Abstracts tagged "interferon"

Abstract Number: 2003 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-rheumatic Treatment Modulates Expression of the Glycolytic Enzyme PFKFB3 in CD14+ Monocytes of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Which Contributes to Dissimilarities of the IFN Signature
Malin Erlandsson¹, Karin Andersson¹, Sofia Töyrä Silfverswärd², Rille pullerits² and Maria Bokarewa², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Combination of IFN-stimulated genes known as IFN signature, helps to predict disease activity and treatment response in several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 0559 • ACR Convergence 2022
JAK Inhibitor Withdrawal Causes a Transient Proinflammatory Signaling Cascade in Minor Salivary Gland Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Ilya Gurevic, jacques Galipeau and Sara McCoy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's Disease (SjD) has high glandular IFNg levels, associated with disease activity and lymphoma risk. We previously showed IFNg-stimulated minor salivary gland (SG)-mesenchymal stromal…
Abstract Number: 0984 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Hydroxychloroquine on Interferon Pathway Expression of SLE Phenotypic Subsets in the Absence of Background Medications
Colin Mowery, Miles Smith, Kevin Thomas, Susan Macwana, Wade deJager, Stan Kamp, Cristina Arriens, Teresa Aberle, Judith James, Joel Guthridge and Joan Merrill, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Chronic activation of interferon (IFN) pathways is a key driver of immune dysregulation in SLE. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) inhibits toll-like receptors 7 and 9 in…
Abstract Number: 2043 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Does Isolated Anti-Ro52 Antibody Positivity Mean in Sjögren’s Syndrome?
Eléonore Bettacchioli¹, Alain Saraux², Alice Tison³, Divi CORNEC⁴, Maryvonne Dueymes¹, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁵ and Valerie Devauchelle⁶, ¹Immunology and Immunotherapy Laboratory, CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ²CHU Brest, Brest, France, ³Rheumatology Department, CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ⁴CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ⁵Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ⁶Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by a triad of dryness, pain and fatigue in affected patients. Its diagnosis is…
Abstract Number: 0584 • ACR Convergence 2022
Non-Clinical Evaluations of Deucravacitinib and Janus Kinase Inhibitor Specificity in Inflammatory or Homeostatic Pathways
Brandon Johnson, Jennifer Koenitzer, Peter Schafer and Ian M. Catlett, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Deucravacitinib is a selective inhibitor of tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) that has shown clinical efficacy in psoriasis, PsA, and SLE. Deucravacitinib is an allosteric…
Abstract Number: 1065 • ACR Convergence 2022
Biosamples from VEDOSS Patients Show Pathological Signs of SSc: Opportunity for a Biololgical Diagnosis of Disease
Rebecca Ross¹, Emily Clarke¹, Will Merchant¹, Panji Mulipa¹, Natalia Riobo-DelGaldo¹ and Francesco Del Galdo², ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The VEDOSS study has recently indicated that more than 50% of patients affected by Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) and specific SSc anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) and/or…
Abstract Number: 2051 • ACR Convergence 2022
Targeting Janus Kinase Pathway in Sjogren’s Disease Corrects IFN-Driven Inflammation and Epithelial Dysfunction
Sarthak Gupta¹, Eiko Yamada², Hiroyuki Nakamura², Zohreh Khavandgar³, Daniel Martin², Mayank Tandon⁴, Ilias Alevizos⁵, Shyh-Ing Jang², Paola Perez², Kalie Dominick², Thomas Pranzatelli², Alan Baer⁶, john chiorini⁴ and Blake Warner³, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²NIDCR, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Horizon Therapeutics, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Many of the inflammatory cytokines implicated in Sjogren's Disease (SjD) pathogenesis, in particular Type I and II interferons (IFNs), signal through Janus kinases (JAK)…
Abstract Number: L20 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy of Emapalumab, an Anti-IFNγ Antibody in Patients with Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) Complicating Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) Who Had Failed High-Dose Glucocorticoids (GCs)
Fabrizio De Benedetti¹, Alexei Grom², Paul Brogan³, Claudia Bracaglia¹, Manuela Pardeo¹, Giulia Marucci¹, Despina Eleftheriou³, Charalampia Papadopoulou³, Pierre Quartier⁴, Jordi Antón⁵, Rikke Frederiksen⁶, Veronica Asnaghi⁶ and Cristina De Min⁶, ¹Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ²Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ³UCL Institute of Child Health, and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Université de Paris, IMAGINE Institute, RAISE reference centre, Pediatric Immuno-Hematology and Rheumatology Unit, Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ⁵Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AG (Sobi), Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: MAS is a life-threatening complication of rheumatic diseases, occurring most frequently in sJIA. The mainstay of MAS treatment is high dose GCs; however, GCs…
Abstract Number: 1440 • ACR Convergence 2021
Targeting Endogenous Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Response to Interferong in Sjӧgren’s Syndrome
Sara McCoy, Ilya Gurevic, Maxwell Parker and Jacques Galipeau, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Sjӧgren’s syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disease that is associated with a lymphoma risk 14-fold that of the general population. Greater focal lymphocytic…
Abstract Number: 1905 • ACR Convergence 2021
CD11c+ Expression Associates with IFN-λ Responsiveness in Human B Cells with Clinical Implications for SLE
Jennifer Barnas¹, Jennifer Barnard², Cameron Baker², Nida Meednu², Andrew McDavid¹, R. John Looney¹ and Jennifer Anolik², ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Type I interferon (IFN), namely IFN- α, and B cell aberrations are long recognized in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis. Type I IFN receptor…
Abstract Number: 1459 • ACR Convergence 2021
Attainment of the Lupus Low Disease Activity State in Response to Anifrolumab in 2 Phase 3 Trials
Eric Morand¹, Gabriel Abreu², Richard Furie³ and Raj Tummala⁴, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ²BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: The Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS), a treat-to-target (T2T) endpoint for SLE, is prospectively validated as protective from flares and damage accrual.1 LLDAS…
Abstract Number: 1908 • ACR Convergence 2021
Interferon (IFN)-Stimulated Gene 15: A Novel Biomarker for Lymphoma Development in Sjögren’s Syndrome
Ilir i. Cinoku¹, Kleio-Maria Verrou¹, Evangelia Piperi¹, Michael Voulgarelis², Haralampos Moutsopoulos³ and Clio Mavragani¹, ¹National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³Athens Academy of Athens, Chair Medical Sciences/Immunology, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), an autoimmune exocrinopathy, is expressed either as a local disease or as a systemic illness with an enhanced risk for…
Abstract Number: 1487 • ACR Convergence 2021
Type I Interferon Modulates Langerhans Cell ADAM17 in Lupus to Contribute to Photosensitivity
Thomas Li¹, Keila Veiga², Noa Schwartz³, Jose Lora⁴, Yong Liu⁴, Ali Jabbari⁵, William Shipman¹, Mehdi Rashighi⁶, James Krueger⁷, Niroshana Anandasabapathy⁴, David Oliver⁸, Yurii Chinenov⁸, Carl Blobel¹ and Theresa Lu¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²New York Medical College, Hawthorne, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁷Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ⁸David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Photosensitivity is a common feature in the autoimmune disease lupus erythematosus (LE) where patients develop inflammatory skin lesions in response to ultraviolet radiation (UVR).…
Abstract Number: 1938 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Phenome-Wide Association Study of Genes Associated with COVID-19 Severity Reveals Shared Genetics with Rheumatic Conditions
Anurag Verma¹, Noah Tsao¹, Lauren Thomann², Yuk-Lam Ho², Rotonya Carr¹, Dana crawford³, Jimmy efird⁴, Jennifer Huffman², Adriana Hung⁵, Kerry Ivey², Sudha Iyengar³, Michael Levin⁶, Shiuh-Wen luoh⁷, Julie Lynch⁸, Pradeep Natarajan⁹, Saiju Pyarajan¹⁰, alexander Bick¹¹, Lauren Costa², Giulio Genovese¹², Richard Hauger¹³, Ravi madduri¹⁴, Gita Pathak¹⁵, Renato polimanti¹⁵, Benjamin Voight¹, Marijana Vujkovic¹, Maryam Zekavat¹⁵, Hongyu Zhao¹⁵, Marylyn Ritchie¹, Kyong-Mi Chang¹⁶, Kelly Cho², Juan casas², Phil Tsao¹⁷, J. Michael Gaziano², Christopher ODonnell², Scott Damrauer¹ and Katherine Liao¹⁸, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ³Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ⁴DVAHCS, Durham, ⁵Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ⁷Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, ⁸VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Partners, Boston, ¹¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ¹²Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹³University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ¹⁴Argon National Lab, Chicago, IL, ¹⁵Yale University, New Haven, CT, ¹⁶VA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁷VA Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a broad range of clinical conditions. International efforts have led to the identification of risk alleles…
Abstract Number: 1491 • ACR Convergence 2021
Single-cell Analysis of Paired Skin and Blood Samples from Patients with SLE and Cutaneous Lupus Suggests CD16+ DCs Arise from Non-classical Monocytes That Enter Nonlesional Skin, Undergo Type I IFN Education, and Engage in Extensive Crosstalk with Diverse Immune and Stromal Cell Types
Allison Billi¹, Feiyang Ma², Olesya Plazyo³, Grace Hile³, Xianying Xing³, Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani⁴, Rachael Wasikowski³, Lam Tsoi³, Matteo Pellegrini², Robert L. Modlin², Johann Gudjonsson¹ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg³, ¹Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine - Division of Rheumatology and Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is an incompletely understood autoimmune disease that can occur in isolation or in the context of SLE. CLE is often…

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