Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0830 • ACR Convergence 2024
Activation of Autoreactive Lymphocytes in the Lung by STING Gain-of-function Mutation Expressing Radioresistant Cells
Kevin Gao¹, Kristy Chiang¹, Sharon Subramanian¹, Xihui Yin², Paul Utz³, Kerstin Nundel¹, Katherine A. Fitzgerald⁴ and Ann Marshak-Rothstein¹, ¹UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴UMass Chan Medical School, Worchester, MA
Background/Purpose: Gain-of-function mutations in STING, a critical mediator of dsDNA sensing, lead to a severe autoinflammatory syndrome known as STING-Associated Vasculopathy with onset in Infancy…
Abstract Number: 0902 • ACR Convergence 2024
Novel Role of TYK2mechanism in SLE Pathogenesis via T Cell and B Cell Pathways
Joshua Hoffman¹, Nicole Narayan² and Mera Tilley¹, ¹Alumis Inc, South San Francisco, CA, ²Alumis, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: SLE is a complex disease in need of novel therapies. Previously reported genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a strong association between SLE and…
Abstract Number: 0977 • ACR Convergence 2024
Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine (RZV) in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patient Populations Aged 50 Years and Older
Emily Rayens¹, Lina Sy¹, Lei Qian¹, Jun Wu¹, Bradley Ackerson¹, Yi Luo¹, Yanjun Cheng¹, Antony Lin¹, Zendi Solano¹, Justine De Jesus¹, Britta Amundsen¹, Ana Florea¹, Jen Ku¹, Elizabeth Chmielewski-Yee², Driss Oraichi², Harry Seifert², Huifeng Yun² and Hung-Fu Tseng¹, ¹Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, ²GSK, Rockville, MD
Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at higher risk of herpes zoster (HZ) compared to the general population. This interim analysis evaluated the vaccine…
Abstract Number: 1138 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particles and Its Components and the Onset of Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases in Quebec
Mareva geslin¹, Julien Vachon², Naizhuo Zhao³, Elhadji Anassour Laouan Sidi², Sonia Jean⁴, audrey smargiassi² and Sasha Bernatsky⁵, ¹Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) has been associated with numerous health effects including with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs). While PM2.5 are composed of various…
Abstract Number: 1417 • ACR Convergence 2024
Organ-Specific Autoimmune Involvement in Primary Sjögren’s Disease
Gabriela Hernández-Molina and Ariel Garcia-Torralba, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: To assess the presence of organ-specific autoimmune diseases in a cohort of patients with primary Sjögren’s Disease (SjD).Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of…
Abstract Number: 1580 • ACR Convergence 2024
Overt Polyautoimmunity and Its Risk Factors in a Multicenter Cohort of Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Irene Carrión-Barberà¹, Laura Tío², Laura Triginer², María Lee², Alfredo Guillén-del Castillo³, Anna Ribes², Lidia Valencia Muntalà⁴, Jordi Monfort¹, Tarek Carlos Salman Monte:⁵, Carmen PIlar Simeón-Aznar³, Anna Pros¹ and Javier Narvaez-García⁶, ¹Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Overt PolyA (the clinical coexistence of ≥2 autoimmune diseases (AID) that fulfill classification criteria), is a frequent phenomenon in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, the…
Abstract Number: 1726 • ACR Convergence 2024
Safety, Cancer Progression, and Autoimmune Disease Activity in Patients with Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease Undergoing CD19 CAR T Cell Therapy for Lymphoma: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study
Kathleen Vanni¹, Kaitlin McCarter¹, Xiaosong Wang², Caitlyn Duffy³, Jamie Dela Cruz³, Holly Wobma⁴, Sarah Nikiforow³, Elena Massarotti¹, Karen Costenbader⁵, Jessica Little¹, Ellen Gravallese⁶, Gregory McDermott⁷, Caron Jacobson³ and Jeffrey Sparks⁸, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is FDA-approved to treat lymphoma. A recent prospective case series of CD19 CAR T cell therapy…
Abstract Number: 1832 • ACR Convergence 2024
Targeting Hippo Pathway Diminishes Disease Signaling in Scleroderma Skin
Olesya Plazyo¹, Rachael Wasikowski², Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani¹, Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou¹, Lam Tsoi¹, Allison Billi¹, J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹, John Varga¹, Johann Gudjonsson¹ and Dinesh Khanna¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Michigan, Dept. of Dermatology, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (SSc), a female-biased autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and fibrosis in skin and internal organs, lacks effective treatment options. Our previous work, including…
Abstract Number: 1919 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patient-reported Social Risk Factor Screening Among Rheumatology Outpatients
Alissa Chandler¹, Mohammed Hamid², Aurora Jiao³, Kelsey Hulcher⁴, Isha Sharma⁵, Patrice Odom⁴, Andrew Robinson⁶, Sara Kellahan², Maura Kepper⁷, Colleen Dostal⁸, Senada Fenelon⁹, Seth Eisen¹⁰, Daphne Lew¹¹ and Alfred Kim¹², ¹Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ²Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington University, Saint Louis, ⁴Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, San Jose, CA, ⁶Washington University, Fenton, MO, ⁷Washington University, Brown School of Social Work, Saint Louis, ⁸Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, St. Louis, MO, ⁹Washington University St Louis, Ballwin, MO, ¹⁰Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ¹¹Center for Biostatistics and Data Science, Institute for Informatics, Data Science, and Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ¹²Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to pilot test a patient-reported social risk factor (SRF) screening tool among rheumatology outpatients and to examine the…
Abstract Number: 2049 • ACR Convergence 2024
Genetically Proxied Glucose‑lowering Drug Target and Risk of Immune Mediated Inflammatory Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Dongze Wu¹ and Yingzhao jin², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: There are conflicting findings on the relationship between glucose-lowering drugs and risk of development of immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). The study aimed to…
Abstract Number: 2307 • ACR Convergence 2024
Deep Spatial Profiling Unveils Dominant Double Negative B Cells in Severe Forms of Sjögren’s Syndrome
Loukas chatzis¹, Patrice Hemon², Yvonne Scuiller³, Andreas Goules⁴, Divi Cornec⁵, Athanasios Tzioufas⁶ and Jacques-Olivier Pers³, ¹Pathophysiology Department, Athens School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Cholargos Athens, Greece, ²LBAI, UMR1227, Univ Brest, INSERM, Brest, France, Paris, ³LBAI, UMR1227, Univ Brest, INSERM, Brest, France, Paris, France, ⁴GENERAL HOSPITAL LAIKO ATHENS, Athens, Greece, ⁵Service de Rhumatologie, CHU de Brest, Brest, France, ⁶LAIKO HOSPITAL, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Imaging mass cytometry (IMC) is a powerful high throughput technique that enables in-situ multiparametric analysis of a single fixed tissue section while preserving spatial…
Abstract Number: 2474 • ACR Convergence 2024
High-throughput Screening Identifies Specific Molecular Markers for ILD in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Vyacheslav Palchevskiy², Phuong Phuong Diep³, Henriette Didriksen¹, Mona Lovise Talaro Ramsli¹, Jin Zhou⁴, Shahrzad Lari⁴, Elena Pachera⁵, Michael T Durheim¹, Øyvind Molberg⁶, Oliver Distler⁷, S. Samuel Weigt² and John A Belperio⁴, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Oslo University Hospital, Department of Respiratory Disease, Oslo, Norway, ⁴University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, ⁵University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Molecular expression patterns of lung tissue across rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) have not been extensively studied. Lung sampling is invasive and not always practical…
Abstract Number: 2614 • ACR Convergence 2024
Risk of New Onset of Immune-Mediated Diseases After Sars-Cov-2 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Ana Milena Gil¹, Julián Barahona-Correa², Jorge Bruce Flórez-Suárez³, Daniel Fernández-Ávila⁴ and Zulma Cucunubá¹, ¹Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, ²Division of Rheumatology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia, ³Department of Immunology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, ⁴5Hospital San Ignacio, Colombia, BOGOTA, Colombia
Background/Purpose: The association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the new onset of immune-mediated diseases is a topic of interest given the conflicting evidence available. This systematic…
Abstract Number: 0084 • ACR Convergence 2024
DB-2304, an Immunomodulatory Antibody‒drug Conjugate (ADC) Targeting BDCA2, Displays Strong In Vivo Efficacy in Pharmacodynamic and Psoriasis Models
Xi Li, bing Li, Jun Yao, bin zhang, zhongyuan zhu, yang Qiu and haiqing Hua, Duality Biologics Ltd, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: BDCA2 (blood dendritic cell antigen 2) is specifically expressed on plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), whose over-production of type I interferon (IFN-I) is crucial in…
Abstract Number: 0198 • ACR Convergence 2024
COVID-19 Vaccination and Hospitalization Rates Differ Between People with Diagnosed Immune Mediated Inflammatory Disease and the General Population: A Population-based Study
Carol Hitchon¹, Carole Taylor¹, Charles N Bernstein¹, Christine Peschken¹, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta², Sasha Bernatsky³, Gil Kaplan⁴, Diane Lacaille², Jessica Widdifeild⁵ and RuthAnn Marrie¹, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: People with immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are at greater risk of severe Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccination reduces COVID-19 severity however, vaccine uptake may…

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