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  • Abstract Number: 814 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    The Regulatory B Cells Ameliorate Skin Sclerosis, Lung Fibrosis, and Autoimmunity Via an Anti-Oxidative Effect in Systemic Sclerosis Model Mice

    Ayumi Yoshizaki, Takemichi Fukasawa, Satoshi Ebata, Kouki Nakamura, Takashi Yamashita, Ryosuke Saigusa, Yohei Ichimura, Takehiro Takahashi, Takashi Taniguchi, Asano Yoshihide and Shinichi Sato, Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease characterized by vascular damage, excessive deposition of extracellular matrix, and fibrosis in the several organs, including…
  • Abstract Number: 1840 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    A Dichotomy of Regulatory Immunome Is Related to Disease Activity in Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Joo Guan Yeo1,2, Thaschawee Arkachaisri1,3, Justin Hung Tiong Tan1, Jing Yao Leong4, Lena Das1, Loshinidevi D/O Thana Bathi2, Phyllis Chen2 and Salvatore Albani3,4, 1Rheumatology and Immunology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, 2Singhealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore, 3Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, 4SingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore

    Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of SLE involves disturbances to the homeostatic balance between the immune effector and regulatory system. The conventional mono-dimensional mechanistic interrogation of one…
  • Abstract Number: 2785 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Translatable in Vitro Immunocyte Functional Measures of CC-292 and CC-90008 Inhibitors of the Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase (Btk)/Tec Family and the Pathology Observed in the MLR/Lpr Mouse Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

    Garth Ringheim1, Jolanta Kosek2, Lori Capone3, Mary Adams4,5, Eun Mi Hur4 and Peter H. Schafer5, 186 Morris Avenue, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, 2Translational Development, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, 3Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, 4Inflammation and Immunology Translational Development, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, 5Department of Translational Development, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ

    Background/Purpose:  CC-292 and CC-90008 are covalent Btk/Tec family kinase inhibitors that block Btk activity by binding with high affinity to the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding…
  • Abstract Number: 816 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Clinical Response to Treatment with Belimumab and Mycophenolate Mofetil Is Associated with Decrease in B Cell, TGF-β and PDGF Signaling in Systemic Sclerosis

    Viktor Martyanov1, Jessica K. Gordon2, Tammara A. Wood1, Robert F. Spiera2 and Michael L. Whitfield1, 1Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 2Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: While B cell signaling is thought to be important in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc), the experience with B cell targeting therapies in…
  • Abstract Number: 1921 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Evidence for Prevotella Copri As an Immune-Relevant Bacterium in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Annalisa Pianta1, Sheila Arvikar1, Klemen Strle1, Elise E. Drouin2, Qi Wang3, Catherine E. Costello3 and Allen C. Steere4, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 4Center for Immunolgy and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose:  Prevotella copri Methods:  HLA-DR-presented peptides were identified directly from RA patients' synovial tissue or peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by tandem mass spectrometry. P.…
  • Abstract Number: 2861 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Proportions of Circulating Follicular Helper T Cells and Complement Levels, White Blood Cell Counts, and Skin Manifestations in Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Jun Kikuchi1, Masaru Takeshita1, Katsuya Suzuki2, Yoshiaki Kassai3, Takahiro Miyazaki3 and Tsutomu Takeuchi2, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2Keio University School of Medcine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 3Inflammation Drug Discovery Unit, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan

    Background/Purpose:  Although circulating B cells and T cells, including follicular helper T (Tfh) cells, are reported to be involved in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 1,2),…
  • Abstract Number: 916 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Novel Immunosignature Stratifies Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis into Distinct Disease Sub-Groups and Predicts Response to Anti-Tnfα Therapies

    Laura Magill1, Marsilio Adriani1, Victoria Howard2, Jessica Manson2, Elizabeth Jury3 and Claudia Mauri4, 1University College London, London, United Kingdom, 2University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, 3Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 4Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, University College London, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose:  Autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), have multifactorial pathogenesis associated with failure of immune tolerance. Advances in understanding the disease immunopathology have led…
  • Abstract Number: 1937 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Analysis of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)

    Jeremie Dion1,2, Jonathan London2,3, Benjamin Chaigne2,4, Nicolas Dumoitier2, Bertrand Dunogué5, Pascal Cohen3, Matthieu Groh4, Claire Le Jeunne4, Luc Mouthon2,5 and Benjamin Terrier2,5, 1Internal medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, 2INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Equipe Neutrophiles et Vascularites, Paris, France, 3Internal Medecine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, 4National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, 5Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, formerly called Churg-Strauss syndrome) belongs to ANCA-associated vasculitis and is characterized by late onset asthma, blood and tissue eosinophilia…
  • Abstract Number: 2872 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    SLE Subjects Express High Levels of Intracellular Interferon-β That Acts in an Autocrine Fashion to Promote Survival of Transitional Stage B Cells

    Jennie Hamilton1, Qi Wu2, PingAr Yang3, Bao Luo4, Shanrun Liu5, Jun Li6, Ignacio Sanz7, W. Winn Chatham8, Hui-Chen Hsu2 and John D. Mountz9, 1Medicine/Division of Clinical Immunology and Rhematology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 5Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 6Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 7Rheumatology and Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine and Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Atlanta, GA, 8Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 9Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical center, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose:  Upregulation of interferon-β (IFNβ) is an important step in promoting maturation and survival of B cells. Secretion and autocrine action of IFNβ requires assembly…
  • Abstract Number: 124 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Socioeconomic-Demographic, Disease Activity, Treatment and Immunologic Variables Affect B Cell Subtypes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Arlene Bravo1, Michelle T. Ngo2, Michael De Vera3, Karina Marianne D. Torralba2,4 and Abigail Benitez2,4, 1Internal Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 2Rheumatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 3Transplant Surgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 4Transplantation Institute, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

    Background/Purpose: B cell subset proportions within the B cell pool, also known as B cell signatures (BCS), reflect not only systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease…
  • Abstract Number: 917 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    B Cells Inhibit Osteoblast Differentiation in Inflammatory Arthritis

    Wen Sun1,2, Nida Meednu3, Alex Rosenberg1, Javier Rangel-Moreno4, Victor Wang3, Teresa Owen1, Hengwei Zhang5, Brendan Boyce1, Jennifer H. Anolik1 and Lianping Xing1, 1University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, 3Medicine- Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 4Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 5Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

    Background/Purpose:  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is frequently associated with bone loss due to imbalanced bone resorption and formation. B cell depletion therapy (BCDT) attenuates bone erosion…
  • Abstract Number: 1951 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Phenotypic and Functional Perturbations of Peripheral B and T Lymphocytes in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis and Microscopic Polyangiitis

    Jonathan London1,2,3, Nicolas Dumoitier1, Jeremie Dion1,4, Benjamin Chaigne1,5, Sebastien Lofek1, Pascal Cohen2,3, Claire Le Jeunne3, Nadine Varin-Blank6, Loïc Guillevin3,5, Benjamin Terrier1,5,7, Luc Mouthon1,3,5 and the French Vasculitis Study Group, 1INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Equipe Neutrophiles et Vascularites, Paris, France, 2Internal Medecine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France, 4Internal medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, 5National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, 6UFR SMBH, INSERM, UMR978, Bobigny, France, 7Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) are both anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV), but differ in clinical presentation. Anti-myeloperoxydase (MPO)-ANCA were…
  • Abstract Number: 2874 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    CD16+monocytes Are Enriched and Functionally Exacerbated in Driving B Cell Activation Under Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Condition

    Huaqun Zhu1, Yin Su2, Fanlei Hu3 and Liling Xu3, 1Department of Rheumatology and Immunology/Clinical Immunology Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, 2Department of Rheumatology and Immunology,Clinical Immunology Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, 3Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) was an autoimmune disease characterized by extensive B cell activation and autoantibody production. Human peripheral monocytes could be categorized into three subsets…
  • Abstract Number: 366 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Peripheral Osteoclastogensis Is Coming Back Along with Inflammation Twelve Months after Rituximab Therapy

    Mie Jin Lim1, Won Park2, Seong-Ryul Kwon3 and Kyong-Hee Jung4, 1Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheion, South Korea, 2Medicine/Rheumatology, IN-HA University Hospital, Choong-Gu Incheon, Korea, Republic of, 3Center for Rheumatism, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea, 4Hospital for Rheumatic Disease, Hanyang Univ Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

    Background/Purpose: We investigated change of bone turnover markers in peripheral blood before, 6 and 12 months after rituximab therapy in seropositive RA patients. Methods: Ten…
  • Abstract Number: 1080 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    B-Cell Clonal Expansions in Parotid Glands of Sjogren’s Patients Are Associated with Increased Numbers of N-Glycosylation Motifs in the Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Genes

    Annie Visser1, Marieke E. Doorenspleet2, Niek de Vries3, Fred K.L. Spijkervet4, Arjan Vissink5, Hendrika Bootsma6, Frans G.M. Kroese1 and Nicolaas A Bos1, 1Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 2Dept. of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 3Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 5Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 6Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose:  Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of salivary and lacrimal glands. Patients with pSS have increased clonal…
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