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Abstracts tagged "B-Cell Targets"

  • Abstract Number: 1633 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Dose Dependent Modulation of a B Cell Protein Signature by Ianalumab in Patients with Sjögren’s Disease

    Stephanie Finzel1, Andrea Grioni2, Benjamin A Fisher3, Athena S Papas4, Alexandre Avrameas2, Danny Tuckwell2, Jonas Zierer2, Celine Rauld2, Valeria De Luca2, Enrico Ferrero2, Andre Nogueira da Costa2, Rainer Hillenbrand2, Isabelle Isnardi2 and Wolfgang Hueber2, 1Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, 3University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 4Division of Oral Medicine, Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Ianalumab (VAY736) is an afuscosylated monoclonal antibody targeting the B cell activating factor receptor (BAFFR) that depletes B cells via enhanced antibody dependent cellular…
  • 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: 0784 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Kidney-Related Outcomes and Steroid-Sparing Effects in Patients with Active Lupus Nephritis Treated with Obinutuzumab: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 2 Trial

    Brad Rovin1, Jorge Ross Terres2, Sophia Giang3, Thomas Schindler4, Armando Turchetta5, Jay Garg2, Richard Furie6, William F. Pendergraft III2 and Ana Malvar7, 1Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, 3Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 4F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basle, Switzerland, 5F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland, 6Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, 7Hospital Fernandez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Background/Purpose: Preservation of long-term kidney function and sustained reduction of glucocorticoid use are major therapeutic goals in lupus nephritis (LN). In the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled,…
  • Abstract Number: 1813 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Assessing Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Neoantigen S1 in Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Patients: A Study on Cellular and Humoral Responses

    Inés Pérez Sancristóbal1, Maria Paula Alvarez Hernandez1, kauzar Mohamed Mohamed2, Maria Rodriguez Laguna1, Cristina Martinez3, Esther Toledano3, Dalifer Freites4, Benjamin Fernandez1, María Rodero3, Cecilia Bravo3, Antonia Rodrígez de la Peña5, Silvia Sanchez - Ramon5, Gloria mato Chain6 and Gloria Candelas1, 1Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 2Department of Immunology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 3Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Rheumatology Deparment, Madrid, Spain, 4Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 5Department of Clinical Immunology, IML and IdSSC, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 6Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Data on cellular and humoral immunogenicity triggered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD) are limited. While current vaccine efforts have…
  • Abstract Number: 111 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Monitoring for Hypogammaglobulinemia After B-Cell Therapy in an Academic Pediatric Center

    Omar Mostafa, Sharon Bout-Tabaku, Buthaina Al-Adba, Ahmad Kaddourah, Abubakr Imam, Ibrahim Shatat and Mohammed Yousuf Karim, Sidra Medicine, Ar-Rayyan, Qatar

    Background/Purpose: Hypogammaglobulinemia is an under-recognized complication of B-cell targeted therapies (BCTT) in both autoimmune diseases (AID) and malignancy. Hypogammaglobulinemia may be transient or persistent, and…
  • Abstract Number: L07 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Telitacicept, a Human Recombinant Fusion Protein Targeting B Lymphocyte Stimulator (BlyS) and a Proliferation-Inducing Ligand (APRIL), in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Results of a Phase 3 Study

    Di Wu1, Jing Li1, Dong Xu1, Li Wang1, Jianmin Fang2, Dan Ross3 and Fengchun Zhang4, 1Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China, Beijing, China, 2Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, China School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China, Shanghai, China, 3RemeGen Co., San Diego, CA, 4Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China; Key Laboratory of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China, Beijing, China

    Background/Purpose: Telitacicept is a novel recombinant fusion protein constructed with the extracellular domain of the human transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor…
  • Abstract Number: L16 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Innovative Anti-pneumococcal Vaccine Strategies versus Standard Vaccination Regimen in Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitides Receiving Rituximab Therapy: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (PNEUMOVAS)

    Benjamin Terrier1, Laura Richert2, Grégory Pugnet3, Olivier Aumaitre4, Olivier Moranne5, Elisabeth Diot6, Alexandre Karras7, Fabrice Bonnet8, Claire De Moreuil9, Eric Hachulla10, Thomas Le Gallou11, Céline Lebas10, Francois Maurier12, Cédric Rafat7, Maxime Samson13, Jean-Francois Augusto14, Grégoire Couvrat-Devergne15, Cécile Janssen16, Thierry Martin17, Thomas Quemeneur18, Pierre-Louis Caron19, Cécile-Audrey Durel20, Khalil El Karoui7, Aurélie Grados21, Mathieu Puyade22, Virginie Rieu4, Yurdagul Uzunhan23, Jean-Francois Viallard8, Xavier Puéchal7, Loic Guillevin7, Noémie Huchet8, Hendy Abdoul7, Carine Bellera8, Frédéric Batteux7 and Odile Launay7, 1Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 2EUCLID, Bordeaux, France, 3CHU, Toulouse, France, 4CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 5CHU, Nimes, France, 6CHU, Tours, France, 7CHU, Paris, France, 8CHU, Bordeaux, France, 9CHU, Brest, France, 10CHU, Lille, France, 11CHU, Rennes, France, 12CH, Metz, France, 13CHU, Dijon, France, 14CHU, Angers, France, 15CH, La Roche sur Yon, France, 16CH, Annecy, France, 17CHU, Strasbourg, France, 18CH, Valenciennes, France, 19CHU, Grenoble, France, 20CHU, Lyon, France, 21CH, Niot, France, 22CHU, Poitiers, France, 23CHU, Bobigny, France

    Background/Purpose: Patients receiving glucocorticoids plus rituximab (RTX) show an increased risk of infection, especially invasive pneumococcal infections. Vaccine responses to influenza, Streptococcus pneumoniae and SARS-CoV-2…
  • Abstract Number: 0527 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Rituximab as Maintenance Therapy for ANCA-associated Vasculitides: Pooled Analysis and Long-term Outcome of MAINRITSAN Trials

    Florence Delestre1, Pierre Charles2, Loïc Guillevin3, Raphaël Porcher4 and Benjamin Terrier3, 1cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 2Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France, 3National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 4Université Paris Cité, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: Maintenance therapy after induction of remission has been shown to reduce relapse rate and mortality in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. The three MAINRITSAN…
  • Abstract Number: 1632 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Novel Autoantibodies Identify Sjögren’s Disease in Patients Lacking Serum IgG Specific for Ro/SS-A and La/SS-B

    Sherri Longobardi1, Charmaine Lopez-Davis1, Bhuwan Khatri1, Constantin Georgescu1, Christina Lawrence1, Astrid Rasmussen1, Lida Radfar2, R. Hal Scofield2, Robert C. Axtell1, Gabriel Pardo1, Jonathan Wren1, Kristi A Koelsch1, Joel Guthridge1, Judith James1, Christopher Lessard1 and A. Darise Farris1, 1Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 2University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

    Background/Purpose: Classification of Sjögren's disease (SjD) requires either Ro/SS-A autoantibodies or minor salivary gland biopsy positive for focal lymphocytic infiltrates. Up to 40% of SjD…
  • Abstract Number: 0624 • ACR Convergence 2022

    CD20+ T Cells in the Synovial Fluid of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Suggest a Role for Trogocytosis in Disease Pathogenesis and Activity

    Maria De Santis1, Natasa Isailovic2, Giacomo Maria Guidelli3, Daniela Renna4, Arianna Sonaglia3, Nicoletta Luciano3, Marta Caprioli5, Angela Ceribelli1, Francesca Motta6, Matteo Vecellio1, Enrico Brunetta3 and Carlo Selmi1, 1Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pieve Emanuele, Italy, 2IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano (MI), Italy, Rozzano, Italy, 3IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano, Italy, 4IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Milano, Italy, 5IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pavia, Italy, 6Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Approximately 1-2% of peripheral blood T cells express CD20, a marker of the B lineage, in both healthy individuals and patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
  • Abstract Number: 1677 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Chimeric Autoantigen-T Cell Receptor (CATCR)-T Cell Therapies to Selectively Target Autoreactive B Cells

    Brian J. Mog1, Elana R. Shaw1, Michael S. Hwang1, Alexander H. Pearlman1, Sarah R. DiNapoli1, Suman Paul1, Chetan Bettegowda1, Nickolas Papadopoulos1, Sandra B. Gabelli1, Michelle Petri2, Antony Rosen1, Shibin Zhou1, Kenneth W. Kinzler1, Bert Vogelstein1 and Maximilian F. Konig1, 1The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD

    Background/Purpose: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapies have revolutionized the treatment of cancer and can be curative. CD19-targeted CAR-T cells hold promise for the treatment…
  • Abstract Number: 0644 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Long-lived Plasma Cells in the Lupus Bone Marrow Are Imprinted by Interferon

    Jennifer Barnas1, Diana Alzamareh2, Neha Nandedkar-Kulkarni2, Jennifer Albrecht2, Nida Meednu2, Cameron Baker2, Andrew McDavid1 and Jennifer Anolik2, 1University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disorder with heterogeneous disease presentation and a multi-pronged pathogenesis. Although autoreactive plasma cells (PC) play a…
  • Abstract Number: 1869 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Looking for BlyS(BAFF) in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A New Biomarker of Disease Activity

    Christopher Costin1, Gabrielle Morgan2, Amer Khojah3 and Lauren Pachman4, 1Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 3Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 4Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL

    Background/Purpose: B Cell Activating Factor (BAFF) is a cytokine that drives B Cell proliferation and maturation. B Cells remain an important factor in JDM immune…
  • Abstract Number: 0720 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Risk-Benefit Assessment of Primary Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Patents with Rheumatic Diseases Exposed to Rituximab: A Multicenter Cohort Study

    Jun Won Park1, Jeffrey Curtis2, Min Jung Kim3, You-Jung Ha4, Yun Jong Lee4 and Eun Bong Lee1, 1Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical center, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 4Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea

    Background/Purpose: Although previous studies suggested that primary prophylaxis for pneumocystis pneumonia (PJP) during rituximab treatment could be beneficial, it is uncertain whether this strategy should…
  • Abstract Number: 1872 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Outcome of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis Patients Who Received Rituximab: A Single Centre Retrospective Study

    Fahidah Alenzi1, Shirish Sangle2 and Sanna Giovanni2, 1Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) includes a spectrum of a rare autoimmune disease characterized by proximal muscle weakness, variable skin manifestation and extra muscular manifestations.…
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