Abstracts tagged "cytokines"

Abstract Number: 0605 • ACR Convergence 2024
Guselkumab Binding to CD64+ IL-23–Producing Myeloid Cells Enhances Potency for Neutralizing IL-23 Signaling
Dennis McGonagle¹, Raja Atreya², Maria Abreu³, James Krueger⁴, Kilian Eyerich⁵, Robert Bissonnette⁶, Carrie Greving⁷, He Li⁸, Tom C. Freeman⁹, Amy Hart⁸, Brice Keyes⁷, Brian Stoveken⁸, John Hartman⁸, Kristin Leppard⁸, Jenna Parrett¹⁰, Joshua Wertheimer⁸, Indra Sarabia⁷, Janise Deming⁷, Kristen Kohler⁷, Christopher Ritchlin¹¹, Iain McInnes¹², Matthieu Allez¹³, Anne Fourie⁷ and Kacey Sachen⁷, ¹National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ²Department of Medicine I, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Pneumology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, ⁴The Rockefeller University, Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, New York, NY, ⁵Karolinska Institute, Department of Medicine – Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Stockholm, Sweden; Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁶Innovaderm Research Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Immunology, San Diego, CA, ⁸Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Therapeutics Discovery, Spring House, PA, ⁹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ¹⁰Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ¹¹Department of Medicine, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY, ¹²University of Glasgow, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ¹³Hôpital Saint-Louis, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: IL-23 is implicated in the pathogenesis of psoriasis (PsO), and myeloid cells that express FcγRI (CD64) have been identified as a primary source of…
Abstract Number: 1496 • ACR Convergence 2024
Dysregulated Serum Cytokines in Association with Clinical Manifestations in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Loqmane seridi¹, Steven Leonardo², Brittney Scott³, Robert Gordon¹, cathye shu¹, Kaiyin Fei¹, Kim Lo³, Anne Stevens¹ and Sheng Gao³, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ²Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Cambridge, MA, ³Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose: SLE is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease affecting multiple organ systems, making clinical trial design challenging. Biomarkers that can identify patients with specific clinical manifestations…
Abstract Number: 1848 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characterization of Treg Phenotype, Function and Its Transcriptome Signatures in Treatment-naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vallayyachari Kommoju¹, Sree Nethra Bulusu², Shruthi S Vembar³, Chengappa Kavadichanda⁴, Molly Thabah⁵, Christina Mary Mariaselvam² and Vir Singh Negi⁶, ¹JIPMER, Pondicherry, India, ²JIPMER, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India, ³IGIB, Bengalore, India, ⁴Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, pondicherry, Puducherry, India, ⁵Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Puducherry, India, ⁶AIIMS, Bilaspur, Puducherry, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory cytokines in the periphery can affect Treg stability and function by altering its molecular signatures. We aimed to characterize Treg phenotype, function and…
Abstract Number: 0623 • ACR Convergence 2024
Select Patient Reported Outcome Measure Domains Enhance Immune Mediator Based Indexes That Inform Flare Risk and Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Melissa Munroe¹, Daniele DeFreese², Adrian Holloway², Mohan Purushothaman², Wade DeJager³, Susan Macwana³, Joel Guthridge⁴, Stan Kamp³, Nancy Redinger³, Teresa Aberle⁴, Eliza Chakravarty⁴, Cristina Arriens⁴, Yanfeng Li⁵, hu Zeng⁵, Uma Thanarajasingam⁵, Judith James⁴ and Eldon Jupe², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ²Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Background/Purpose: We have recently validated a plasma Lupus Flare Risk Index (L-FRI; Munroe et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024. 83 [Supp 1]: 402) and Lupus…
Abstract Number: 1504 • ACR Convergence 2024
Novel Analytes Associated with Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Serum S100A8/A9, MMP-9 and IL-6
Emma Neary¹, Carolina Munoz-Grajales², Joan Wither³, Juan Pablo Diaz Martinez³, Michelle Barraclough⁴, Kathleen Bingham³, Roberta Kretzmann³, Maria Carmela Tartaglia⁵, Lesley Ruttan⁶, May Choi⁷, Simone Appenzeller⁸, Sherief Marzouk³, Dennisse Bonilla³, Patti Katz⁹, Dorcas Beaton¹⁰, Robin Green³, Laura Patricia Whittall Garcia³, Dafna Gladman¹¹ and Zahi Touma¹², ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²UHN/TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Toronto Rehab/University Health Network - University Centre, Toronto, Canada, ⁷University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil, ⁹UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ¹⁰Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Background/Purpose: Cognitive impairment (CI) is an increasingly prevalent neuropsychiatric manifestation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although CI has been identified through patient-reported outcomes…
Abstract Number: 1854 • ACR Convergence 2024
TCR-Nck Modulators: Pioneering Oral Modulation of T Cell Receptor Activation Holding the Promise of Treating Autoimmune Diseases
Christopher VanDeusen¹, Shannon Dwyer², Aldo Borroto³, Andres Gagete¹, D Scott Batty Jr¹ and Balbino Alarcon³, ¹Artax Biopharma, Inc, Cambridge, MA, ²Artax Biopharma, Inc., Cambridge, ³Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Loss of T-cell tolerance to self-antigens underlies the development of all autoimmune diseases, and despite progress, there remains a significant unmet need for patients.…
Abstract Number: 0829 • ACR Convergence 2024
Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Triggers Hyperinflammation and Cytokine Storm in Healthy Children
Kailey Brodeur¹, Meng Liu², Rachel Weng², Evan Hsu², Lauren Henderson³, Fatma Dedeoglu², Jane Newburger³, Peter Nigrovic⁴, Mary Beth Son⁴ and Pui Lee⁵, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Cumberland, RI, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Watertown, MA, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is common pathogen responsible for infectious mononucleosis but also triggers hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). This variation in the immune response to EBV…
Abstract Number: 1579 • ACR Convergence 2024
Exploring the Cardiovascular Complications of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Individuals with Systemic Sclerosis
Omar Mourad¹, Saif Abu Baker¹, Georges Khattar², Jennifer Jdaidani³, Khalil El-Gharib³ and Ahmad Mustafa³, ¹Staten Island University Hospital- Northwell Health, Staten Island, NY, ²Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, ³Staten Island University Hospital- Northwell Health, Staten Island
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SS) is a complex autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by immune-mediated activation of both innate and adaptive immunity. Pulmonary involvement, specifically pulmonary arterial…
Abstract Number: 1860 • ACR Convergence 2024
Targeting Th1 Effector Cytokines, TNF-α and IFN-γ, Attenuates Experimental Autoimmune Myeloperoxidase ANCA Associated Vasculitis
Kei Nagai¹, Daniel Koo Yuk Cheong², Anh Cao-Le², Joshua Ooi³ and Poh Yi Gan², ¹Department of Nephrology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, ²Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ³Monash University-T Cell Therapies Research Group, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: Anti-cytokine monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies have shown efficacy in numerous autoimmune diseases but have yet to succeed in myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis…
Abstract Number: 0860 • ACR Convergence 2024
Integrated Metabolic and Immunologic Analyses Reveal Distinctive Features of Comorbid Cancer in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases
Xiangyi Shen¹, Xu Jiang², Yangzhige He² and Huaxia Yang³, ¹Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, ²National Infrastructure for Translational Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases (AIDs) increase the risk of cancer and impose a substantial socioeconomic burden worldwide. However, the biological characteristics of cancer as a comorbidity…
Abstract Number: 1594 • ACR Convergence 2024
Response to Mepolizumab Therapy in a Single-center Cohort of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Patients: Characterization of Cytokine/Chemokine Pattern and Phenotypic Stratification
Michele Moretti¹, Francesco Ferro², Irene Martelli³, Francesca Pistone³, Giulia Greco³, Federica Di Cianni⁴, Nazzareno Italiano⁵, ROSARIA TALARICO⁴, Veronica Seccia⁶, Chiara Baldini⁷, Ilaria Puxeddu³ and Marta Mosca⁷, ¹University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁴University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵University of Pisa, Rovigo, Italy, ⁶Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁷University of Pisa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: The introduction of Mepolizumab treatment has revolutionized the therapy of EGPA and has promoted the search for biomarkers predictive of response to treatment. However,…
Abstract Number: 1993 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of Elevated Soluble Factors in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Inflammatory Arthritis and Their Association with Severity and Persistence
Elise Gray-Gaillard¹, Clifton Bingham¹, Ami Shah² and Laura Cappelli³, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ³Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are a type of cancer immunotherapy being implemented as the standard of care for an increasing number of malignancies. Due…
Abstract Number: 0025 • ACR Convergence 2024
Vagus Nerve Stimulation: A Promising Approach to Alleviate Pain and Systemic Inflammation in Slow and Rapid Models of Osteoarthritis
Shivmurat Yadav¹, Timothy Griffin², Matlock Jeffries², Stavros Stavrakis³ and Mary Beth Humphrey⁴, ¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³University of Oklahoma, College of Mediicine, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) causes joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and functional impairment. Pain signals reach the brain, influencing inflammatory and immune responses through the parasympathetic efferent…
Abstract Number: 0878 • ACR Convergence 2024
YY1 a Potential Modulator of IL17/IL23 Axis in Psoriasis Disease
vinod kumar, Tammana Sharma, Rahul Mahajan, Tarun Narang, Sunil Dogra and Sanjeev handa, PGIMER, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease that progresses and worsens if left unattended. IL17 plays a pivotal role as a pathogenic trigger. Despite Th17…
Abstract Number: 1599 • ACR Convergence 2024
Glucocorticoids versus Glucocorticoids Plus Cyclophosphamide in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis with Poor-Prognosis Factors: A Target Trial Emulation Study
Boris Sorin¹, Matthias Papo¹, Renato Alberto Sinico², Vítor Silvestre Teixeira³, Nils Venhoff⁴, Maria-Letizia Urban⁵, Michele Iudici⁶, Juliane Mahrhold⁷, Francesco Locatelli⁸, Giulia Cassone⁹, Franco Schiavon¹⁰, Benjamin Seeliger¹¹, Thomas Neumann¹², Claudia Feder¹³, Claus Kroegel¹⁴, Matthieu Groh¹⁵, Chiara Marvisi¹⁶, Maxime Samson¹⁷, Thomas Barba¹⁸, David Jayne¹⁹, Arianna Troilo²⁰, Jens Thiel²⁰, Bernhard Hellmich²¹, Sara Monti²², Carlomaurizio Montecucco²³, Carlo Salvarani²⁴, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn²⁵, Bernard Bonnotte²⁶, Cécile-Audrey Durel²⁷, Xavier Puéchal²⁸, Luc Mouthon²⁹, Loïc Guillevin³⁰, Giacomo Emmi³¹, Augusto Vaglio³², Raphael Porcher³³ and Benjamin Terrier³⁴, and the French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG) and the European EGPA Study Group (EESG), ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases of Ile de France, East and West, Paris Cité University, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ²Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy, ³Department of Rheumatology, Faro Hospital, Algarve, Portugal, ⁴Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Internal Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Freiburg, Germany, ⁵Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases of Ile de France, East and West, Paris Cité University, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris and Division of rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Pulmonology, Nephrology and Diabtologyy and Immunology, ERN-RITA Reference Center, Vasculitis-Center Tübingen-Kirchheim, Medius Kliniken Kirchheim, University of Tübingen, Kirchheim-Teck, Germany, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁹Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and Universita di Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Medicine DIMED, Division of Rheumatology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ¹¹Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany and Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Rehabilitation, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland, Jena, Germany, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, ¹⁴Department of Pneumology and Allergology, Clinic of Internal Medicine I, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, ¹⁵Foch, Suresnes, France, ¹⁶Rheumatology Unit Universita di Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, François-Mitterrand Teaching Hospital, University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon, France, ¹⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, ¹⁹University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany, ²¹Klinik für Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie, Pneumologie, Nephrologie und Diabetologie, Medius Kliniken, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Tübingen, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, ²²IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ²³IRCCS policlinico S. Matteo foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ²⁴Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Boulogne Billancourt, France, ²⁶Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France., Dijon, France, ²⁷Edouard Herriot University Hospital, Lyon, France, ²⁸National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ²⁹Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Systémiques Autoimmunes et Autoinflammatoires Rares d'Ile de France de l'Est et de l'Ouest, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, ³⁰National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ³¹Department of Medical, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, and Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology Unit, Cattinara University Hospital, Trieste, Italy, ³²Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Florence, Italy, ³³Department of Rheumatology, Bicêtre AP-HP Hôpital, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ³⁴Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a small-vessel necrotizing vasculitis characterized by asthma, blood and tissue eosinophilia and vasculitis affecting multiple organs. According to…

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