Abstracts tagged "innate immunity"

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…
Abstract Number: 2427 • ACR Convergence 2023
Degranulating PR3+ Myeloid Cells Characterize Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Alessandra Ida Celia¹, Xiaoping Yang², Hana Minsky², Silvia Malvica², Michelle Petri³, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership in RA/SLE⁴, Avi Rosenberg⁵ and Andrea Fava², ¹John Hopkins University of Medicine, Rome, Italy, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁴Multiple, Multiple, ⁵Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: As part of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP), we discovered that urinary PR3, a neutrophil degranulation product, is associated with histological activity, indicating the…
Abstract Number: 0894 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Cellular and Spatial Type I Interferon Response Following Skin Exposure to Ultraviolet Light
Jie An¹, Xizhang Sun¹, Rayan Najjar¹, Connie Zhao¹, Paul Kong², Stephanie Weaver², Amanda Koehne², Matt Fitzgibbon² and Keith Elkon¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: SLE patients characteristically have a prominent type I interferon (IFN-I) signature in lesional and non-lesional skin. We recently demonstrated that, following a single exposure…
Abstract Number: 2440 • ACR Convergence 2023
Synovial Shaping of Skin-derived Migrating Immune Cells Determines Initiation of Inflammation in Psoriatic Arthritis
Maria Gabriella Raimondo¹, Simon Rauber², Hashem Mohammadian³, Mario Angeli¹, Cong Xu¹, Aleix Rius Rigau⁴, Markus Luber¹, Hannah Labinsky⁵, Alina Ramming¹, Stefano Alivernini⁶, Jörg Distler¹, Ursula Fearon⁷, Douglas Veale⁸, Michael Sticherling⁹, Juan D Canete¹⁰, Georg Schett¹¹ and Andreas Ramming¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie (DZI), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Medical Department II, Rheumatology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁶Immunology Research Core Facility, Gemelli Science and Technology Park, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Division of Rheumatology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ⁷Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸St.Vincent's University Hosp, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Dermatology, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁰Hospital Clinic an IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Around 30% of the patients with psoriasis (PsO) develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA) overtime, suggesting the existence of a disease mediated skin-joint crosstalk. To date,…
Abstract Number: 0905 • ACR Convergence 2023
Low-Density Granulocytes and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Incomplete Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Svenja Henning¹, Tobias Reimers², Berber Doornbos-van der Meer², Barbara Horvath³, Hendrika Bootsma⁴, Karina de Leeuw² and Johanna Westra², ¹University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³University Medical Center Groningen / Department of Dermatology, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Incomplete SLE (iSLE) defines a group of patients with symptoms typical of SLE but not meeting sufficient criteria required for the classification of SLE.…
Abstract Number: 2442 • ACR Convergence 2023
Neutrophils Induce Contact-Dependent Expansion of Arthritogenic Th17 Cells and Are Necessary for Disease in Experimental Ankylosing Spondylitis
Hillary Struthers¹, Emily Vance¹, Kofi Asare-Konadu¹, Holly Rosenzweig² and Ruth Napier¹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients have irregular neutrophil responses, as indicated clinically by neutrophilia and increased neutrophil to lymphocyte ratios that positively associate with disease…
Abstract Number: 0911 • ACR Convergence 2023
Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals Normal-density and Low-density Neutrophils Are More Prevalent Than Macrophages in Lupus Nephritis Glomeruli, and Urine DNA Methylation Analyses Capture Both Myeloid Populations
Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner¹, Joshua Skydel², Alecia Roy³, Brenna Kerin³, James Whitley³, Fred Kolling⁴, Noelle Kosarek⁴, Michelle Petri⁵, Andrea Fava⁶, Lucas Salas⁷ and Christopher Burns³, ¹Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁶Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Despite compelling evidence that normal-density (NDN) and low-density neutrophils (LDN) are activated in the blood of lupus patients, their role in lupus nephritis (LN)…
Abstract Number: 2600 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clonal Hematopoiesis Is Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an age-related vasculitis of large and medium vessels. Prior population studies have identified an association between GCA and hematologic…
Abstract Number: 0920 • ACR Convergence 2023
Proinflammatory Neutrophils and NETs Mediate Skin and Kidney Inflammation During Lupus Flare in Asymptomatic Lupus-prone Mice Triggered by UVB
Xing Lyu¹, minghui li¹, ping zhang², Wei Wei³, victoria werth⁴ and Ming-Lin Liu⁵, ¹Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, ²Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, Royal Oak, MI, ³Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Wynnewood, PA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure triggers lupus flare by worsening both skin lesions and systemic symptoms, i.e. lupus nephritis. We recently reported that UVB exposure…
Abstract Number: 0040 • ACR Convergence 2023
Non-canonical NF-κB Signalling Is Required for Extrathymic AIRE Expression and Immunoregulatory Molecules in Cells of the Dendritic Lineage
Guus van Laar¹, Leonie Huitema¹, Boy helder¹, Joanna Fergusson¹, Hergen Spits¹, Jan Piet van Hamburg¹ and Sander Tas², ¹Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam UMC, locatie AMC, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The transcription factor Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) is crucial for the establishment of central tolerance in the thymus. Recently, peripheral CD45+ extrathymic AIRE-expressing cells (eTACs)…
Abstract Number: 0940 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Novel Therapeutic Opportunity in Systemic Sclerosis: The Fibrolytic Activities of a Specialized Macrophage Secretome
Françis Bonnefoy¹, Susanne Behlke² and Sylvain Perruche¹, ¹Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, RIGHT Institute/MedINNPharma, Besançon, France, ²MedINNPharma, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) a complex and rare immune-mediated connective tissue disorder characterized by microvascular damage, inflammatory cell infiltration, and excessive deposition of extracellular matrix…
Abstract Number: 0041 • ACR Convergence 2023
Interactions Between Synovial Fibroblasts and Macrophages: Implications for Tissue Remodeling in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases and Macrophage Differentiation in Response to the Immune Microenvironment
Jia Li, Yanrong Cai, Xin Guan, Meike Ewald, Lars-Oliver Tykocinski, Hanns-Martin Lorenz and Theresa Tretter, Department of Internal Medicine V, Div. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Activated macrophages (Mph) can be subdivided in at least 2 major subgroups according to their polarization into classical pro-(M1-Mph) or anti-inflammatory (M2-Mph) subtypes. Together…
Abstract Number: 0947 • ACR Convergence 2023
Fcγ Receptors Define Pro-Phagocytic Macrophages and Trigger Pro-Inflammatory Responses in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Amela Hukara¹, Gino Andrea Bonazza¹, Tracy Tabib², Raphael Micheroli¹, Suzana Jordan³, Kristina Bürki¹, Sylvie Schlitz Schönbächler¹, Adrian Ciurea⁴, Oliver Distler³, Robert Lafyatis⁵, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk¹ and Gabriela Kania¹, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Fcy receptors (FcγR) are opsonic phagocytic receptors, requiring tight regulations to prevent uncontrolled activation of pro-inflammatory phagocytosis. SSc macrophages display an alternatively-activated profibrotic phenotype.…
Abstract Number: 0049 • ACR Convergence 2023
Soluble Uric Acid Is an Endogenous Inhibitor of CD38
Shijie Wen¹, Hiroshi Arakawa¹, Shigeru Yokoyama², Yoshiyuki Shirasaka¹, Haruhiro Higashida³ and Ikumi Tamai¹, ¹Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, ²Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University; Division of Socio-Cognitive-Neuroscience, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, ³Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: CD38 is the main NAD+-degrading enzyme that plays a key role in innate immunity, aging, cancer, and metabolic disorders. Pharmacological inhibition of CD38 has…
Abstract Number: 1329 • ACR Convergence 2023
R851, a Potent Second Generation IRAK1 and IRAK4 Inhibitor Suppresses IL-6 in Vitro and in Vivo for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yan Chen¹, Sothy Yi¹, Vadim Markovtsov¹, Bhushan Samant¹, Andrew Chow¹, Esteban Masuda¹ and Simon Shaw², ¹Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, ²Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The Toll-Like Receptor family (except TLR3) signal through IRAK4 and IRAK1 to produce an array of cytokines (including IL-6, IL-23 and TNFα in response…

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