Abstracts tagged "B cells"

Abstract Number: 21 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated EPSTI1 Promote B Cells Hyperactivation through NF-Kb Signaling in Patients with Sjögren ’s Syndrome
Jin-Lei Sun¹, Zhi-Lei Chen², Chao-Feng Lian³, Ti-Hong Shao², Hao-Ze Zhang², Hua Chen³ and Feng-Chun Zhang², ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is a common systemic autoimmune disease characterized with aberrant B cells activation. B cells play a key role in the pathogenesis…
Abstract Number: 1092 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immune Complex-Driven Neutrophil Activation and BAFF Production Promote B Cell Activation and Autoantibody Production in Human SLE
Andrew Vasconcellos¹, John Marken¹, Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner¹, Christian Lood² and Natalia V. Giltiay¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: The production of anti-nuclear auto-antibodies (Ab) and the formation of immune complexes (IC) are hallmarks of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Enhanced neutrophil (PMN) activation…
Abstract Number: 2800 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adenosine 2a Receptor Signals Act to Limit Autoimmune Arthritis By Inhibiting Pathogenic Germinal Center T Follicular Helper (GC-Tfh) Cells
Shirdi Schmiel and Daniel L. Mueller, Medicine/Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: CD4 germinal center (GC)-T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are important in the pathogenesis of autoimmune arthritis. Previous studies have shown that adenosine 2a receptor…
Abstract Number: 24 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rituximab Induces an Early Re-Assessment of the Immune and Vascular Systems in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, Irene Cecchi², Nuria Barbarroja³, Alejandra Maria Patiño-Trives¹, María Luque Tevar¹, Laura Pérez Sánchez⁴, Alejandro Ibáñez-Costa¹, Ivan Arias de la Rosa⁵, Yolanda Jiménez-Gómez³, Massimo Radin⁶, Rafaela Ortega-Castro³, M. Carmen Castro-Villegas⁷, Jerusalem Calvo-Gutierrez³, Alejandro Escudero-Contreras⁵, Maria Jose Cuadrado⁸, Savino Sciascia⁹, Eduardo Collantes Estevez¹, Maria Ángeles Aguirre Zamorano¹ and Carlos Perez-Sanchez³, ¹IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ²Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases- Coordinating Center of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta Network for Rare Diseases, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Italy, Turin, Italy, ³Rheumatology service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases- Coordinating Center of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta Network for Rare Diseases, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Italy, Turin, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁸Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases- Coordinating Center of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta Network for Rare Diseases, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Italy, Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases- Coordinating Center of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta Network for Rare Diseases, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Italy, Torino, Italy
Background/Purpose: While the role of Rituximab (RTX) in controlling the clinical manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) has been documented, the…
Abstract Number: 1094 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Endogenous Ifnβ Production Is Required for Efficient BCR Crosslinking and Survival of SLE B Cells
John D. Mountz¹, Shanrun Liu², PingAr Yang³, Qi Wu⁴, Bao Luo⁵, W. Winn Chatham⁶ and Hui-Chen Hsu⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical center, Birmingham, AL, ²Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Medcine/Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Increased type I interferon (IFN) has been shown to affect survival and activation of B cells in SLE. This study investigated novel mechanisms of…
Abstract Number: 2880 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Levels of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin: A Possible Novel Biomarker in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome and Related Lymphoproliferation
Saviana Gandolfo¹, Cinzia Fabro¹, Michela Bulfoni², Elena Doriguzzi Breatta¹, Daniela Cesselli², Carla Di Loreto² and Salvatore De Vita¹, ¹Rheumatology Clinic, Academic Hospital S. M. della Misericordia, Medical Area Department, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Institute of Anatomic Pathology, Academic Hospital S. M. della Misericordia, Medical Area Department, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy
Background/Purpose: Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) has been demonstrated to be involved in B-cell lymphoproliferation and lymphoma mainly by tissue studies on salivary glands (SG) biopsies…
Abstract Number: 25 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating CD24hiCD38hi Regulatory B-Cells Influence Th17-Cell Responses in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Anouk von Borstel¹, Lucas L. Lintermans², P Heeringa³, Abraham Rutgers², Coen A. Stegeman¹, Jan-Stephan F. Sanders¹ and Wayel H. Abdulahad², ¹Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To investigate whether there is a direct relation between expanded proportions of Th17-effector memory (ThEM17) cells and diminished proportions of regulatory B-cells (Bregs) in…
Abstract Number: 1095 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IFN Gene Expression Correlates with Frequency of Circulating Switched Memory B-Cells in Patients with Incomplete Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Wietske Lambers¹, Geert Lanting¹, Wayel H. Abdulahad², Hendrika Bootsma², Johanna Westra² and Karina de Leeuw³, ¹Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Incomplete systemic lupus erythematosus (iSLE) includes patients with typical features of SLE, who do not meet classification criteria. Still, up to 50% will develop…
Abstract Number: 2885 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Expansion of Activated PD-1+ ICOS+ T Follicular and Peripheral Helper Cells in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Associates with Abnormalities in B Cell Compartment
Nida Meednu¹, Jennifer Albrecht², Madhu Ramaswamy³, Jeffrey Riggs⁴, Alex Rosenberg⁵, Jamie Biear⁶, Ralf G. Thiele⁷, Andreea Coca², Gianluca Carlesso³ and Jennifer Anolik², ¹Medicine- Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁴Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity (RIA), MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by immune cell infiltration in the salivary glands resulting in ocular and oral dryness.…
Abstract Number: 1 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Profiling of B-Cell Related Factors and Its Decoy Receptors in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Potential Clues for Patient Stratification
Javier Rodríguez-Carrio^1,2, Mercedes Alperi-López³, Patricia López¹, Francisco Javier Ballina-García⁴ and Ana Suárez¹, ¹Area of Immunology, Department of Functional Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, ²Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Asturias, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
Background/Purpose: B-cell over-activation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), thus being recognized as a therapeutic target. However, the activation of…
Abstract Number: 26 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hints for Catecholamine-Driven Autocrine Mechanisms to Regulate Regulatory B Cells
Nadine Honke¹, Torsten Lowin², Birgit Opgenoorth¹, Matthias Schneider¹, Georg Pongratz¹ and Katharina Krebber¹, ¹Rheumatology Policlinic & Hiller Research Unit, Medical Faculty, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ²Department and Hiller Research Center for Rheumatology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease affecting 1% of the worldwide population and characterized by synovial hypertrophy and chronic joint inflammation. In recent…
Abstract Number: 1582 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Correlations and Expression Pattern of the Autoimmunity Susceptibility Factor Diora-1 in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Lauro Meneghel¹, Lara Aqrawi^1,2,3, Lara Mentlein¹, Albin Björk¹, Gudny Ella Thorlacius¹, Margarita Ivanchenko¹, Jorge Ramírez¹, Kathrine Skarstein^2,4, Marika Kvarnström¹, Susanna Brauner¹, Alexander Espinosa¹ and Marie Wahren-Herlenius¹, ¹Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ²The Gade Laboratory for Pathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Bergen, Norway, ³Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine, Institute of Clinical Odontology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association studies of multiple autoimmune diseases, including primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have revealed an association…
Abstract Number: 2946 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
T Peripheral Helper Cells Are Expanded in the Circulation of Active SLE Patients and Correlate with CD21low B Cells
Deepak Rao¹, Alexandra Bocharnikov², Chamith Fonseka³, Joshua Keegan², Betty Diamond⁴, Jennifer Anolik⁵, Peter Nigrovic¹, Soumya Raychaudhuri^3,6, James A. Lederer⁷ and Michael Brenner⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Divisions of Genetics and Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Autoimmune Musculoskeletal and Hematopoietic Diseases, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Medicine- Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁶Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Massachusetts Technical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, ⁷Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Pathologic T cell-B cell interactions and production of autoantibodies are hallmark features of SLE. T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are generally considered the principal…
Abstract Number: 3 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon-Alpha Disrupts DNA-Specific B Cell Tolerance in 3H9 Mice
Dario Ferri¹, Yuriy Baglaenko², Ariana Karanxha¹, Kieran Manion¹, Carolina Grajales¹ and Joan E. Wither¹, ¹Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Biomedical Informatics, Brigham Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: A central mediator of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis is interferon-alpha (IFNα), which is elevated in the serum of SLE patients. IFNα has been…
Abstract Number: 27 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Top-Down Proteomics Coupled with Antibody Sequencing from Single B Cells Reveals a Monoclonal Anti-Sm Clone Present in the Serum of an SLE Patient over Three Years
Zhe Wang¹, Jennifer Muther², Judith A. James³, Si Wu¹ and Kenneth Smith², ¹Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Proteomics is becoming an increasingly powerful tool to study autoantibodies. Current bottom-up approaches are yielding a plethora of knowledge about public clonotypes and clonal…

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