Abstracts tagged "B cells"

Abstract Number: 2740 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cyclophosphamide Treatment Modulates Circulating Cell Populations in Patients with Vasculitis and Autoimmune Systemic Diseases
Martina Skácelová¹, Gabriela Gabčová², Pavel Horak³, Zuzana Mikulková², František Mrázek⁴, Eva Kriegová⁵ and Andrea Smržová⁶, ¹III. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ²Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ³III. Department of internal medicine, III. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ⁵Department of Immunology, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ⁶III. Department of Internal Medicine, III. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Although cyclophosphamide (CFA) remain the cornerstone for treatment of patients with severe manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases, the knowledge about the effect of CFA…
Abstract Number: 31 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Single Cell Analysis Revealed That the Response to Cyclophosphamide Therapy Is Regulated By B Cells in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Satoshi Ebata¹, Ayumi Yoshizaki², Takemichi Fukasawa¹, Kouki Nakamura¹, Maiko Hirakawa¹, Takashi Yamashita¹, Shunsuke Miura³, Ryosuke Saigusa¹, Megumi Hirabayashi¹, Asako Yoshizaki¹, Kaname Akamata¹, Yoshihide Asano⁴, Yutaka Kazoe⁵, Kazuma Mawatari⁵, Takehiko Kitamori⁵ and Shinichi Sato⁶, ¹Dermatology, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ³University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of several organs. SSc-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent and severe complication…
Abstract Number: 773 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Immunophenotyping of Peripheral Blood Associates with Nailfold Microvascular Changes in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Satoshi Kubo¹, Shingo Nakayamada², Maiko Yoshikawa¹, Yusuke Miyazaki¹, Hiroko Yoshinari³, Yurie Satoh³, Yasuyuki Todoroki³, Kazuhisa Nakano², Shigeru Iwata⁴, Kentaro Hanami¹, Shunsuke Fukuyo³, Ippei Miyagawa⁵, Minoru Satoh⁶ and Yoshiya Tanaka⁷, ¹The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁴First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁵University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁶Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁷The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
The immunophenotyping of peripheral blood associates with nailfold microvascular changes in patients with systemic sclerosisBackground/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease with autoimmunity and…
Abstract Number: 2754 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Individually Tailored Vs Systematic Rituximab Regimens to Maintain ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Remissions: Results of a Prospective, Randomized–Controlled, Phase 3 Trial
Pierre Charles¹, Benjamin Terrier², Elodie Perrodeau³, Pascal Cohen², Stanislas Faguer⁴, Antoine Huart⁵, Mohamed Hamidou⁶, Christian Agard⁷, Bernard Bonnotte⁸, Maxime Samson⁸, Alexandre Karras⁹, Noémie Jourde-Chiche¹⁰, François Lifermann¹¹, Pierre Gobert¹², Catherine Hanrotel-Saliou¹³, Pascal Godmer¹⁴, Nicolas Martin Silva¹⁵, Grégory Pugnet¹⁶, Marie Matignon¹⁷, Olivier Aumaître¹⁸, Estibaliz Lazaro¹⁹, Xavier Puéchal²⁰, Philippe Ravaud²¹, Luc Mouthon²² and Loïc Guillevin²⁰, ¹Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Centre de référence national pour les maladies systémiques autoimmunes rares d’Ile de France, DHU Authors, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Epidemiology, Hopital Hotel Dieu, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁴2Service de Néphrologie et Immunologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁵CHU, Toulouse, France, ⁶Internal Medicine Department, Internal Medicine Department, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ⁷Internal Medicine Department, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital François Mitterrand, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France, ⁹Nephrology, HEGP, Paris, France, ¹⁰Vascular Research Center of Marseille, Aix-Marseille Univ., Vascular Research Center of Marseille, Marseille, France, ¹¹Dax, Dax, France, ¹²Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier d'Avignon, Avignon, France, ¹³Brest, Brest, France, ¹⁴Medecine Interne, CH Vannes, Vannes, France, ¹⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Caen University Hospital, Caen, France, ¹⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Toulouse University Hospital, University of Toulouse, INSERM UMR 1027, Toulouse, France, ¹⁷Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil, Créteil, France, ¹⁸CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière - Department of Internal Medicine 2. Referal center for SLE/APS, Paris, France, ¹⁹service de médecine interne et maladies infectieuses, CHU de Bordeaux, Pessac, France, ²⁰National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ²¹Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France, ²²Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Centre de référence national pour les maladies systémiques autoimmunes rares d’Ile de France, DHU Authors, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France ;Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Once ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) remission was obtained, rituximab (RTX) superiority to azathioprine (AZA) to maintain remission was shown.1 In that study, at month 28,…
Abstract Number: 33 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B Cell Abnormalities in Patients with Chronic Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Chungwen Wei¹, Aisha Hill², Kira Smith³, Ignacio Sanz¹, S. Sam Lim⁴ and Cristina Drenkard⁴, ¹Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Lupus is a spectrum of disease with cutaneous lupus (CLE) without systemic features on one end and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) on the other.…
Abstract Number: 834 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Citrulline-Polyspecific B Cell Antigen Receptors Arising from Somatic Hypermutation within Clades Demonstrate Pathogenicity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Philip J. Titcombe^1,2, Gustaf Wigerblad³, Natalie Sippl³, Na Zhang¹, Anna K. Shmagel⁴, Peter Sahlström⁵, Yue Jack Zhang¹, Laura Barsness Motschenbacher¹, Yogita Ghodke-Puranik⁶, Monika Hansson⁷, Lena Israelsson⁵, Timothy B. Niewold⁸, Lars Klareskog⁹, Camilla Svensson¹⁰, Khaled Amara⁷, Vivianne Malmström¹¹ and Daniel L. Mueller¹, ¹Medicine/Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatic & Autoimmune Diseases, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Dept. of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Colton Center for Autoimmunity, New York University, New York, NY, ⁷Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Rheumatology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁹Rheumatology unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁰Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Citrulline–modified proteins arising from the post-translational modification of arginine residues are recognized as primary rheumatoid arthritis (RA) autoantigen targets based on the strong association…
Abstract Number: 2872 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated mTORC1 Signature in B Cells from Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients: mTOR Inhibition As a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Halt B Cell Hyperactivity
Sofie L.M. Blokland^1,2, Maarten R. Hillen^3,4, Rina G.K. Kommer-Wichers⁴, Aike A. Kruize², Timothy R.D.J. Radstake^2,5, Jasper C.A. Broen^2,4 and Joel A.G. van Roon^2,4, ¹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/ Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Laboratory of Translational Immunology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: A hallmark feature of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is B cell hyperactivity, including presence of autoantibodies, aberrant presence of B cells and plasma cells…
Abstract Number: 34 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-23 Regulates Development of Spontaneous Germinal Centers and Pathogenic Autoantibody Production in BXD2 Mice
Huixian Hong¹, Qi Wu², PingAr Yang², Bao Luo³, Jun Li⁴, Hao Li⁵, Daniel Cua⁶, Hui-Chen Hsu² and John D. Mountz^2,7, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham， Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham， Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ³DIvision of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham， Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham， Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Discovery Research, Merck Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Targeting IL-23 to treat autoimmune disease and chronic inflammation is currently in development based on its pro-inflammatory function via regulating the activation of Th17…
Abstract Number: 835 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Generation of an Efficient CRISPR-Cas9 Editing Technique in Human Primary B Cells for the Targeted Study of Autoimmune Susceptibility Genes
Yuriy Baglaenko¹, Dario Ferri², Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker³ and Joan E. Wither^2,4,5, ¹Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Biological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Autoimmunity is a complex, poly-genic disorder that culminates in multi-organ damage. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the prototypic autoimmune disorder, a breakdown of tolerance…
Abstract Number: 2874 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) Expression Is Associated with Lymphoproliferation and Lymphoma in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Saviana Gandolfo¹, Cinzia Fabro¹, Michela Bulfoni², Sabino Russi³, Luca Quartuccio¹, Domenico Ettore Sansonno³, Carla Di Loreto², Daniela Cesselli² 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, ³Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune and lymphoproliferative systemic disease with B cell hyperactivity and increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) evolution. In…
Abstract Number: 35 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B-Cell Subset Differences in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
Joao Lagoas Gomes^1,2, Dario Ligeiro³, Alice Lima³, Cristina Teixeira³, Alexandre Sepriano^4,5, Sofia Ramiro⁶, Carina Lopes⁷, Tiago Costa⁸, Manuela Costa⁸, Jaime Cunha Branco^1,2 and Fernando Pimentel-Santos^1,2, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal, ²CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal, ³Centro de Sangue e Transplantação de Lisboa, Instituto Português do Sangue e Transplantação (IPST), I.P, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁴CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁵Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Hospital de Egas Moniz-CHLO, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Targeting humoral immunity has been proved effective in several inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD). Though clinical trials have shown some efficacy of B-cell depletion in…
Abstract Number: 886 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CC-220 Decreases B-Cell Subsets and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients and Is Associated with Skin Improvement: Pharmacodynamic Results from a Phase IIa Proof of Concept Study
Victoria P Werth¹, Richard Furie², Allison Gaudy³, Ying Ye³, Shimon Korish³, Nikolay Delev³, Douglas Hough³, Michael Weiswasser³, Suktae Choi³ and Peter Schafer³, ¹University of Pennsylvania and the VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ²Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ³Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
Background/Purpose: CC-220 is a high affinity ligand for cereblon with immunomodulatory properties, currently in development for the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as well as…
Abstract Number: 2974 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B Cell Binding Autoreactive VH4.34 Antibodies Are Specific to Lupus, Consist of Diverse Isotypes, and Are Associated with High Disease Activity and Lupus Nephritis
Scott Jenks¹, Joseph Marcus², Kevin Cashman¹ and Ignacio Sanz³, ¹Emory University School of Medicine and Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Atlanta, GA, ²San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX, ³Rheumatology and Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine and Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: SLE is characterized by the dysregulation of humoral immunity including high levels of autoreactive IgG VH4.34 antibodies recognized by the rat anti-human idiotypic antibody…
Abstract Number: 36 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
GM-CSF-Producing B Cells: A Novel B Cell Subset Involved in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis
Kazuhiko Higashioka¹, Yuri Ota¹, Tsuyoshi Nakayama¹, Koji Mishima¹, Masahiro Ayano¹, Yasutaka Kimoto², Hiroki Mitoma¹, Mitsuteru Akahoshi¹, Yojiro Arinobu¹, Koichi Akashi¹, Takahiko Horiuchi³ and Hiroaki Niro⁴, ¹Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Oita, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Japan, ⁴Department of Medical Education, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a T helper type 2 (Th2)-driven autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and fibrosis. There are still unmet needs in the…
Abstract Number: 949 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sequence Homology and Immune Reactivity between T Cell Epitopes of Related Gut Microbes and Two Novel Autoantigens Provide a Link between Microbial and Host Immunity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Annalisa Pianta¹, Sheila Arvikar², Klemen Strle³, Elise E. Drouin¹, Qi Wang⁴, Catherine E. Costello⁴ and Allen C. Steere⁵, ¹Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, BOSTON, MA, ³Department of Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, BOSTON, MA, ⁴Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Center for Immunolgy and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: It has been proposed that immunological triggers at mucosal sites, such as the gut microbiota, may promote autoimmunity affecting joints in patients with rheumatoid…

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