Abstracts tagged "innate immunity"

Abstract Number: 0989 • ACR Convergence 2025
Human MAIT cell produce IL-17 independently of IL-23 and TL1A
Kevin Hsu, Jessica Shannon, Zhiwei Fang, Anusara Daenthanasanmak, Prasad Srikakulapu, Tatiana Ort and Rafael de Queiroz Prado, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells represent a specialized subset of T cells that exhibit innate-like, effector functions and have been implicated in the pathogenesis…
Abstract Number: 0431 • ACR Convergence 2025
Calprotectin Serum levels: a potential neutrophil activation biomarker to monitor treatment response in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sangeeta Kumari¹, Eric meldrum¹, Josephine Stein¹, Tirza Bruurmijn¹, Robin de Jong², Katerina Pardali¹, Maarten Kraan¹, Renato Chirivi¹, Rogier Thurlings³ and Michael Nurmohamed², ¹Citryll BV, Oss, Netherlands, ²Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Calprotectin is a protein highly expressed in myeloid cells and its elevated presence in blood, and the GI tract is associated with immune mediated…
Abstract Number: 2581 • ACR Convergence 2025
From Skin to Kidney: Neutrophil-Mediated Crosstalk Links Cutaneous Injury to Renal Inflammation and Vascular Remodeling in Lupus
Angelique Cortez¹, Lindsay Mendyka², Paola Garcia³, Elizabeth Nowak¹, Fred Kolling⁴, Lucas Salas¹, Christopher Burns⁵, Andrea Fava⁶ and Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner⁷, ¹Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Lyme, NH, ³St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁵Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: The majority of SLE patients are sensitive to ultraviolet light (UV), which can lead to local and systemic inflammation, including lupus nephritis (LN) flares.…
Abstract Number: 0945 • ACR Convergence 2025
Nerve Injury-Induced Protein-1 (Ninj1) Deficiency Aggravates Murine Lupus Through Modulation of Macrophage Polarization
Jorge Romo-Tena¹, Luz Blanco², Shuichiro Nakabo³, Victoria Hoffman⁴, Norio Hanata⁵, Mingzeng Zhang², Carmelo Carmona-Rivera⁵, Eduardo Patino-Martinez⁶, Dillon Claybaugh², Zu-Xi Yu² and Mariana Kaplan⁵, ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Diagnostic and Research Services Branch, Division of Veterinary Resources, Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁶NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Nerve injury-induced protein-1 (Ninj1) is an adhesion molecule that plays various roles in immune and stromal cells, including the modulation of inflammation and a…
Abstract Number: 0328 • ACR Convergence 2025
High synovial fluid leukocyte counts and markers of TLR activation correlate with poorer response to injections in patients with knee OA
Lance Murphy¹, Baofeng Hu², Vu Nguyen³, Bryant England⁴, Katherine Wysham⁵, Mercedes Quinones⁶, Joshua Baker³ and Carla Scanzello³, ¹University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Wynnewood, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁶Washington DC VA Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are pattern-recognition receptors of the innate immune response and are important in driving the initial activation of myeloid lineage cells to…
Abstract Number: 2580 • ACR Convergence 2025
Estrogen Modulates Neutrophil Biology: Implications for Autoimmunity
William Ambler¹, Eduardo Patino-Martinez¹, Gustaf Wigerblad¹, Shuichiro Nakabo², Jorge Romo-Tena³, Norio Hanata⁴, James Simone¹, Stephen Brooks¹, Kan Jiang⁵, Hong-wei Sun¹, Faiza Naz⁶, Shamima Islam⁶, Gustavo Gutierrez-Cruz¹, Stefania Dell'Orso¹, Anshu Deewan⁷, Vicky Chen⁷, Paul Schaughency⁸, Carmelo Carmona-Rivera⁴, Sarfaraz Hasni¹, Veronica Gomez-Lobo⁹ and Mariana Kaplan⁴, ¹NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Biodata Mining and Discovery Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, ⁶National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁷NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ⁸NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁹NIH/NICHD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are essential for inflammation and host defense against infections. Our group has previously highlighted their key roles in the pathogenesis of diseases that…
Abstract Number: 0932 • ACR Convergence 2025
Compartment-specific NK-cell phenotypes reveal distinct maturation and activation states in inflammatory arthritis
Franca Sophie Deicher¹, Tarik Exner², Maren Claus³, Schayan Yousefian⁴, Lea Rodon⁵, sophie leonhardt⁶, Jörg Distler⁷, Carsten Watzl³, Hanns-Martin Lorenz⁸, Simon Haas⁴, Daniel Hübschmann⁹ and Wolfgang Merkt¹⁰, ¹Uniklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ³IfADo, Leibniz Institute Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, ⁴Charite, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Hungary, ⁶Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁷University Hospital Duesseldorf and HHU, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁸Universitétsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁹Heidelberg University, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Synovial natural killer (NK) cells contribute to inflammation in arthritis by secreting cytokines and modulating synovial fibroblast activation. The aim of this study is…
Abstract Number: 0287 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comprehensive Profiling of Neutrophil Subsets Reveals Functional Signatures Linked to Vasculopathic Features in Patients with Inflammatory Myopathies
Daniel Alberto Carrillo-Vázquez¹, Beatriz Alcalá-Carmona¹, Jennifer Tiaré Balderas Miranda², Yatzil Reyna Juárez³, María José Ostos Prado¹, Samuel Govea-Peláez¹, Nancy R Mejía Domínguez⁴, Guillermo Juárez Vega⁴, Karina Santana-De Anda¹, Jiram Torres-Ruiz⁵ and Diana Gómez-Martín⁶, ¹Instituto Nacional De Ciencias Médicas Y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ²Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Federal District, Mexico, ³Instituto Politècnico Nacional, Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo, Mexico State, Mexico, ⁴Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁵INCMNSZ, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁶INCMNSZ, Mexico city, Federal District, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Vasculopathic manifestations of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) such as interstitial lung disease (ILD), calcinosis, skin ulcers, mechanic’s hands, are characterized by immune-mediated vascular damage.…
Abstract Number: 2023 • ACR Convergence 2025
Isolated Anti-Ro52 Antibody Positivity Is Associated with Increased Cancer Risk and Distinct Malignancy Patterns: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Single Tertiary Center
Carmen Secada-Gómez¹, Ligia Gabrie-Rodriguez², Hector Ulloa-Alvarado³, Giuliano Boselli⁴, Camilo Veloza-Morales⁵, Diana Prieto-Peña⁶, juan Irure-Ventura⁷, Marcos López-Hoyos⁸ and Ricardo Blanco¹, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Servicio Cántabro de Salud, Atención Primaria, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet , Zaragoza, Spain, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Santander, Spain, ⁷Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁸Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Anti-Ro52 antibodies are frequently detected in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs). Emerging evidence suggests a potential link between isolated anti-Ro52 positivity and…
Abstract Number: 0930 • ACR Convergence 2025
Potent and Selective Oral IRF5 Degrader, KT-579, Blocks Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Reduces Joint Swelling in a Mouse Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ryan Camire¹, Yi Zhang², Virginia Massa², Jordan Leedberg², Erik Corcoran², Emily Lurier², Chris Carroll², Chris Ho², Dapeng Chen², Bradley Enerson², Revonda Mehovic², Ziyan Zhao², Lincoln Howarth², Susanne Breitkopf², Sarah Martinez², Melissa Ford², Xue Fei², Murugappan Sathappa², Juliet Williams³, Matthew Weiss³, Arsalan Shabbir³, Nello Mainolfi⁴ and Veronica Campbell², ¹Kymera Therapeutics, Watertown, MA ⁰²⁴⁷², MA, ²Kymera Therapeutics, Watertown, MA ⁰²⁴⁷², ³Kymera Therapeutics, Watertown, ⁴Kymera Therapeutics, Watertown, MA
Background/Purpose: IRF5, an undrugged transcription factor, is an autoimmune susceptibility gene that has been linked to RA and other autoimmune diseases including SLE, Sjögren’s, and…
Abstract Number: 0080 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Role of DICAM in Modulating Macrophage Differentiation and Inflammatory Responses via αvβ3 Integrin Signaling in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hanna Lee¹, Youn-Kwan Jung², Sang-il Lee³, Yun-Hong Cheon⁴ and Hyunjin Lim⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Changwon, Changwon-si, Kyongsang-namdo, Republic of Korea, ²Institute of Medical Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Jinju, Kyongsang-namdo, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Internal Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University and Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Jinju, Kyongsang-namdo, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by persistent joint inflammation, cartilage destruction, and bone erosion. Among the various immune cells involved…
Abstract Number: 1864 • ACR Convergence 2025
Mitochondrial Dysfunction Drives cGAS-STING–Mediated Type I Interferon Production and Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Giulio Forte¹, Vasiliki Liakouli¹, Alessia Salzillo², Mario Angeli³, Daniele Mauro¹, Antonio Ciancio¹, Barbara De Marino², Iacopo Panarese¹, Mario Faenza¹, roberto giacomelli⁴, Andreas Ramming⁵ and Francesco Ciccia⁶, ¹Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, ²University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, ³Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Università Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine ³, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology Section, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, Naples, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by type I interferon (IFN-I) production and mitochondrial dysfunction. Emerging evidence suggests that activation of the…
Abstract Number: 0928 • ACR Convergence 2025
Radiolabelled anti-citrullinated histone antibody CIT-013 as a tool to visualize NET rich inflamed joints in a collagen induced arthritic mouse model
Annemarie Kip¹, Daphne Dorst², Birgitte Walgreen², Monique Helsen², Eric meldrum¹, Renato Chirivi¹ and Marije Koenders², ¹Citryll BV, Oss, Netherlands, ²RadboudUMC, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) contribute to the pathophysiology of multiple immune-mediated inflammatory diseases including Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and may be promising therapeutic targets. The…
Abstract Number: 0079 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association of Protein Arginine Deiminase 4 with the Myosin-9 Motor Complex
Fatemeh Neela Moadab, Farheen Shaikh, Xiaoxing Wang, cecilia mustelin, Ethan Le, Rayan Najjar, Jie An, Alison Bays and Tomas Mustelin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Genetic association data, immunohistochemistry, and functional experiments implicate protein arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This disease is characterized…
Abstract Number: 1827 • ACR Convergence 2025
Transcriptomics and Machine Learning Unraveling the Molecular Drivers of PFAPA Flares
Sivia Lapidus¹, Tresa Ambooken², Ellen Hakim³, Tara Lozy⁴, Elahe Golalipour³, Sohail Adonimohammed⁵, Jennifer Weiss⁶, Suzanne Li⁶, Amanda Nowakowski⁷, Aryeh Lejtman⁸, Aaron Sebbag³, Ariel Aptekmann⁹ and Jigar Desai⁹, ¹Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Montclair, NJ, ²Food and Drug Administration, Floral Park, NY, ³Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health, Nutley, NJ, ⁴Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, ⁵Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, NJ, ⁶Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, ⁷Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ, ⁸Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health, Nutley, NJ, ⁹Center for Discovery and Innovation and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health, Nutley, NJ
Background/Purpose: Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis (PFAPA) is the most common periodic fever presenting with frequent episodes of pain and impaired function. While…

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