Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 1804 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigating Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoires by Deep Immune Cell Phenotyping in Preclinical Autoimmunity Development
Aleksandra Bylinska¹, Miles Smith¹, Rufei Lu¹, Benjamin Jones², Carla Guthridge¹, Matthew Caleb Marlin¹, Christian Wright³, Susan Macwana³, Wade DeJager³, Marci Beel³, Christopher Lessard¹, Cristina Arriens¹, Joan Merrill⁴, Judith James¹ and Joel Guthridge¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104, OK
Background/Purpose: A loss of systemic self-tolerance to anti-nuclear autoantibodies (ANAs) is one of the main hallmarks of SLE. However, most healthy females with ANAs will…
Abstract Number: 1865 • ACR Convergence 2024
Reduction in CD4+T Cell Expression of CD28 and CD2 by Antibody-induced Internalization of CD6: A Potential Step Towards Immune Tolerance
Mikel Gurrea-Rubio¹, Qi Wu², Camila Amarista², Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou², Phillip Campbell², Yuzo Ikari², Laura Cooney² and David Fox³, ¹University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Dexter, MI
Background/Purpose: CD6, expressed on T cells and 50% of NK cells, is emerging as a novel treatment target for both cancer and autoimmune diseases. We…
Abstract Number: 1999 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effects of JAK Inhibitors on Subsets of the Innate Immune System
Carmen Lasa Teja¹, Juan José Fernández-Cabero², Alejandra Comins-Boo³, David San Segundo³, Marcos Lopez-Hoyos⁴ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Riotuerto, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. Immunopathology group, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease caused by genetic and environmental factors characterised by joint inflammation. The JAK-STAT inhibitors (jakinibs) are among…
Abstract Number: 2253 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Phase 1 Single Ascending Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of ZB002, an Anti-TNFα mAb Designed for Extended Half-life, in Healthy Volunteers
Cory Sellwood¹, Minggeng Gao², Mark Matijevic², Stephen Wax³, Mason Yamashita², Shan Yu², Sujata Arora² and Rachel Kirk², ¹New Zealand Clinical Research, Christchurch, New Zealand, ²Zenas BioPharma, Waltham, MA, ³Former Employee of Zenas Biopharma, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: ZB002 is a recombinant human monoclonal antibody (mAb) that targets human TNFα with an Fv domain identical in amino acid sequence to adalimumab and…
Abstract Number: 2436 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characterization of RO7507062, a CD19-Targeting T-Cell Bispecific Antibody (CD19TCB), and Design of Its Ongoing Phase 1 Trial in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Florian Kollert¹, Sarah Robertson², Veit Erpenbeck², Franziska Regenass-Lechner³, Remy Hallet³, Jason Neale², Cary M. Looney², Nicolas Frances², Celine Marban-Doran², Sophia Fredrika Soehrman Brossard², Laurie Millar⁴, Beki Finch⁵, Johannes Sam⁶, Benjamin A. Fisher⁷, Maria Leandro⁸, Thomas Dörner⁹, Christian Klein¹⁰ and Franz Schuler², ¹University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ²F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, ³F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom, ⁵F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁶F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany and DRFZ, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: CD20-directed B-cell depletion therapy shows efficacy in hematological malignancies and in multiple autoimmune indications. More recently, promising data for the use of CD19-targeted B-cell…
Abstract Number: 2597 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Stromal-cell Derived Cytokine interleukin-17D Attenuates Joint Inflammation
Jia (Sijia) Chen¹, Roopa Madhu², Catherine Manning³, Daniel Montoro⁴, Nataliya Yeremenko⁵, Kevin Wei⁶, ilya Korsunsky¹, Dominique Baeten⁵ and Ellen Gravallese⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dedham, MA, ⁴TenSixty Biosciences, Boston, MA, ⁵Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA
Background/Purpose: The interleukin-17 (IL-17) family of cytokines consists of 6 evolutionarily conserved cytokines, IL-17A-F. Of these, IL-17A, B, C, and F play diverse roles in…
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: L20 • ACR Convergence 2023
Telitacicept, a Human Recombinant Fusion Protein Targeting and Neutralizing B Lymphocyte Stimulator (BlyS) and a Proliferation-Inducing Ligand (APRIL), in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients with an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate (MTX): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Study
Li Wang¹, Dong Xu², Jianmin Fang³, Qing Zuraw⁴ and Fengchun Zhang¹, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Dong Cheng District, China, ³RemeGen Co, Ltd., Yantai, China, ⁴RemeGen Biosciences, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Telitacicept is a recombinant fusion protein targeting and neutralizing BLyS and APRIL. This phase 3, randomized, double-blind study evaluated the efficacy and safety of…
Abstract Number: 0007 • ACR Convergence 2023
Targeting NF-κB Signalling in B Cells from ANCA-associated Vasculitis Impairs B Cell Biology as a Potential Novel Target
Ana Merino-Vico¹, Jan Piet van Hamburg¹, Paul Tuijnenburg¹, Aram Al-Soudi¹, Carlo Bonasia², Boy Helder¹, Abraham Rutgers², Wayel H. Abdulahad², Coen A. Stegeman², Jan-Stephan Sanders², Laura Bergamaschi³, Paul A. Lyons³, Theo Bijma², Laura Van Keep¹, Kirsten wesenhagen¹, Aldo Jongejan¹, Henric Olsson⁴, Niek De Vries¹, Taco W. Kuijpers¹, Peter Heeringa² and Sander Tas⁵, ¹Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁵Amsterdam UMC, locatie AMC, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: B cells have gained increased interest in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) research, as the treatment of this autoimmune disease with rituximab (an anti-CD20 B cell…
Abstract Number: 0084 • ACR Convergence 2023
Excess IL-18 Protects from Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Mainly via Preferential Augmentation of Suppressor/Regulatory over Autoreactive T-cell Function
Jeremy Morrissette¹, Vinh Dang², Jemy Varghese², Zachary Lanzar¹, Junior Nguyen², Emily Landy³, Anastasia Frank-Kamenetskii⁴ and Scott Canna², ¹University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴CHOP/UPENN, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Interleukin 18 (IL-18) is an inflammasome-activated cytokine that canonically amplifies interferon-gamma (IFNg) production and cytotoxicity by CD8 T-cells (CD8Ts) and Th1 CD4 T-cells (CD4Ts).…
Abstract Number: 0201 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tolerability and Safety of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Diseases – A Prospective Longitudinal Study over 12 Months
Ioana Andreica¹, Gianna Chierergo², Stefania Reale², Benjamin Wilde³, Styliani Tsiami⁴, David Kiefer⁴, Philipp Sewerin⁴, Hilal Kavruk⁵, Dimitra Karagkiozidou², Barbara Guminski⁴, Andreas Kribben³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁶, Juergen Braun⁴ and Uta Kiltz⁷, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, ⁴Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Herpes zoster (HZ) is common in the elderly, with a lifetime risk of 25%. The primary risk factors for HZ are advanced age and…
Abstract Number: 0302 • ACR Convergence 2023
Remission in Anti-HMGCR Positive Immune-mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Without the Use of Glucocorticoids: A Multicentric Study of 24 Patients
David Martinez-Lopez¹, Cristina Corrales Selaya², Diana Prieto-Peña², Piotr Szczesny³, Antonella Notarnicola⁴, Ricardo Blanco⁵, Ingrid Lundberg⁶ and Maryam Dastmalchi⁶, ¹Hospital de Sierrallana, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ⁴Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet; Department of Gastroenterology, Dermatotology, Rhematology, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Statin-induced immune mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a subtype of inflammatory myopathy associated with anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCR) autoantibodies. This condition is characterized by progressive…
Abstract Number: 0550 • ACR Convergence 2023
Harnessing Machine Learning to Predict Neuropsychiatric Events in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nursen Cetrez¹, Julius Lindblom¹, Raffaele Da Mutten², Dionysis Nikolopoulos² and Ioannis Parodis¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is linked to increased morbidity, mortality, and adverse health-related quality of life. Early disease, a history of NPSLE, aPL…
Abstract Number: 0783 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tolerability of CAR T Cell Therapy in Autoimmune Disease
Jule Taubmann¹, Fabian Müller², Michael Aigner³, Ioanna Minopoulou⁴, Johannes Knitza⁵, Dagmar Werner⁶, Christina Bergmann⁷, Gerhard Kroenke⁸, Andreas Mackensen³ and Georg Schett⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology / Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3 Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Charite Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that CD19 CAR T cell therapy can lead to improvement of severe forms of B cell mediated autoimmune disease including…
Abstract Number: 0982 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (SARD) in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort: Rates of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Other SARD Among Medicare-linked Participants
Christine Parks¹, Karen Costenbader², Laura Beane Freeman³, Jonathan Hofmann³ and Dale Sandler⁴, ¹Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Some systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD), such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), have been associated with farming, specific pesticides, and…

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