Abstracts tagged "Cytotoxic Cells"

Abstract Number: 1119 • ACR Convergence 2025
Microbial activation of cytotoxic CD8⁺ T cells promotes skin immune-related adverse events in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
Shady Younis¹, Suman Acharya¹, Gayathri Swaminathan¹, Heidi Wong¹, Hannah Kim¹, Alec Eschholz¹, Subramanya Hegde², Andrew McKnight³, William Robinson⁴ and Lisa Zaba¹, ¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Sanofi US, New Jersey, MA, ³Sanofi US, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed cancer therapy, but their use is often limited by immune-related adverse events (irAEs), particularly in barrier tissues such…
Abstract Number: 1003 • ACR Convergence 2025
Potent Engineering of Polyfunctional CD8+ T Cells by a Novel In Vivo CAR mRNA Product Candidate (CPTX2309) in a Targeted Lipid Nanoparticle (tLNP) Utilizing CellSeekerTM Technology
Yan Zhang¹, Brittany Ross¹, Aditi Upadhye¹, Diana Galvan¹, Shaun E Grosskurth¹, Yanjie Bao¹, Romina Riener¹, Annabel Wang¹, Aric Frantz¹, Gregor B Adams¹, Michael Rosenzweig¹, Ramin Farzaneh-Far¹, Priya Karmali¹, Adrian I Bot¹, Carl June² and Haig Aghajanian¹, ¹Capstan Therapeutics, San Diego, CA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: A major objective in autoimmunity is immune reset, requiring autoreactive B cell depletion in tissues. We designed an in vivo CAR product candidate (CPTX2309)…
Abstract Number: 0887 • ACR Convergence 2025
Dynamics of cytotoxic and regulatory CD8 T cells underlies outcome in ICI-myotoxicity
Runci Wang¹, Chunyan Xiang², Adrien Procureur³, Julian Sanchez-Dal Cin³, Qing Wang⁴, Xinyue Lian⁵, Michelle Rosenzwajg³, Yves Allenbach⁶, Deepak Rao⁷, Qiong Fu⁸, Nan Shen⁹, Joe-Elie Salem³ and Shuang Ye¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Shanghai Institute of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTUSM), shanghai, China (People's Republic), ³Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁴Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁵Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁶SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, Paris, France, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China, ⁹Shanghai Jiang Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies for cancer can induce immune-related adverse events (irAEs) involving musculoskeletal (MSK) systems. ICI myotoxicity (ICI-M) can present as a…
Abstract Number: 0863 • ACR Convergence 2025
Myeloid Dendritic Cell Subsets Characterize Muscle of Inclusion Body Myositis Patients and Correlate with KLRG1+ and TBX21+ CD8+ T cells
Raphael Kirou¹, Iago Pinal-Fernandez¹, Maria Casal-Dominguez¹, Katherine Pak¹, Chiseko Ikenaga², Christopher Nelke³, Stefania Dell'orso¹, Faiza Naz¹, Shamima Islam¹, Gustavo Gutierrez-Cruz¹, Werner Stenzel⁴, Albert Selva-O'Callaghan⁵, José Milisenda⁶ and Andrew Mammen⁷, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ³Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁴Charite University, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Although inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory myopathy, there are no effective immunomodulating agents, underlying the need for better understanding of its pathogenesis.…
Abstract Number: 2494 • ACR Convergence 2025
Abatacept Reduces CD319+ (SLAM-F7) Cytotoxic T Cells and Cytokine Production in Systemic Sclerosis
Mikel Gurrea-Rubio¹, Kohei Maeda², Qi Wu³, Phillip L Campbell², Camila I Amarista², Alexander Stinson⁴, Ray Ohara⁵, Laura Cooney⁶, Michael Whitfield⁷, Pei-Suen Tsou⁸, Dinesh Khanna⁸ and David Fox⁹, ¹University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Ann Arbor, ⁴University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, West Bloomfield, MI, ⁶Immune Tolerance Network, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹University of Michigan, Dexter, MI
Background/Purpose: While the ASSET clinical trial (placebo-controlled blinded trial of abatacept) in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) did not meet its primary endpoint…
Abstract Number: 1535 • ACR Convergence 2025
INB-619 – A Novel Gamma-Delta (γδ) T cell Engager to Target B cells in Autoimmune Diseases
Lei Ding, Yanjie Li, Mariska ter Haak, Sadhak Sengupta, Kate Rochlin and Lawrence Lamb, IN⁸bio, Inc., New York, NY
Background/Purpose: T cell engagers (TCEs) redirect T cells to bind target cells by linking T cells with target-associated antigens expressed on cells responsible for disease…
Abstract Number: 0080 • ACR Convergence 2024
Enhanced Cytotoxicity of Aging Associated NKG2C+ CD8+ T Cells in Ankylosing Spondylitis via HLA-B27
Kunhai Tang, Xiaobei Ma, Jian Gao, Feng Qian, Qi Zhu, Jiucun Wang and Jing Liu, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an immune-related chronic inflammatory disease characterized by inflammatory pain in the lower back and spinal ankylosing, accompanied by immune system disorders, such…
Abstract Number: 0835 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effective Engineering of CD8+ T Cells from Autoimmune Disease Patients Utilizing a CD8-Targeted Lipid NanoparticleEncoding an Anti-CD19 CAR mRNA(CPTX2309)
Yan Zhang¹, Brittany Ross¹, Diana Galvan¹, Yanjie Bao¹, Daiki Matsuda¹, Shaun Grosskurth¹, Iago Pinal-Fernandez², Maria Casal-Dominguez³, Gregor Adams¹, Michael Rosenzweig¹, Ramin Farzaneh-Far¹, Priya Karmali¹, Adrian Bot¹, Andrew Mammen² and Haig Aghajanian¹, ¹Capstan Therapeutics, San Diego, CA, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³NIH, Bathesda, MD
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 (AID)…
Abstract Number: 1837 • ACR Convergence 2024
Baseline Multiome Sequencing of CD45RO+CD45RA-CD4+ T Cell Reveals Distinct Immune Profiles Associated with Subsequent Response to Secukinumab Treatment
Addison Pacheco¹, Zoya Qaiyum², Fataneh Tavasolian³, Melissa Lim⁴, Michael Tang¹ and Robert Inman¹, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Institute - the University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Our study aims to discriminate immune profiles between secukinumab responders (SEC-R) and nonresponders (SEC-NR) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients before biologic treatment.Methods: CD45RO+CD45RA-CD4+ T…
Abstract Number: 1862 • ACR Convergence 2024
Folate Receptor β CAR-Tregs Induce Monocyte Apoptosis and Immune Polarization: Potential for Therapeutic Application in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Xiangni Wu¹, Pin-I Chen², Magdiel Pérez Cruz³, Kent Jensen³ and Everett Meyer³, ¹UMKC, KANSAS CITY, MO, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA., Sunnyvale, CA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA., Stanford
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects approximately 1.3 million adults in the United States, causing significant morbidity and economic burden. Current treatments reduce inflammation and slow…
Abstract Number: 0087 • ACR Convergence 2023
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Expands an Activated, anti-PD-1 Drug-bound CD8 T Cell Population That Is Clonally Linked in Blood and Synovial Fluid of ICI-arthritis Patients
Kathryne Marks¹, Anvita Singaraju², Runci Wang³, Ifeoluwakiisi Adejoorin¹, Miriam Fein², Michael Postow⁴, Karmela Kim Chan², Anne Bass⁵, Laura Donlin² and Deepak Rao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Renji hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Pudong Xinqu, China, ⁴Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies used to treat cancer can induce immune related Adverse events (irAEs) such as ICI-induced arthritis (ICI-arthritis). We have previously…
Abstract Number: 0092 • ACR Convergence 2023
Multi-omics Immune Profiling of Cytotoxic T Cells from Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Identified a Subset of Clonally Exapnded CTLs That Evade Immune Exhaustion
Michael Tang¹, Zoya Qaiyum², Melissa Lim¹ and Robert Inman¹, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Sustained chronic inflammation in the spine and of the sacroiliac joints is a key feature in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). A central role of CTL…
Abstract Number: 0093 • ACR Convergence 2023
Single Cell RNA-seq and Mass Cytometry Reveal a Cytotoxic CD8 Effector T Cell Population Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Ye Cao¹, Takanori Sasaki², Richard Ainsworth³, Kim Taylor⁴, Nunzio Bottini⁵, Mehreen Elahee⁶, Edy Kim⁷, Francesco Boin³ and Deepak Rao⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁶University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to identify features of circulating immune…
Abstract Number: 1662 • ACR Convergence 2023
Chronic Excess IL-18 Induces NK Deficiency, but Drives Hyperinflammation via CD8 T-cell Cytokine Overproduction and Selective Immunodeficiency
Jemy Varghese¹, Scott Canna¹, Emily Landy², Laurence Eisenlohr¹, Elise Peauroi³, Vinh Dang¹, Anastasia Frank-Kamenetskii⁴ and Jeremy Morrissette⁵, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴CHOP/UPENN, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA) and Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) are associated with highly elevated peripheral blood levels of the inflammasome-activated cytokine IL-18 and…
Abstract Number: 1790 • ACR Convergence 2023
Expansion of CD8+ TCRVβ9+ T Cells in the Peripheral Blood of HLA-B27+ Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Caroline Bauchiero¹, Micah Lefton¹, Stephanie Sinnappan², Jeffrey Sparks³ and Joerg Ermann⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Studies in human HLA-B27 transgenic rats largely discredited the idea that CD8+ T cells are key drivers of disease in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However,…

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