Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: PP15 • ACR Convergence 2024
Breathing Mindfully and How to Control Anxiety in Lupus Patients
Amanda Greene, Lupus Research Alliance, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: For over four decades, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus has impacted my Quality of Life.. I was diagnosed in 1983- my entire life was changed. I…
Abstract Number: 0015 • ACR Convergence 2024
Profiling of B and T Cells in Kidney Biopsies from ANCA-associated Vasculitis Patients with Glomerulonephritis at Single-Cell Resolution
Ana Merino Vico¹, Yosta Vegting¹, Aldo Jongejan¹, Jan Piet van Hamburg¹, Perry moerland¹, Sander Tas² and Marc Hilhorst¹, ¹Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam UMC, locatie AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a small-vessel autoimmune vasculitis, associated with severe lung and kidney impairment. B cells are crucial in AAV…
Abstract Number: 0146 • ACR Convergence 2024
Enhancing Pre-Biologic Response Modifier Screening for Coccidioidomycosis in Endemic Regions
Bashar Tanous¹, SRIKAR SAMA², Nidaa Rasheed³ and Candice Reyes⁴, ¹UCSF Fresno, Fresno, ²University of California San Francisco Fresno, Fresno, CA, ³UCSF Fresno, Fresno, CA, ⁴VACCHCS, Fresno, CA
Background/Purpose: Biologic response modifiers (BRMs), also known as "biologics," have become essential tools in treating various chronic inflammatory conditions. However, the immunosuppression caused by these agents…
Abstract Number: 0293 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessment of Skin Cancer Risk in Autoimmune Diseases: A Multivariate Analysis Using a National Inpatient Database
Sami Rabah and Xiangyi Kang, Lincoln Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases are known to be associated with an increased risk of many types of cancers. This study investigates the association between different types…
Abstract Number: 0379 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness and Safety of Baricitinib for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Associated Uveitis or Chronic Anterior Antinuclear Antibody Positive Uveitis in Children
Athimalaipet Ramanan¹, Catherine Guly², Gabriele Simonini³, Stuart Keller⁴, Priyanka Sen⁴, Thorsten Holzkaemper⁴ and PIERRE QUARTIER⁵, ¹Bristol Royal Hosp for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³Meyer Children’s Hospital IRCCS; University of Florence, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Université Paris-Cite, IMAGINE Institute, Necker Children’s Hospital, Paris Cedex 15, France
Background/Purpose: Baricitinib could target multiple cytokine pathways associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis (JIA-U) and antinuclear antibody (ANA)-positive uveitis, providing a novel therapeutic approach.…
Abstract Number: 0607 • ACR Convergence 2024
Plasma Proteomic Analysis Reveals Type I Interferon Blockade Effects of Anifrolumab in Lupus Nephritis: Insights from a Phase 2 Trial
Andrea Fava¹, Michelle Petri², David Jayne³, Patrick G Gavin⁴, Eszter Csomor⁵, Philip Z Brohawn⁴, Daniel Muthas⁶, Adam Platt⁵, Catharina Lindholm⁷ and Nicola Ferrari⁵, ¹Divison of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ³University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: An elevated type I interferon gene signature (IFNGS) is associated with more active disease in patients with LN.1 Anifrolumab, a type I interferon receptor…
Abstract Number: 0780 • ACR Convergence 2024
Deep B Cell Tissue Depletion Following Anti-CD19 CART Cells Therapy
Carlo Tur¹, Markus Eckstein², Velden Joachim³, Christina Bergmann⁴, Janina Auth¹, Laura Bucci¹, Giulia Corte⁵, Melanie Hagen¹, Andreas Wirsching¹, Ricardo Grieshaber-Bouyer¹, Petra Reis¹, Nicolai Kittan¹, Jochen Wacker¹, Simon Rauber¹, Aleix Rigau⁶, Andreas Ramming¹, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino⁷, Arndt Hartmann⁸, Fabian Müller⁹, Andreas MAckensen¹⁰, Aline Bozec¹, Georg Schett¹¹ and Maria Gabriella Raimondo¹, ¹Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ²Institute of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center EMN, Friedrich-Alexander- Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ⁶Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ⁸Institute of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center EMN, Friedrich-Alexander- Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ⁹Department of Medicine 5 - Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Medicine 5 - Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ¹¹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has proved potential for achieving long-term drug-free remission in patients with autoimmune diseases (AIDs). Its effectiveness likely…
Abstract Number: 0889 • ACR Convergence 2024
Unraveling the Progression of Sjögren’s Disease at the Cellular and Histological Level Using Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
Tomás Gomes¹, Matilde Bandeira², Rui do Amaral Vieira¹, Bianca Correia¹, Sofia Barreira³, Pedro Gaspar⁴, Rita Cruz-Machado⁵, Beatriz Filipe¹, Pedro Ávila-Ribeiro¹, Filipa Ribeiro¹, Bruno Vidal¹, Beatriz Val¹, Filipa Costa⁶, Ana Teodósio Chícharo⁷, Augusto Silva¹, Manuel Silvério-Antonio¹, João Forjaz Lacerda¹, João Eurico Fonseca¹, Dolores López Presa⁸, Nikita Khmelinskii¹, Saumya Kumar⁹, Luis Graca¹ and Vasco C. Romão¹⁰, ¹Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM Lisboa), Lisboa, Portugal, ²Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ³Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁴Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Santa Maria, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, Povoa de Santa Iria, Portugal, ⁵Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Lisboa, Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santa Maria. Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁷Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve, Hospital de Faro, Faro, Portugal, Faro, Portugal, ⁸Pathology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santa Maria, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁹TWINCORE, a joint venture between the Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany, Hannover, Germany, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, ULS Santa Maria & Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto Medicina Molecular, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s Disease (SjD) is a systemic autoimmune disease that primarily targets salivary and lacrimal glands, causing tissue deterioration and loss of function. Disease progression…
Abstract Number: 0967 • ACR Convergence 2024
Transcriptional Heterogeneity of Immune Cells in the Esophagus of Systemic Sclerosis Patients: A Comparison of Upper and Lower Esophageal Regions
Hadijat Makinde¹, Miranda Gurra¹, Salina Dominguez², Matthew Dapas², Tyler Therron², Kathleen Aren³, Marie-Pier Tetreault², Monique Hinchcliff⁴, Deborah Winter⁵ and Harris Perlman¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, ³Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁴Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT, ⁵Northwestern University, Skokie, IL
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by an initial inflammatory phase followed by fibrosis. Esophageal dysfunction in SSc is associated with gastroesophageal reflux, leading to…
Abstract Number: 1121 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Single and Multiple Ascending Doses of AMG 329, a Monoclonal Antibody, in Conventional and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell-Mediated Rheumatic Diseases
Alan Kivitz¹, Stanley Cohen², Annie Lau-Kilby³, Yajing Sun³, Jiayin Huang³, Atasi Jana³, Susie Kim³, Yanping Wu³, Quinnie Yang³ and Lin Zhao³, ¹Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, dallas, TX, ³Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: AMG 329 (formerly HZN-1116), a human monoclonal antibody (mAb), binds to soluble and membrane-bound human feline McDonough sarcoma (FMS)-like tyrosine kinase 3 receptor ligand…
Abstract Number: 1406 • ACR Convergence 2024
Development and Functional Characterization of Salivary Gland Organoids to Investigate Sjögren’s Disease
Negaar Goudarzi¹, Loïc Meudec², Juliette Pascaud², Fanny Jaulin³, Quentin Pascal⁴, Thierry Lazure⁵, Sacha E Silva Saffar², Xavier Mariette⁶ and Gaetane Nocturne⁶, ¹University Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ²University Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ³Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, ⁴CEA, Fontenay aux roses, France, ⁵APHP. Université Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, Paris, France, ⁶Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s disease (SjD) is a systemic autoimmune disease that manifests as glandular dryness and systemic symptoms. Salivary gland epithelial cells (SGEC) are pivotal in…
Abstract Number: 1555 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sustained Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Fatigue Response in Patients with SLE Receiving Anifrolumab Alongside Standard Therapy
Vibeke Strand¹, Kenneth Kalunian², Ian Bruce³, Caroline Seo⁴, Kai Wai Lee⁵, Jacob Knagenhjelm⁶ and Catharina Lindholm⁶, ¹Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals Medical Evidence, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is highly prevalent and severely affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with SLE.1,2 We previously demonstrated that, compared with placebo, a…
Abstract Number: 1688 • ACR Convergence 2024
Discovery and Validation of a New Classification of ANA-RMDs That Better Predict Long Term Outcomes Compared to Legacy Diagnoses
Jack Arnold¹, Lucy Carter¹, Yuzaiful Yusof², Zoe Wigston², Daniel Toro Dominguez³, Samuel Relton⁴, Guillermo Barturen⁵, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁶ and Edward Vital⁷, and PRECISESADS consortium, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ³Centro Pfizer-Universidad de Granada-Junta de Andalucía de Genómica e Investigación Oncológica (GENYO), Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴Leeds Institute of Data Analytics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ⁵Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Andalusia, Spain, ⁶Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, ⁷Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: ANA-associated RMDs (ANA-RMDs) include SLE, Sjogren’s, Scleroderma, Myositis, and mixed/undifferentiated CTD. Despite overlapping clinical and immunophenotypic features, there is significant disparity in access to…
Abstract Number: 1807 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of HDAC Inhibitor Targeting Type I Interferon and B-cell Abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Takehiro Hirayama¹, Hyota Takamatsu² and Atsushi Kumanogoh³, ¹Osaka university, ibaraki city, Japan, ²National Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Center, kawachinagano, Japan, ³Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to identify drugs that can inhibit both type I interferon (IFN-I) production and abnormal B-cell maturation and to elucidate the therapeutic…
Abstract Number: 1879 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence of Relapsing Polychondritis in Colombia: Data from the National Health Registry 2018 – 2023
Mario Bautista-Vargas¹, Adrian Romero-Ocampo², Juan José Pino Vélez³, juliana Muñoz-Bedoya⁴ and Diego Rosselli⁵, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA., Rochester, MN, ²Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín – Colombia, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia, ³Universidad de Antioquia, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia, ⁴Universidad Corpas, Bogotá, Colombia, ⁵Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
Background/Purpose: The implementation of the SISPRO system enables it to function as a tool capable of collecting pertinent health system data. This information is publicly…

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