Abstracts tagged "B-Cell Targets"

Abstract Number: LB18 • ACR Convergence 2025
Transcriptomic Signatures of ANA+ and ANA- B Cells Reveal Shifts from Active Disease to Remission in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Rita Pozovskiy¹, Yemil Atisha-Fregoso² and Betty Diamond³, ¹Zucker School of Medicine, New York, New York, ²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, New York, New York, ³The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York
Background/Purpose: In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), IgG antibodies that target nuclear antigens (ANA) are pathogenic and part of the diagnostic criteria for SLE. Healthy individuals…
Abstract Number: LB04 • ACR Convergence 2025
Anti-CD20/BCMA Bispecific CAR-T Cell Therapy Promotes Immune Reset and Sustained Drug Free Remission in Refractory Autoimmune Diseases
Huihua Ding¹, Wensi Li², Yiwen Shen³, Chunyan Zhang⁴, Yan Ye³, Ran Wang³, Shaoying Yang³, Chunmei Wu³, Dai Dai³, Chengxiao Zheng², Yuan Qian², Xiaobing Luo⁵, Thule Trinh⁵, Judy Zhu², Jiaqi Huang⁵, Yong Hao³, Xiaoying Yao³, Zhenfen Ling⁶, Yihong Yao⁵ and Nan Shen¹, ¹Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ²Shanghai AbelZeta Ltd., Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ³Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁴Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, Shanghai, China, ⁵AbelZeta Inc., Rockville, ⁶Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Refractory autoimmune diseases with progressive organ damage remain a major unmet medical need. C-CAR168 is an autologous anti-CD20/BCMA bispecific CAR-T therapy designed to simultaneously…
Abstract Number: LB13 • ACR Convergence 2025
Obinutuzumab Leads to Deep B-Cell Depletion in the Kidney Parenchyma of Patients With Lupus Nephritis: An Exploratory Analysis of the REGENCY Trial
Brad Rovin¹, Elsa Martins², Cary Austin³, Harini Raghu³, Caleb Chan³, Patrick Chang³, Jay Garg³, Valeria Alberton⁴, Mittermayer Santiago⁵, Gustavo Aroca-Martínez⁶, Fedra Palazuelos⁷, Teresa Baczkowska⁸, José Alfaro⁹, Jorge Ravelo-Hernández¹⁰, Richard Furie¹¹, Luís Pinto¹², Eduardo Albiero¹³, Christopher Larsen¹⁴, Bongin Yoo³, Jennifer Pulley¹⁵, Andrew Thorley³, Thomas Schindler², Theodore Omachi³, William Pendergraft III³ and Ana Malvar¹⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, ²F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland, ³Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, ⁴Pathology Unit, Fernández Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health and UFBA, Federal University of Bahia, and Clínica SER da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, ⁶Universidad Simón Bolívar y Clínica de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia, ⁷Centro de Investigación y Tratamiento Reumatológico S.C., Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸Department of Transplantation Medicine, Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ⁹Instituto Peruano del Hueso y la Articulación, Lima, Peru, ¹⁰Clinica San Juan Bautista, Unidad de Investigacion en Reumatologia e Inmunologia, Lima, Peru, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York, ¹²Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia, ¹³Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba, Argentina, ¹⁴Arkana Laboratories, Little Rock, Arkansas, ¹⁵Roche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Organización Médica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: B cells infiltrate the kidneys in lupus nephritis (LN) and likely contribute to the pathogenesis of kidney injury. The REGENCY trial (NCT04221477) showed that…
Abstract Number: LB14 • ACR Convergence 2025
Promising Early Outcomes With BMS-986353, a CD19-directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy in Severe Refractory Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Safety and Efficacy Findings From the Ongoing Phase 1 Trial
Rohit Aggarwal¹, David Korman², Margrit Wiesendanger³, Vikas Majithia⁴, Ellen De Langhe⁵, Marc Schmalzing⁶, Melissa Griffith⁷, Philipp Koehler⁸, Joanna Schiller⁸, Dimitrios Mougiakakos⁹, Mohamad Cherry¹⁰, Richard Nash¹¹, Jacques Azzi¹², Ernesto Ayala⁴, Peter Vandenberghe⁵, Max Topp⁶, Jonathan Gutman⁷, Eugen Feist¹³, Alisha Desai¹⁴, Alexis Melton¹⁴, Alice Wozniak¹⁴, San-San Ou¹⁴, Melissa Harnois¹⁴, Jerill Thorpe¹⁴, Praneeth Jarugula¹⁴, Takafumi Ide¹⁴, Ashley Koegel¹⁴ and Neil Kramer¹⁵, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ²Mountain Rheumatology, HCA HealthONE, Denver, Colorado, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, ⁴Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, ⁵University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁶University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁷University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, ⁸University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, Cologne, Germany, ⁹University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany, ¹⁰Atlantic Health System, Morristown, New Jersey, ¹¹HealthOne Cares and Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, Denver, Colorado, ¹²Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, ¹³Helios Vogelsang-Gommern Specialist Clinic, Gommern, Germany, ¹⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, ¹⁵Overlook Medical Center and Atlantic Medical Group, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, New Jersey
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are systemic autoimmune diseases affecting muscles, skin, lungs, joints, and several other organs; many patients are refractory to available therapy,…
Abstract Number: 2573 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impaired Humoral Response to Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Rituximab Treated Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Patients: A Prospective Controlled Phase 4 Study
Nadia Emi Aikawa¹, Henrique Dalmolin², Sandra G Pasoto³, Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro³, Luciana Parente Costa Seguro⁴, Emily Figueiredo Neves Yuki⁵, Carlos Emilio Insfran Echauri³, Clovis Artur Silva⁶ and Eloisa Bonfa⁴, ¹Rheumatology 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, ²Santa Casa de Sao Paulo and Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Faculdade de Medicina da USP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) are at increased risk for herpes zoster (HZ), especially those treated with B-cell depleting agents. Although the recombinant…
Abstract Number: 1837 • ACR Convergence 2025
Enhanced Mitochondrial Activity in B cells from Females Is Required to Drive Increased T-bet Induction by TLR7 in Lupus
John D. Mountz¹, Kathryn Sullivan², Shanrun Liu², Cynthia Liu², Min Gao², Walter Winn Chatham³, Tanecia Mitchell² and Hui-Chen Hsu², ¹University Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a predominantly female autoimmune disease, with a 9:1 female-to-male ratio. Our previous studies indicated that increased T-bet+ age-related B…
Abstract Number: 1172 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Phase II, Single-Site, Open-Label Study of Zanubrutinib in Patients with IgG4-Related Disease
Matthew Charles Baker¹, Audra Horomanski², Robert Fairchild³, Yuhan Liu³, Mariani Diaz Deluna³, Tobias Lanz⁴, Saurabh Gawde³, Mehdi Khalighi³, Benjamin Franc³, Mrudula Penta³, Nancy Pham³ and Kip Guja³, ¹Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Stanford University, Stanford
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a chronic, systemic, immune-mediated disease that is commonly treated with B cell depletion. However, due to potential risks associated with…
Abstract Number: 0903 • ACR Convergence 2025
Ianalumab‘s dual mode of action: targeting B cells through enhanced B cell depletion and blockade of B cell-activating factor receptor signaling
Catherine Wioland¹, Corinne Vedrine², Caroline Walter¹, Fanny Marque², Thomas Dannequin², Melanie Cecci¹, David Buffet¹, Cindy Schmid¹, Elena Degl'Innocenti¹, Gautier Robert¹, Grazyna Wieczorek¹, David Schubert¹, Catriona Paape¹ and Isabelle Isnardi³, ¹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, ³Novartis, Gueberschwihr, France
Background/Purpose: B cells are key players in the pathogenesis of Sjögren’s disease (SjD) and other systemic auto-immune diseases, supporting B cell depletion as an attractive…
Abstract Number: 0018 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of a noval ‘1+1+1’ CD19- and BCMA-dual targeted T cell engager for autoimmune diseases
Lin Huan, Hao Ran, Shiyi Wang, Xiaoping Zhang, Bing Yang, Yang He, Dandan Liu, Chenpeng Su, Chuan Chen, Xiaoqian Chen, Kezhen Ye, Liang Tian, Jian Peng and Zhenping Zhu, Helixon Therapeutics, New York
Background/Purpose: B cells and autoantibodies play a central role in the pathogenesis of various autoimmune diseases. Although CD19-targeted B cell depletion shows promising therapeutic potential,…
Abstract Number: 2488 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy and Safety of Rituximab for Skin Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: A Single-Center Study
Kanako Chujo¹, Taichi Miyagi¹, Hiromi Shimada², Shusaku Nakashima², Yusuke Ushio¹, Koichi Sugihara², Mao Mizusaki², Naoto Manabe¹, Mayuko Wada², Risa Wakiya³ and Hiroaki Dobashi², ¹Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ²Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Departent of Internal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) was approved in Japan as a new treatment strategy for systemic sclerosis (SSc). Intravenous rituximab (375mg/m2) is administered once a week for…
Abstract Number: 1766 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Impact of Incomplete B-cell Depletion in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients Receiving Maintenance Rituximab Therapy: a Retrospective Study
caterina ricordi¹, Maxime Beydon², Johanne Liberatore³, Pascal Cohen⁴, bertrand Dunogue⁵, Camille Mettler⁶, Benjamin Torreau⁷, Luc Mouthon⁵, Xavier Puéchal⁸ and Benjamin Terrier⁹, ¹Unit of Rheumatology, Azienda USL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Sorbonne University, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, Equipe PEPITES, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Service of Public Health, Centre of Pharmacoepidemiology (Cephepi), Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier d’Angouleme, Angouleme, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Bichat - Claude-Bernard, Paris, France, ⁷Internal Medicine and Immunology, CHU Tours, Tours, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Cochin, and Université Paris Cité, Paris ( ⁷⁵⁰¹⁴ ), Ile-de-France, France, ⁹Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) is the standard of care for both induction and maintenance in ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAVs). While CD19 B-cell monitoring is used to evaluate…
Abstract Number: 1163 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical and Biomarker Characteristics of Inebilizumab-Treated Participants Who Experienced an IgG4-RD Flare During the Phase 3 MITIGATE Trial
John Stone¹, Emma Culver², Arezou Khosroshahi³, Wen Zhang⁴, Emanuel Della Torre⁵, Kazuichi Okazaki⁶, Yoshiya Tanaka⁷, Matthias Lohr⁸, nicolas schleinitz⁹, Fernando Martinez-Valle¹⁰, Manu Nayar¹¹, Vinciane Rebours¹², Cory Perugino¹³, Kristen Clarkson¹⁴, Theresa Alexander¹⁴, Xinxin Dong¹⁴, Qian Huang¹⁴, Sue Cheng¹⁴ and Daniel Cimbora¹⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ²John Radcliffe Hospital; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Dong Cheng Qu, China (People's Republic), ⁵IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, ⁶Kansai Medical University Kori Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁸Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Aix Marseille university, AP-HM, Marseille, France, ¹⁰Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹²Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris-Cité, Clichy, France, ¹³Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁴Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: IgG4-RD is a rare, chronic, fibroinflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent flares that can affect any organ and lead to permanent tissue damage. Inebilizumab (INEB)…
Abstract Number: 0897 • ACR Convergence 2025
APECED Disease Reorganizes The B Cell Compartment Toward Alternatively Activated Subsets
william Galbavy, Hyunjin Kim, Brian Klotz, Marine Malbec, Carley Tasker, Eva Conde, Andrea Vecchione, Seblewongel Asrat, Benjamin Daniel, Weikeat Lim, Andre Limnander and Jamie Orengo, Regeneron, Tarrytown, NY
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune PolyEndocrinopathy Candidiasis Ectodermal Dystrophy (APECED) is a rare syndrome of multi-organ autoimmunity driven by the presence of self-reactive T cells and autoantibodies caused…
Abstract Number: 0015 • ACR Convergence 2025
CDR111 is a novel CD19 and BCMA dual-targeting T cell engager (TCE) for the treatment of severe and refractory autoimmune diseases
Philipp Richle, Stephanie Jungmichel, Alessio Vantellini, André Fonseca, Anna Howald, Fabian Scheifele, Loredana iuliano, Ariadna Vilarrasa, Romina Doerig, Hannes Merten, Philip Knobel, Daniel Lenherr-Frey, Christian Leisner and Leonardo Borras, CDR-Life, Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: B cells and plasma cells are central to the pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases. While B cell depletion therapies (BCDTs), such as anti-CD20 monoclonal…
Abstract Number: 2454 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Analysis of B cell Remodeling in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Following iPSC-Derived CAR T-cell Therapy
Jonatan Tuncel¹, Trever Greene², Nicholas Brookhouser², Sandeep Kothapally Hanok¹, Seth Peng¹, Alison O’Conor¹, Parastoo Fazeli³, Jennifer Medlin⁴, Cara Bickers², Kelsea Hubka¹, Allison Aguilar¹, Wei Zhao¹, Kyla Omilusik¹, John Goulding¹, Tom Lee², Jode Goodridge², Marie Hu⁵, Veronika Bachanova⁵, Jeffrey Miller⁶, Matthew Lunning⁷, Rebecca Elstrom², Debra Zack¹, Vaneet Sandhu², Bahram Valamehr⁸ and Lilly Wong⁸, ¹Fate Therapeutics, San Diego, ²Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, ³UMN, ST PAUL, MN, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, ⁶University of Minnesota, Minneaspolis, MN, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, ⁸Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Autologous chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is an exciting new potential therapy for autoimmune diseases but limited in scope of application by logistical…

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