Abstracts tagged "innate immunity"

Abstract Number: 0924 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Cytosolic DNA Sensor AIM2 Regulates Bone Homeostasis Through Bone Progenitor Cell Differentiation
Jia (Sijia) Chen¹, Yukiko Maeda², Catherine Manning³, Victor Le⁴, Jae-Hyuck Shim⁵, Katherine A. Fitzgerald⁶ and Ellen Gravallese⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Sanofi, worcester, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dedham, MA, ⁴Digital Biology, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, ⁶UMass Chan Medical School, Worchester, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA
Background/Purpose: Innate sensing pathways and inflammasomes play an important role in autoimmunity and aging. AIM2 is a DNA sensor that triggers inflammasome assembly in myeloid…
Abstract Number: 2327 • ACR Convergence 2024
Differential Quantitative Profile of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells and Monocyte Subsets Relate to Clinical Phenotype and Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Jennifer Balderas Miranda¹, Jiram Torres Ruiz², Guillermo Guaracha Basañez³, Virginia Pascual Ramos⁴, Beatriz Alcalá-Carmona⁵, Yatzil Reyna-Juárez⁵, María José Ostos-prado⁵, Nancy R Mejía-Domínguez⁵, Guillermo Juarez-Vega⁶ and Diana Gomez-martin⁷, ¹Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²INCMNSZ, Mexico, Federal District, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirón", Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁶Red de Apoyo a la Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁷INCMNSZ, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The innate immune system not only participates in PsA pathogenesis but may also counteract with immunomodulatory elements. Proinflammatory and repairing roles according to monocyte…
Abstract Number: 0932 • ACR Convergence 2024
IRAK4 Degrader GS-6791 Inhibits TLR and IL-1R-Driven Inflammatory Signaling, and Ameliorates Disease in a Preclinical Arthritis Model
Grace Teng¹, Thomas Fung², Annamaria Mocciaro², Ceyda Llapashtica¹, Angie Hammond³, Jesse Gurgel⁴, zhiyu Huang¹, Maria Mouchess¹, Vanessa Gorney⁵, Wesley Minto¹, Sunish Mohanan¹, Adam Schrier¹, Wylie Palmer², Alexandra Borodovsky² and Gundula Min-oo¹, ¹Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA, ²Nurix Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, ³Gilead Sciences, Inc., Seattle, WA, ⁴Gilead Sciences, Seattle, CA, ⁵Alterome Therapeutics, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in treatment, chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) represent areas of high unmet medical need. IRAK4 is a proximal mediator…
Abstract Number: 2505 • ACR Convergence 2024
C5 Signaling Pathway Genes as Key Drivers of the Pathogenesis of IgA Vasculitis?
Joao Carlos Batista-Liz¹, Vanesa Calvo-Rio², María Sebastián Mora-Gil³, Ligia Gabrie-Rodriguez⁴, Rafael Gálvez Sánchez⁴, Belén Sevilla-Pérez⁵, José Luis Callejas⁶, María Teresa Leonardo⁷, Ana Peñalba⁷, Javier Narvaez-García⁸, Luis Martín-Penagos⁹, Luis Caminal-Montero¹⁰, PAZ COLLADO¹¹, Patricia Quiroga Colina¹², Esther Vicente-rabaneda¹³, Esteban Rubio¹⁴, Manuel León Luque¹⁵, Juan María Blanco-Madrigal¹⁶, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹⁷, Santos Castañeda¹³, Ricardo Blanco-Alonso¹⁸, Veronica Pulito-Cueto¹ and Raquel Lopez-mejias¹, ¹IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Immunopathology Group, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Immunopathology Group, IDIVAL. Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ⁶Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinico San Cecilio, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain, ⁷Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Immunopathology Group, IDIVAL. Division of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹⁰Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, MADRID, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain., Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain., Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁷BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis (IgAV) is an inflammatory disease caused by the accumulation of immune complexes of IgA in the walls of small blood vessels…
Abstract Number: 0938 • ACR Convergence 2024
Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote T Cell Activation and Development of Autoimmune Arthritis
Agnieszka Lastowska¹, Anders Nguyen², Miriam Bollmann² and Mattias Svensson³, ¹University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden, ²University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, ³University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILCs) are the innate counterparts to T cells and can be divided into three functionally distinct subpopulations: Group 1 (ILC1), Group…
Abstract Number: 2506 • ACR Convergence 2024
THP1-derived Macrophage Polarization in Takayasu Arteritis – Impact of Disease Status and Therapy
João Paulo dos Santos¹, Cristina Orikaza¹, Mariana Aguiar², Gerson Keppeke³ and Alexandre de Souza⁴, ¹Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ³Universidad Catolica del Norte, São Paulo, Coquimbo, Brazil, ⁴UNIFESP-EPM, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Macrophages play an important role in the pathophysiology of Takayasu arteritis (TAK) as granulomatous inflammation is typically found in affected arteries. The expression of…
Abstract Number: 0951 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Feedback Loop Involving mtDNA, Platelets and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Amplifies Inflammation in Systemic Sclerosis
Stavros Giaglis¹, Diego Kyburz² and Ulrich Walker³, ¹Experimental Rheumatology Laboratory, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Mitochondria are essential eucaryotic cell organelles with several bacterial features, such as a double-stranded circular genome with hypomethylated CpG areas (1). A fundamental role of…
Abstract Number: 2518 • ACR Convergence 2024
Behçet’s Disease Immune Landscape Exhibits a Universal NF-kB-mediated Hyperactivation Pattern with Cell-specific TNFAIP3 Responses and a Superimposed IFN-regulated Endotype
Yesim Ozguler¹, Olivier Manches², Didar Ucar³, Ziyan Lin², Alireza Khodadadi-Jamayran², Aristotelis Tsirigos², Gulen Hatemi¹ and Johannes Nowatzky⁴, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The immune landscape of Behçet’s disease (BD) remains ill-defined, lacking a unifying picture, precise disease phenotype-endotype correlations, and an understanding of immunity at target…
Abstract Number: 0952 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single Cell RNA-seq of Scleroderma-associated Interstitial Lung Disease Lung Explants Reveals an Active, Cytotoxic Natural Killer Cell Population
Cristina Padilla, Eleanor Valenzi, Tracy Tabib, Banafsheh Nazari, Patrizia Fuschiotti and Robert Lafyatis, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is the leading cause of death among SSc patients. Loss of alveolar epithelial cells (AEC) and bronchial cell hyperplasia,…
Abstract Number: 2540 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characterizing the Functional Role of Type I Interferons in Inflammatory Arthritis
Mary Huang, Richard Bell, Toolika Singh and Lionel Ivashkiv, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by synovial inflammation due to cellular infiltration and inflammatory mediators. Type I interferons (IFN) have…
Abstract Number: 0964 • ACR Convergence 2024
Engaging the PD-1 Pathway Attenuates Inflammation Associated Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis Fibroblasts and a Preclinical Mouse Model
Maithri Aspari¹, Voon Ong², Klaus Soendergaard³, Esben Naeser⁴, Malene Hvid⁴, Angela Tam⁵, Shiwen Xu⁵, Christopher Denton⁶, David Abraham⁷, Bent Deleuran¹ and Stinne Greisen⁸, ¹Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²University College London, London, England, United Kingdom, ³Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴AARHUS UNIVERSITET, AARHUS C, Denmark, ⁵University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁶University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom, ⁷UCL, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Aarhus University/Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The precise molecular mechanisms driving fibrosis in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) remain to be elucidated. The immune regulatory programmed cell death protein 1…
Abstract Number: 2542 • ACR Convergence 2024
Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Aggravates Development of Inflammatory Arthritis
Anders Nguyen¹, Miriam Bollmann¹, Agnieszka Lastowska², Anna-Karin Hultgård Ekwall¹, Dietmar Zaiss³, Gary Firestein⁴ and Mattias Svensson⁵, ¹University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, ²University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden, ³University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ⁴University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁵University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Activation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) by immune cells drives inflammation and joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Hence, understanding factors that induce destructive behaviors…
Abstract Number: L02 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mutational Analysis of UNC93B1 Identifies Regulatory Regions Mutated in Human SLE
John Huizar¹, Victoria Rael², Julian Yano², Leianna Slayden³, Madeleine Weiss⁴, Robert Saxton⁴, Bo Liu⁵, Olivia Majer⁶ and Gregory Barton⁷, ¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ³HHMI at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ⁴UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ⁵Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shangai, China, ⁶Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany, ⁷UC Berkeley / HHMI, Berkeley, CA
Background/Purpose: Endosomal nucleic acid-sensing toll-like receptors 3, 7 and 9 are key innate immune sensors of dsRNA, ssRNA and ssDNA, respectively, whose activities must be…
Abstract Number: L08 • ACR Convergence 2023
Early Clinical Development of CIT-013, a First in Class NETosis Inhibitor, in a Randomized Phase I Dose Escalation Study in Healthy Volunteers Demonstrating Potent Inhibition of LPS Induced Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation
Leonie Middelink¹, Renato Chirivi², Helmuth van Es², Eric Meldrum², Peter van Zandvoort², Tirza Bruurmijn², Matthijs Moerland³ and Patrick Round², ¹Middelinc., Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Citryll BV, Oss, Netherlands, ³CHDR, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Aberrant Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) production contributes to the pathophysiology of multiple inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS),…
Abstract Number: 0892 • ACR Convergence 2023
Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Keratinocytes and Fibroblasts Drive Hippo and TGFb Dysregulation and Fibrosis in Epidermal Overexpression of VGLL3 in Cutaneous Lupus
Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani¹, Allison Billi¹, Jacob Martens¹, Marisa Hildebrandt¹, Amanda Victory¹, Mitra Maz², Shannon Loftus¹, J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹ and Johann E. Gudjonsson¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Fibrosis is characterized by collagen deposition, fibro/myofibroblast (MYOFB) accumulation, and extracellular matrix remodeling. In some subtypes of cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), particularly discoid lupus…

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