Abstracts tagged "B cells"

Abstract Number: 0987 • ACR Convergence 2021
Rituximab Prevents the Progression of B-cell Driven Inflammatory Infiltrate in the Minor Salivary Glands of Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome by Downregulating Immunological Pathways Key in Ectopic Germinal Centre Organization: Results from the TRACTISS Trial
Elena Pontarini¹, Farzana Chowdhury¹, Elisabetta Sciacca¹, Sofia Grigoriadou¹, Felice Rivellese¹, Davide Lucchesi¹, Katriona Goldmann¹, Liliane Fossati-Jimack¹, Paul Emery², Wan-Fai NG³, Nurhan Sutcliffe⁴, Colin C Everett⁵, Catherine Fernandez⁵, Anwar Tappuni⁶, Myles Lewis¹, Costantino Pitzalis⁷, Simon J Bowman⁸ and Michele Bombardieri¹, ¹Queen Mary University of London, William Harvey Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and Leeds NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University,, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ⁴Royal London Hospital, Bart’s Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Institute for Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Oral Immunobiology and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The pathogenic role of B-cells in primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (pSS) is well established and B cell abnormalities are hallmarks of the disease. Because of…
Abstract Number: 1562 • ACR Convergence 2021
B Cell Reconstitution Is Strongly Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Responsiveness in Rheumatic Disease Patients Treated with Rituximab
Sarah Jinich, Deanna Jannat-Khah and Robert Spiera, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) has previously been shown to impair antibody response to vaccines such as influenza and streptococcus. Recently, diminished COVID-19 vaccine responsiveness in RTX…
Abstract Number: 018 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Functional Characterization of PLCG2 Mutations Found in Subjects with Autoinflammation and PLCG2-Associated Antibody Deficiency and Immune Dysregulation (APLAID) Reveals Both Hypermorphic and Hypomorphic Mutants
Kathleen Baysac¹, Charles Fisher ¹, Hiroto Nakano ¹, Guangping Sun ², Joshua Milner ³ and Michael Ombrello ¹, ¹NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, ²NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, ³
Background/Purpose: PLCG2-associated antibody deficiency and immune dysregulation (PLAID) and autoinflammatory PLAID (APLAID) are autosomal dominant diseases caused by mutations of PLCG2. APLAID is clinically characterized…
Abstract Number: 963 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Alterations of Memory and Naive B Cell Subsets Associate with Reduced IFNα and TNFRII in ANA+ Healthy Individuals
Aleksandra Bylinska¹, Samantha Slight-Webb ¹, Miles Smith ², Susan R. Macwana ¹, Nicolas Dominguez ¹, Eliza F. Chakravarty ³, Joan T. Merrill ⁴, Judith James ³ and Joel Guthridge ³, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Okalahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Loss of systemic self-tolerance leading to anti-nuclear autoantibody (ANAs) by B cells is a hallmark of SLE. However, up to 20% of healthy female…
Abstract Number: 964 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Identifying Jo-1-Specific B Cells in the Primary Immune Repertoire in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Jennifer Young-Glazer¹, Erin Wilfong ², Peggy Kendall ¹, Rachel Bonami ¹ and Leslie Crofford ², ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are systemic autoimmune diseases traditionally classified as dermatomyositis or polymyositis, but these disorders are increasingly defined by the presence of…
Abstract Number: 969 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
ß-adrenergic Receptor Activation: A Way to Enhance CD4 T Cell Suppression by Improving Regulatory B Cell Function
Nadine Honke¹, Birgit Opgenoorth ¹, Matthias Schneider ² and Georg Pongratz ³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hiller Research Center of Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ²Policlinic for Rheumatology & Hiller Research Centre for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ³Policlinic and Hiller Research Unit of Rheumatology, UKD, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which next to other cell populations CD4 T cells play a crucial role. It has been…
Abstract Number: 970 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
New-onset ANCA-associated Vasculitis Is Associated with Significant Phenotypic B Cell Dysfunction
Emilie Chan¹, Susan Hartzell ², Lisa Anderson ², Chiara Cantarelli ², Chiara Guglielmo ², Ioannis Tassiulas ³, Sofia Andrighetto ², Andrea Angeletti ⁴, Joaquin Manrique Escola ⁵ and Paolo Cravedi ², ¹Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, ²Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, ³Icahn School of Medicine, New York, ⁴Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy, ⁵Complejo Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is characterized by the production of auto-antibodies and can be treated with rituximab, a B cell-depleting agent. Despite this, limited data…
Abstract Number: 971 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
B Cell ROCK1 Promotes Germinal Center Responses and Is Required for Optimal Humoral Immunity
Edd Ricker¹, Danny Flores-Castro ², Sanjay Gupta ³, Andrew Cheng ³, Yurii Chinenov ³, Tania Pannellini ², Young-Bum Kim ⁴ and Alessandra Pernis ⁵, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Autoimmunity and Inflammation Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵1.Autoimmunity and Inflammation Program, Hospital for Special Surgery. 2.David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery. 3.Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York
Background/Purpose: Rho GTPases, such as RhoA, have emerged as important regulators of lymphocyte biology owing to their ability to be rapidly activated downstream of a…
Abstract Number: 1026 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Interferon Lambda Promotes Age-Associated B Cells
Jennifer Barnas¹, Nida Meednu ¹, Andrew McDavid ¹, Jennifer Albrecht ¹, Christopher Richardson ¹, R. John Looney ² and Jennifer Anolik ¹, ¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester
Background/Purpose: Age-associated B cells (ABC), defined as CD11c+ T-bet+ or CD11c+CD21-, represent a subset of B lymphocytes that are increased in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)…
Abstract Number: 2421 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Circulating CCR7loPD-1hi Follicular Helper T Cells Indicate Disease Activity and Glandular Inflammation in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Ji-Won Kim¹, Jaeseon Lee ², Ui Hong Jung ¹, Sung-Hoon Park ¹, Jennifer Lee ³, Seung-Ki Kwok ³ and Sung-Hwan Park ³, ¹Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea, ²Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Since primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is an autoummune disease of B cell hyperactivity and pathologic autoantibody response, follicular helper T (Tfh) cells and follicular…
Abstract Number: 2527 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cytokine and Autoantibody Profiles During Treatment with Belimumab in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ioannis Parodis¹, Emil Åkerström ¹, Christopher Sjöwall ², Azita Sohrabian ³, Andreas Jönsen ⁴, Alvaro Gomez ¹, Martina Frodlund ², Agneta Zickert ¹, Anders Bengtsson ⁴, Johan Rönnelid ³ and Iva Gunnarsson ¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology/Division of Neuro and Inflammation Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ³Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁴Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The anti-BAFF monoclonal belimumab is approved for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) since 2011. Effects of belimumab on anti-double stranded (ds)DNA levels,…
Abstract Number: 2814 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Methionine Commits Immunometabolism and Epigenetic Regulation of BACH2 Loci in B Cells, Resulting in Biases Toward Plasmablast Differentiation in the Pathogenesis of SLE
Mingzeng Zhang¹, Shigeru Iwata ¹, Maiko Hajime ¹, Naoaki Ohkubo ¹, Yasuyuki Todoroki ², Hiroko Miyata ², Jie Fan ², Shingo Nakayamada ¹, Kaoru Yamagata ¹ and Yoshiya Tanaka ³, ¹The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational & Environmental Health Kitakyushu, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Amino acids play an important role in various metabolic processes. However, the role of amino acid metabolism in the regulation of human B cell…
Abstract Number: 2815 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Lower IL-4R in IgD+ Naïve B Cells Is a Pre-disposing Factor for Development of T-bet+ DN2 B Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
John Mountz¹, Min Gao ², Qi Wu ³, PingAr Yang ², Alex Essman ⁴, Oluwagbemiga Ojo ⁴, Shanrun Liu ², Jake Chen ², Iñaki Sanz ⁵, W. Winn Chatham ² and Hui-Chen Hsu ², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VAMC, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ⁵Emory University, ATLANTA, GA
Background/Purpose: Studies to date have primarily focused on stimulators that are overexpressed and activate B cells in SLE subjects. Factors that can maintain B cells…
Abstract Number: 2819 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Transcription Factor MAF Controls the Ability of T Peripheral Helper (Tph) Cells to Help B Cells
Alexandra Bocharnikov¹, Vanessa Wacleche ¹, Ye Cao ¹ and Deepak Rao ², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Pathologic T cell-B cell interactions are hallmark features of many autoimmune diseases. PD-1hi CXCR5- T peripheral helper (Tph) cells are B cell-helper T cells…
Abstract Number: 60 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
mTORC1-phosphorylated CXCR3+memory B Cells and Their Potential as a New Mode of Action of TNF Inhibitors in RA
Shigeru Iwata¹, Mingzeng Zhang ¹, Maiko Hajime ¹, Naoaki Ohkubo ¹, Yukihiro Kitanaga ¹, Gulzhan Trimova ¹, Kazuhisa Nakano ², Shingo Nakayamada ¹, Kaoru Yamagata ¹, Kei Sakata ¹ and Yoshiya Tanaka ³, ¹The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, Kitakyushu, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose: B cells play a crucial role through producing autoantibodies and activating osteoclasts in synovium in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recently “Immunometabolism” attract much attention, and…

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