Abstracts tagged "B-Lymphocyte"

Abstract Number: 0911 • ACR Convergence 2024
Activating B Cells Facilitates the Discovery of Latent Disease-associated Variants
David Murphy, Yao Fu, Jennifer Kelly, Richard Pelikan, Graham Wiley and Patrick Gaffney, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Although millions of disease-associated variants have been discovered using GWAS, most of these occur in non-coding regions and their mechanistic link to disease is…
Abstract Number: 1807 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of HDAC Inhibitor Targeting Type I Interferon and B-cell Abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Takehiro Hirayama¹, Hyota Takamatsu² and Atsushi Kumanogoh³, ¹Osaka university, ibaraki city, Japan, ²National Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Center, kawachinagano, Japan, ³Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to identify drugs that can inhibit both type I interferon (IFN-I) production and abnormal B-cell maturation and to elucidate the therapeutic…
Abstract Number: 0016 • ACR Convergence 2024
Establishment of a Human 3D In-Vitro Lymphoid Model to Evaluate Germinal Center Biology
Lichchavi Rajasinghe¹, Govinda Rocky Thomas,², Jee Ho Lee¹, Gary Sims¹ and Tatiana Ort¹, ¹Immunology Biosciences, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ²AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Germinal centers (GC) are specialized lymphoid structures found within the B cell follicles of secondary lymphoid tissue formed following infection or immunization. They are…
Abstract Number: 1139 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comprehensive Single-cell Profiling of Diverse Circulating Immune Cells in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Identifies a Novel Pathogenic Subset of Monocytes
Shinji Izuka¹, Toshihiko Komai², Hayato Yuuki², Ikuko Ueda³, Manabu Fujimoto⁴, Hiroyuki Fukui⁵, Masaru Takeshita⁶, Natsuka Umezawa⁷, Shinsuke Yasuda⁷, Mitsutaka Yasuda⁸, Yuichiro Fujieda⁹, Tatsuya Atsumi⁹, Takeshi Iwasaki¹⁰, Akio Morinobu¹⁰, Yuya Kondo¹¹, Isao Matsumoto¹¹, Toshio Kawamoto¹², Masakazu Matsushita¹², Naoto Tamura¹³, Taro Iwamoto¹⁴, Hiroshi Nakajima¹⁴, Ken Yoshida¹⁵, Takeo Isozaki¹⁶, Nobuyuki Yajima¹⁶, Keiichi Sakurai¹⁷, Kimito Kawahata¹⁷, Yasuyuki Kamata¹⁸, Kojiro Sato¹⁸, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁹, Akari Suzuki²⁰, Kazuhiko Yamamoto²¹, Tomohisa Okamura²² and Keishi Fujio², ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan., Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan., Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan., Suita, Japan, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan., Suita, Osaka, Japan, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan., Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan., Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan., Sapporo, Japan, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Sapporo, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan., Kyoto, Japan, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan., Tsukuba, Japan, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan., Tokyo, Japan, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan., Chiba, Japan, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan., Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan., Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan., Kawasaki, Japan, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan., Tochigi, Japan, ¹⁹Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, ²⁰Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan., Kanagawa, Japan, ²¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan., Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan., Kawasaki, Japan, ²²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan., Department of Functional Genomics and Immunological Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan., Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are heterogeneous diseases, making it crucial to identify distinct pathological processes to improve a treatment strategy. Transcriptomic analyses have revealed…
Abstract Number: 1842 • ACR Convergence 2024
Development of Next Generation CAR T Cell Therapy for the Off-the-shelf Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases Without Conditioning Chemotherapy
John Goulding¹, John Reiser², Alison O'Connor¹, Bryan Hancock¹, Jonatan Tuncel¹, Brian Groff¹, Rina Mbofung¹, Daniel Morales-Mantilla¹, Allan Williams¹, Dan Lu¹, Bi-Huei Yang¹, Eigen Peralta¹, Alma Gutierrez¹, Miguel Meza¹, Betsy Rezner¹, Amanda Sims¹, Alec Witty¹, Yijia Pan¹, Mark Jelcic¹, Shohreh Sikaroodi¹, Matthew Denholtz¹, Tom Lee¹, Anil Bagri¹, Lilly Wong¹, Jode Goodridge¹ and Bahram Valamehr¹, ¹Fate Therapeutics Inc., San Diego, CA, ²Fate Therapeutics Inc, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Developed initially as a novel strategy to treat B cell malignancies, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have now been used to treat multiple…
Abstract Number: 0017 • ACR Convergence 2024
Syndecan-1 Plays a Role in the Pathogenesis of Sjögren’s Syndrome by Inducing B-cell Chemotaxis Through CXCL13-heparan Sulfate Interaction
Sang Jin Lee¹, Nan Young Lee², Eun Joo Lee³, Ji Ae Jang³, Gun Woo Kim³ and Eon Jeong Nam², ¹Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea, ²Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea, ³Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a prototypical autoimmune disorder with lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine and non-exocrine epithelia, where complex interactions between innate and adaptive…
Abstract Number: 1381 • ACR Convergence 2024
Elimination of CD45RChigh T and B Cells by anti-CD45RC mAb Lead to Efficient Control of Experimental Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cécile Bergua¹, Marine Besnard¹, Ghenima Ahmil², Laure-Helene Ouisse², Nadège Vimond¹, Apolline Salama², Bérangère Evrard², Elise Brisebard³, Alexis Collette¹, Fréderic Blanchard⁴, Thibault Larcher³, Ronald Van Brempt¹, Benoit Le Goff⁵, Ignacio Anegon² and Carole Guillonneau¹, ¹AbolerIS Pharma, Nantes, France, Nantes, France, ²Nantes Université, INSERM, Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology, UMR 1064, CNRS, Nantes, France, Nantes, France, ³APEX-UMR703 PAnTher INRA/ONIRIS, France, Nantes, France, ⁴INSERM UMR1229, Nantes, France, Nantes, France, ⁵CHU Nantes, France, Nantes, France
Background/Purpose: CD45RC is an isoform of CD45, a transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase, essential regulator of T and B cells antigen receptor signaling, expressed by most blood…
Abstract Number: 2290 • ACR Convergence 2024
Umbilical Cord-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Suppress Sjogren’s Syndrome Pathology
Yukitomo Hagiwara¹, Goh Murayama², Taiga Kuga², Yujin Nishioka², Takumi Saito², Yu Yamaji², Tomoko Miyashita², Makio Kusaoi³, Ken Yamaji² and Naoto Tamura², ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary and lacrimal glands, leading to functional loss and gradually causing dry mouth…
Abstract Number: 0036 • ACR Convergence 2024
Deep Topic Modeling Deconvolves Cell States in Spatial Transcriptomic Profiles of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue
Preethi Periyakoil¹, Melanie Smith², Meghana Kshirsagar³, Daniel Ramirez⁴, Edward Dicarlo⁵, Susan Goodman⁶, Laura Donlin² and Christina Leslie⁷, ¹Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Microsoft AI for Good, Seattle, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, Cartago, Costa Rica, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York 10025, NY, ⁷Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Recent single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) studies of the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovium have highlighted the heterogeneity of cell states present during active disease. It…
Abstract Number: 1423 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Observational Analytical Study on HCV Patients with Sicca Manifestations Before and After Direct-Acting Antivirals in Comparison with Sjogren’s Disease; Infection versus Autoimmunity
Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy¹, Amina Maher², Tareq Algarf², Manar Abdul-Aziz², Osama Ashraf Wafa Mohamed³, Luca Quartuccio⁴, Naguib Zoheir², Salvatore De Vita⁵ and Gaafar Ragab⁶, ¹Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ²Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ³Newgiza University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ⁵Udine University, Udine, Italy, ⁶Cairo University, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is often associated with autoimmune features and extra-hepatic manifestations. Sicca symptoms are reported in about 30% of the cases. Both…
Abstract Number: 2302 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Specific Molecular Profiling of Secreted Rheumatoid Factors in Sjögren’ S Disease Patients with Lymphoma
Jing Jing Wang¹, Bridie Armour¹, Alexander Troelnikov¹, Tim Chataway¹, Veronique LE GUERN², Eric Hachulla³, Alain SARAUX⁴, Claire Larroche⁵, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg⁶, Xavier Mariette⁷ and Gaetane Nocturne⁷, ¹Flinders University, Adeleide, Australia, ²Cochin hospital, Paris, France, ³University of Lille, LILLE, France, ⁴CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁵Avicenne University Hospital, Avicenne, France, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Strasbourg University Hospital,, Strasbourg, France, ⁷Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
Background/Purpose: Sjogren’s disease (SjD) is characterized by an increased risk of lymphoma (x 10-15 compared to the general population). We and others have previously demonstrated…
Abstract Number: 0088 • ACR Convergence 2024
Profound B Cell Depletion and Repopulation with Predominantly Naïve B Cells in Non-Human Primates Achieved Through a Novel In Vivo CD8-Targeted Lipid Nanoparticle mRNA CAR
Aric Frantz¹, Romina Riener¹, Annabel Wang¹, Yanjie Bao¹, Yan Zhang¹, Daiki Matsuda¹, John Li¹, David Chu¹, Theresa Hunter¹, Qian Chen Yong¹, Michelle Nguyen¹, Stuart Sievers¹, Duy Nguyen¹, Scott Roberts¹, Diana Galvan¹, Jerel Boyd Vega¹, Matthew Butcher¹, Stanley Zhang¹, Stephen Flynn¹, Yi Kuo¹, Steven Tanis¹, John Scholler², Gregor Adams¹, Michael Rosenzweig¹, Priya Karmali¹, Adrian Bot¹, Carl June² and Haig Aghajanian¹, ¹Capstan Therapeutics, San Diego, CA, ²University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Background/Purpose: Ex vivo chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have revolutionized cancer treatment and are demonstrating durable clinical efficacy in various autoimmune disease indications.…
Abstract Number: 1531 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prospective mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Additional Vaccination in Systemic Autoimmune Disease Patients on Immunosuppressive Medications in a Randomized Controlled Trial
Meggan Mackay¹, Catriona Wagner², Ashley Pinckney³, Jeffrey Cohen⁴, Zachary Wallace⁵, Arezou Khosroshahi⁶, Jeffrey Sparks⁷, Sandra Lord⁸, Amit Saxena⁹, Roberto Caricchio¹⁰, Alfred Kim¹¹, Diane Kamen¹², Fotios Koumpouras¹³, Anca Askanase¹⁴, Kenneth Smith¹⁵, Joel Guthridge¹⁵, Susan Macwana¹⁶, Sean McCarthy¹⁷, Matthew Sherman¹⁸, Sanaz Daneshfar Hamrah¹⁹, Maria Veri¹⁹, Kate York²⁰, Sarah Walker²¹, Sandeep Narpala²², Robin Carroll²², Bob Lin²², Leonid Serebryanny²², Adrian McDermott²³, William Barry²¹, Ellen Goldmuntz²⁴, James McNamara²⁵, Sara Tedeschi²⁶, Amit Bar-Or²⁷, Dinesh Khanna²⁸, ACV01 Clinical Study Team¹⁵ and Judith James¹⁵, ¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, ³Rho, St Louis Park, NC, ⁴Neurologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁶Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ⁸Center for Interventional Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA., Seattle, WA, ⁹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁰University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ¹¹Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ¹²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹³Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ¹⁴Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁶Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ¹⁷DAIT/NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, ¹⁸DAIT/NIAID/NIH, Washington, DC, ¹⁹Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD, USA., Bethesda, MD, ²⁰Rho Federal Systems Division, Durham, NC, USA., Durham, NC, ²¹Rho, Durham, NC, ²²Vaccine Research Center, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD, USA, Bethesda, MD, ²³Vaccine Research Center, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ²⁴NIAID/ NIH, Washington, DC, ²⁵NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²⁷Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, Philadelphia, PA, ²⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune disease patients treated with mycophenolate mofetil/mycophenolic acid (MMF/MPA), methotrexate (MTX), or B cell-depleting therapies (BCDT) exhibit reduced humoral responses following primary two-dose COVID-19…
Abstract Number: 2371 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Role of Intracytoplasmic Toll- Like Receptors (TLR) and MyD88 in B Cell Subsets as Renal Response Predictors in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Fabiola Cassiano-Quezada¹, José Jiram Torres-Ruiz², Jennifer Balderas Miranda³, José Luis Maravillas-Montero⁴, Karina Santana-de Anda², Beatriz Alcalá-Carmona⁵, Nancy R Mejía-Domínguez⁵, Yatzil Reyna-Juárez⁵, María José Ostos-prado⁵, Guillermo Juarez-Vega⁴ and Diana Gomez-martin⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ²Departament of Immunology and Rheumatology. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ³Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁴Red de Apoyo a la Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁶INCMNSZ, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Recently, a gain of-function mutation within TLR7 was identified to induce SLE in a murine model and increased the survival of activated B lymphocytes,…
Abstract Number: 0289 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness of Rituximab in IgG4 Related Disease
Fernando Lopez-Gutierrez¹, Javier Loricera², Cristina Hormigos³, Dalifer Freites Nuñez⁴, Maria Rodriguez-Laguna⁵, Patricia Moya Albarado⁶, Marta López I Gómez⁷, Hèctor Corominas⁸, Maite Silva-Díaz⁹, GUILLERMO GONZALEZ ARRIBAS⁹, Angel Garcia-Aparicio¹⁰, Judit Font Urgelles¹¹, Ivette Casafont-Sole¹¹, Pablo Martínez Calabuig¹², Elisabet Castaneda¹³, Carolina Merino¹⁴, Raquel Zas¹⁵, Juan Molina-Collada¹⁶, Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez¹⁷, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹⁸, Andrea Hernández-Martín¹⁹, Lucia Pantoja²⁰, Ignacio Brana Abascal²¹, Vega Jovani²², Elia Valls-Pascual²³, Natalia Mena Vázquez²⁴, Adela Gallego- Flores²⁵, Noelia Cabaleiro Raña²⁶, Raul Veroz²⁷, Mariano Andres²⁸, Santos Castañeda²⁹ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso³⁰, and Rituximab in IgG4 Related Disease Spanish Cooperative Group, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid. Spain., Madrid, Spain, ⁵Resident in Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital de San Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Alava, Vitoria, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁸Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹²HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO VALENCIA SPAIN, Ontinyent, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷CHU Ourense, O Carballino, Spain, ¹⁸BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas, Spain, ²⁰Complejo Hospitalario Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, ²²National Health system, Alicante, Spain, ²³Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁴IBIMA, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, Badajoz, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Montecelo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, ²⁷Hospital de Merida, Merida, Extremadura, Spain, ²⁸Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory disease often associated with elevated serum IgG4 levels. High dose corticosteroids are the cornerstone of treatment, but…

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