Rituximab: A Case Series
Pei-Hsinq Lai¹, Cheng-Hsun Lu² and Song-Chou Hsieh³, ¹Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China), ²National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ³National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Post-COVID interstitial lung disease (post-COVID ILD) is a critical sequelae yet the role of immunomodulatory therapies remains unclear. We explored to characterize post-COVID ILD…
Abstract Number: 0309 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characteristics and Factors Associated with Treatment Response Among Patients with Eosinophilic Fasciitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Omar Hamdan¹, Roa'a Alshajrawi¹, Qais Mussa¹, Yazeed Alajlouni¹, Yazan Dabbah¹, Rawan Fratekh¹, Yousef Al-Mabrouk², Shatha Al-Mabrok² and Ahmad A. Toubasi¹, ¹University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, ²Mansoura University, Al Mansoura, Egypt
Background/Purpose: To date, data on the clinical features, diagnosis and the treatment of Eosinophilic Fasciitis (EF) patients are mostly derived from individual case reports, with…
Abstract Number: 0459 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tocilizumab Demonstrates Superior Inhibition of MMP-Mediated Basement Membrane Collagen Degradation Compared to Methotrexate or Placebo
Dovile Sinkeviciute¹, Sofie Falkenloeve Madsen², Nicolas Willumsen³, Patryk Drobinski³, Morten Karsdal³ and Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen³, ¹Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ²University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark, ³Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis involves a range of immune cells, for instance T-cells, neutrophils and macrophages. They produce proinflammatory factors, such as proteolytic enzymes,…
Abstract Number: 0693 • ACR Convergence 2024
Behind the Bronchiectasis in Systemic Sclerosis. Prevalence and Risk Factors
Miriam Retuerto Guerrero¹, Clara Moriano², Paula Perez Garcia³, cristiana sieiro santos⁴ and elvira Diez álvarez³, ¹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Leon, Spain, ²Hospital León, LEON, Spain, ³Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Leon, Leon, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, Leon, Spain
Background/Purpose: Bronchiectasis (BC) has been observed in association with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Esophageal dysmotility, immunosuppressive drugs and the direct effect of collagen deposition in the…
Abstract Number: 0839 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comprehensive Single-cell Analysis Reveals Interferon Pathway Activation and Aberrant B Cell Dynamics in APS Autoimmunity
Haoyu Pan, Xiaohan Wei, Jinyi Qian, Shuyi Yu, Zhixia Yang, Zetao Ding, Chengde Yang and Hui Shi, Department of Rheumatology and lmmunology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized with the presence of pathogenic antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) by autoreactive B cells. However, it remains…
Abstract Number: 0911 • ACR Convergence 2024
Activating B Cells Facilitates the Discovery of Latent Disease-associated Variants
David Murphy, Yao Fu, Jennifer Kelly, Richard Pelikan, Graham Wiley and Patrick Gaffney, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Although millions of disease-associated variants have been discovered using GWAS, most of these occur in non-coding regions and their mechanistic link to disease is…
Abstract Number: 1002 • ACR Convergence 2024
Depression Screening in Patients with Rheumatologic Diseases in a Large Tertiary Care Center
Sama Hajizadeh¹, Yue Yin² and Adam Dore¹, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
Background/Purpose: Depression is common and known to be associated with poorer outcomes among patients with rheumatologic diseases, likely stemming from the chronic and sometimes debilitating…
Abstract Number: 1151 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Characterization and Recurrence Prediction Model for Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy
Beibei Cui¹, Hongjiang Liu², Geng Yin³ and Qibing Xie⁴, ¹Rheumatology and Immunology, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ²West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, chengdu, China (People's Republic), ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Background/Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to comprehensively analyze the clinical characteristics of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) and develop a reliable recurrence prediction…
Abstract Number: 1425 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sjögren’s Syndrome and Interstitial Lung Disease: Experience in a Collaborative Rheumatology-Pulmonology Clinic
Sonia Jiménez Barrios¹, Sandra Garrote Corral², Juan Rigual³, Carlos de La Puente Bujidos³, Maria Angeles Blazquez Canamero⁴ and Jesús Loarce³, ¹Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ³Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary lung disease represents the most prevalent extra-glandular manifestation in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). Notably, interstitial lung disease (ILD) stands out as the…
Abstract Number: 1617 • ACR Convergence 2024
Persistence of Imaging Abnormality in Patients with Large Vessel Vasculitis Despite Clinical Remission
Luigi Boiardi¹, Pierluigi Macchioni¹, Francesco Muratore², Chiara Marvisi¹, Caterina Ricordi¹, Annibale Versari¹, Giulia Besutti¹, Lucia Spaggiari¹, Stefania Croci¹ and Carlo Salvarani¹, ¹Azienda Sanitaria Locale, IRCSS, Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Unit of Rheumatology, Azienda USL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Aim of our study was to evaluate the persistence of imaging abnormalities in patients with Takayasu (TAK) and large vessel giant cell arteritis (LV-GCA)…

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