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Abstracts tagged "CTLA-4"

  • Abstract Number: 1809 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019

    A Quarter of Patients Treated with Checkpoint Inhibitors Develop Immune-Related Adverse Events: A University Center Experience

    Celine Zhou 1, Whitney Elg-Salsman1, Sonam Kiwalkar 2, Nishad Sathe 1, Marcia Friedman 1 and Atul Deodhar 2, 1Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 2Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

    Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are increasingly becoming the mainstay of management of advanced malignancies, but can result in immune related adverse events (irAEs) affecting…
  • Abstract Number: 357 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Musculoskeletal Immune-Related Adverse Events with Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Malignancy: Experience in Sydney, Australia

    Abhishikta Dey1,2, Nicholas Manolios3,4, Georgina Long4,5,6, Richard Kefford3,4,5,7 and Leslie Schrieber8,9, 1Pain Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia, 2Royal North Shore Hospital, North Sydney, Australia, 3Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 4University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 5Melanoma Institute Australia, North Sydney, Australia, 6Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia, 7Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 8Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia, 9Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Background/Purpose: The strategy of using monoclonal antibodies to inhibit checkpoints on T cells, and enhance T-cell activity against cancer cells has significantly improved the survival…
  • Abstract Number: 1942 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    CTLA4-Ig Directly Inhibits Osteoclast Generation from Human Peripheral Monocytes and Tumor Necrosis Factor α-Treated Inflammatory Monocytes

    Katsuhiro Oi1, Tadahiro Tokunaga1, Tatsuomi Kuranobu1, Yusuke Yoshida2, Shintaro Hirata1, Takaki Nojima3 and Eiji Sugiyama2, 1Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, 2Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, 3Clinical Immunology and Rheumatolog, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Background/Purpose: CTLA-4 is a surface protein on T lymphocytes, which negatively regulates the co-stimulation process between antigen-presenting cells and T cells. CTLA-4 binds to monocytes…
  • Abstract Number: 2095 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Traditional Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (tDMARDs), Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and/or Sulfasalazine (SSZ), Are Rapidly Effective in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors-Induced Inflammatory Arthritis

    Jessie Alperin1, Jeffrey Sarazin2, Leslie Fecher3, Christopher Lao3, Seetha Monrad4, David Fox1 and Elena Schiopu5, 1University of Michigan Medical System, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical System, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Oncology, University of Michigan Medical System, Ann Arbor, MI, 4Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical System, Ann Arbor, MI, 5Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical System, Ann Arbor, MI

     Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy is widely used in the treatment of metastatic melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer and it is under investigation…
  • Abstract Number: 1403 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Immune Related Adverse Events Associated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review of Case Reports

    Noha Abdel-Wahab1,2 and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor3, 1Rheumatology & Rehabilitation Department, Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, Assiut, Egypt, 2The Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA, Houston, TX, 3General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Background: The recent discovery of the immune checkpoint blockade that targets the regulatory pathways in T cells to enhance antitumor immune responses has led…
  • Abstract Number: 1948 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Have Higher Fractions of Circulating Th2 Cells, Th17 Cells and Regulatory T Cells, Similar Fractions of Follicular Helper T Cells, and Lower Fractions of Th17/Th1 Cells and Th1 Cells Compared to Healthy Controls

    Jayesh Pandya, Magnus Hallström, Kerstin Andersson, Inger Nordström, Anna-Carin Lundell and Anna Rudin, Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: A comprehensive analysis of the circulating T cell subtype pattern, including T helper 1 (Th1) cells, Th2 cells, Th17 cells, Th1/Th17 cells, T follicular…
  • Abstract Number: 1736 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Immune Related Adverse Events Associated with Anti-CTLA-4 Antibodies: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Anne Bertrand, Marie Kostine, Thomas Barnetche and Thierry Schaeverbeke, Rheumatology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France

    Background/Purpose CTLA-4 is a costimulatory molecule that downregulates T-cell activation and promotes an immunotolerance, well known by rheumatologist since the use of Abatacept. Targeting CTLA-4…
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