Abstracts tagged "Gene Expression"

Abstract Number: 0666 • ACR Convergence 2024
Interferon-stimulated Genes on Peripheral CD8+ T Cells of SLE Patients Were the Keys for Early Response to BAFF/APRIL-targeted Therapy
Cuiling Fan¹, Shixian Chen² and Juan Li¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou, China (People's Republic), ²Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, guangzhou, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease. BAFF/APRIL-targeted therapy exert therapeutic effects through the inhibition of B-cell activating factor (BAFF) and a…
Abstract Number: 1132 • ACR Convergence 2024
Guselkumab and Golimumab Combination Induction Therapy in Ulcerative Colitis Results in Early Local Tissue Healing That Is Sustained Through Guselkumab Maintenance Therapy
Dylan Richards¹, Marion Vetter¹, Matthew Germinaro¹, Bram Verstockt², Raja Atreya³, Julián Panés⁴, Bruce E. Sands⁵, Brian G. Feagan⁶, Bradford McRae⁷, Daniel Cua¹, Patrick Branigan¹ and Tom C. Freeman¹, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ²Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, ³Department of Medicine I, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Pneumology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY, ⁶Alimentiv Inc, London, ON, Canada, London, ON, Canada, ⁷Janssen Research & Development, Cambridge, MA, USA, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Combination induction therapy with guselkumab (GUS), an interleukin (IL)-23p19 subunit antagonist, and golimumab (GOL), a tumor necrosis factor (TNFα) antagonist, induced higher rates of…
Abstract Number: 2103 • ACR Convergence 2024
Synovial Inflammation Is Increased in Females with Knee Osteoarthritis
Caryn Hale¹, Miguel Otero², Dongmei Sun³, Michael Parides⁴, Edward Dicarlo⁵, dana Orange⁶, Yiyuan Wu⁷, William Robinson⁸, Bella Mehta⁵, Solana Cushing⁴, Peter Sculco⁴, Tristan Maerz⁹, Anne-Marie Malfait¹⁰, Daniel Ramirez¹¹ and Aimee Colbath¹², ¹Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, NYC, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ⁷Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford, CA, ⁹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁰Rush University, New York, NY, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Cartago, Costa Rica, ¹²Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) is more common in women than men. We sought to compare clinical and histological features and synovial gene expression between…
Abstract Number: 0711 • ACR Convergence 2024
Molecular Signatures in the Skin as Predictors of Longitudinal Clinical Trajectories in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Natania Field¹, Monica Yang², Niket Gupta¹, Maxwell Shramuk¹, Lutfiyya Muhammad¹, Vivien Goh¹, Monica Espinoza³, Yiwei Yuan³, Rezvan Parvizi³, Kathleen Aren⁴, Mary Carns⁴, Isaac Goldberg⁵, Lorinda Chung⁶, Dinesh Khanna⁷, Zsuzsanna McMahan⁸, Michael Whitfield³ and Monique Hinchcliff⁹, ¹Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁵Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, ⁶Stanford University, Woodside, CA, ⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁹Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: It has become clear that classification by phenotype is insufficient to explain the heterogeneity in clinical progression for many rheumatic diseases. Systemic sclerosis (SSc)…
Abstract Number: 1458 • ACR Convergence 2024
Synovial Transcriptomic Sex-Specific Differences in the Response to Biologics in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Pauline KRUG¹, angela De Sousa Leite², Frédéric Lecouvet¹, Maria Simona stoenoiu¹ and Adrien Nzeusseu Toukap³, ¹Cliniques universitaires St-Luc, Brussel, Belgium, ²Cliniques universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ³Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc,, St.-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a highly heterogeneous disease. The response to therapy is variable among patients (ref.). Therefore, we need a tailored approach. Biologic…
Abstract Number: 2200 • ACR Convergence 2024
Whole Blood Transcriptome Profiling in Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Patients Reveals Active Immune Upregulation and Enhanced Fibrotic Signature
Rania Elbakri¹, Amanda Robinson², Anwesha Sanyal¹ and Kathryn Torok³, ¹University of Pittsburgh, pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is a rare chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by skin thickening and multisystem organ involvement, leading to significant morbidity. The pathogenesis…
Abstract Number: 0759 • ACR Convergence 2024
Macrophage-Lineage Cells in Giant Cell Arteritis Express MMP12, Phagocytosis and Osteoclast-associated Molecules That May Contribute to Destruction of the Tunica Media
Makoto Sugihara¹, Nobumasa Watanabe², Yuichiro Hara², Yasumasa Nishito³, Mai Kounoe⁴, Kazunari Sekiyama⁴, Eisuke Takamasu⁵, Naofumi Chinen⁶, Kota Shimada⁵ and Hideya Kawaji², ¹Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama-Hokubu Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan, ²Research Center for Genome & Medical Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ³Center for Basic Technology Research, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Center for Medical Research Cooperation, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama-Nambu Chiiki Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Tama-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis characterized by inflammatory cell infiltration and destruction of the tunica media. In this study, we…
Abstract Number: 1507 • ACR Convergence 2024
To Develop a Method for Estimating Interferon Signatures in SLE from Routine Clinical Laboratory Tests
Yoshinobu Koyama¹, Yoshiharu Sato², Yu Nakai¹ and Moe Tokunaga³, ¹Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ²DNA Chip Research Inc., Tokyo, ³Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama
Background/Purpose: IFN signatures are known to play an important role in the pathogenesis of systemic autoimmune diseases such as SLE. Recently, therapeutic agents targeting IFN…
Abstract Number: 2316 • ACR Convergence 2024
Gene Expression Profile Is Different Between Men and Women in Psoriatic Disease
Pauline KRUG¹, angela De Sousa Leite², Frédéric Lecouvet¹, Maria Simona stoenoiu¹ and Adrien Nzeusseu Toukap³, ¹Cliniques universitaires St-Luc, Brussel, Belgium, ²Cliniques universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ³Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc,, St.-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a highly heterogenous chronic inflammatory condition. Recent publications highlight differences between men and women in disease manifestation and response to…
Abstract Number: 0763 • ACR Convergence 2024
Transcriptional Analysis of Both Normal and Abnormal TABs in Biopsy-proven GCA Reveals a Shared Gene Expression Profile Compared to Clinically Diverse Controls
Ingrid Lindquist¹, Dongseok Choi², Suzanne Fei³, Kiana Vakil-Gilani⁴, Daniela Ghetie¹, David Wilson⁵, Diva Salomao⁶, Hillary Stiefel⁷, Daniel Albert⁷, James Rosenbaum⁸ and Marcia Friedman¹, ¹OHSU, Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Portland, OR, ²OHSU, School of Public Halth, Portland, OR, ³OHSU, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Portland, OR, ⁴OHSU, Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Porltand, OR, ⁵OHSU, Casey Eye Institute, Porrtland, OR, ⁶Mayo Clinic, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Rochester, MN, ⁷OHSU, Casey Eye Institute, Portland, OR, ⁸Corvus Pharmaceuticals and Legacy Devers Eye Institute, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in people over 50 years old and is a clinical diagnosis bolstered by pathologic findings on temporal…
Abstract Number: 1643 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single Nuclei Multiome and Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of Early, Untreated SSc Skin Identifies Signaling Interactions Between Macrophages and Fibroblasts
Helen Jarnagin¹, Dillon Popovich², Rezvan Parvizi³, Rosemary Gedert⁴, Lam C. Tsoi⁵, Rachael Wasikowski⁵, Zhiyun Gong¹, Madeline Morrisson⁶, Laurent Perreard⁷, Fred Kolling IV⁷, Dinesh Khanna⁴, Johann Gudjonsson⁴ and Michael Whitfield³, ¹Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth College, West Lebanon, NH, ³Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Michigan, Dept. of Dermatology, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ⁷Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon
Background/Purpose: We generated a vertically integrated dataset on treatment naïve patients with dcSSc (diffuse Systemic Sclerosis) skin that includes bulk RNA-seq, single nuclei multiome, and…
Abstract Number: 2385 • ACR Convergence 2024
Increased Type I Interferon Inducible Genes Expression in the Peripheral Blood of Patients Presenting Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Manifestations
Anastasia- Bilio Chronopoulou¹, Maria Gerochristou², Sylvia Raftopoulou³, Alexander Stratigos⁴ and Clio Mavragani⁵, ¹National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²Andreas Syggros Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³Molecular and Applied Physiology Unit, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens., Athens, Greece, ⁴1st Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Andreas Sygros Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁵Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens., Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE) is a chronic autoimmune skin disease characterized by a spectrum of cutaneous manifestations resulting from immune dysregulation and inflammation. While…
Abstract Number: 0766 • ACR Convergence 2024
Neutrophil Transcriptomics in VEXAS Syndrome
Chloe Palmer¹, Gustaf Wigerblad¹, Tom Hill², Bhavisha Patel³, Emma Groarke⁴, Neal Young⁴, Stefania Dell'Orso⁵ and Peter Grayson⁶, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ³National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Beltsville, MD, ⁴National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁶National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD
Background/Purpose: Vacuoles, E1 ubiquitin-activating enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic (VEXAS) syndrome is caused by somatic mutations of the ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 1 (UBA1) gene and…
Abstract Number: 1767 • ACR Convergence 2024
Endothelial Cell-Driven JAG/NOTCH Signaling in Localized Scleroderma Patients
Theresa Hutchins¹, Anwesha Sanyal¹, Deren Esencan¹ and Kathryn Torok², ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Localized scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease primarily affecting the skin and underlying tissue. While its exact pathogenesis remains unclear, studies suggest links to…
Abstract Number: 2387 • ACR Convergence 2024
Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis Are Less Predictive in APOL1 High Risk Genotype Lupus
Madeline Alizadeh¹, Vishnuprabu Pandian¹, Christele Felix², Andrra Nimoni², Jasmin Divers³, Timothy Niewold² and Ashira Blazer¹, ¹University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Compared to Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) low risk genotype (LRG) patients, APOL1 (HRG) has been shown to increase the risk of chronic kidney disease in…

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