Abstracts tagged "interferon"

Abstract Number: 1539 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Impact Of Interferon Signature On Anifrolumab Efficacy And Safety In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis
Muhammad Usman Hashmi¹, Paramarajan Piranavan², Yasmeen Sufi³, Zaira Nasir⁴, Zainab Azhar⁵, Shamaem Tariq⁵, Hamas Ul Hudaibia⁵, IMRAN SAEED⁶, Aayet Zulfiqar⁵, Natasha Rasool² and Anum Faiz⁷, ¹Rahmah Academy of Research Excellence, Islamabad, Pakistan., Islamabad, Pakistan, ²University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY, ³Karachi Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, ⁴Rawalpindi Medical University,Rawalpindi, Pakistan., Islamabad, Pakistan, ⁵Rawalpindi Medical University,Rawalpindi, Pakistan., Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ⁶Nishtar Medical University,Multan, Pakistan., Multan, Pakistan, ⁷Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan
Background/Purpose: Type I interferon (IFN) signaling is central to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis, and anifrolumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the IFN-α receptor (IFNAR), has…
Abstract Number: 2418 • ACR Convergence 2025
ORF1p Expression Correlates with STING Activation and IFN Signatures in SLE Nonlesional Skin
Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani¹, Svenja Henning², John LaCava³, Tomas Mustelin⁴ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Rockefeller University, New York City, NY, NJ, ⁴University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Type I interferons (IFNs) are elevated in the skin and blood of patients with systemic (SLE) and cutaneous (CLE) lupus erythematosus. Upregulation of type…
Abstract Number: 0617 • ACR Convergence 2025
Autoantibodies to Extracellular Antigens in Lupus Patients Serum Versus Controls; Predominance of Autoantibodies to Type I Interferons in Lupus Sera
Kathryn Counts¹, Dulaney Wilson², Leon Furchtgott³ and Gary Gilkeson¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ³SeraNova Bio, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Key features in the pathophysiology of SLE include cytokine dysregulation and autoantibody production. Traditional autoantibody testing in SLE is primarily limited to intracellular antigens…
Abstract Number: 1655 • ACR Convergence 2025
Aberrant Noncoding RNAs Are Enriched in Extracellular Vesicles and Implicated in Interferon Activation
Sandra Williams¹, Soyeong Sim² and Sandra Wolin², ¹National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, ²National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD
Background/Purpose: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small structures that enclose a variety of nucleic acids. While much of the published work on EV RNA has focused…
Abstract Number: 2451 • ACR Convergence 2025
Tofacitinib Lowers Markers of Photosensitivity in Patients with Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Amy Hurst¹, Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani¹, Yuli Cai², Rachael Bogle³, Lin Zhang¹, Amber Young², Craig Dobry¹, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi¹, Jason S. Knight¹, Johann Gudjonsson², Alex Tsoi³, Patricia Rohan⁴, Angela Kibiy⁵, Karen Boyle⁶, Margie Byron⁷, Laura Baird⁷ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³University of Michigan, Holland, OH, ⁴NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵NIH/NIAID, Rockville, MD, ⁶Rho, Inc, Durham, NC, ⁷Rho, Inc., Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Photosensitivity lowers quality of life in patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) and puts patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at risk of systemic…
Abstract Number: 0631 • ACR Convergence 2025
Antibodies to Type I and Type III Interferons at Diagnosis Predispose to Serious Infections on Follow Up in an Inception cohort of SLE (INSPIRE) from India.
Rudrarpan Chatterjee¹, Komal Singh², Ranjan Gupta³, Sudhir Sinha⁴ and Amita Aggarwal⁵, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ³All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ⁵Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are predisposed to infections due to immune dysregulation. Autoantibodies to cytokines can cause serious infections, including severe COVID-19,…
Abstract Number: 1668 • ACR Convergence 2025
A clinically validated assay for rapid determination of type I and type II interferon activity in pediatric inflammatory diseases
Evan Hsu¹, Courtney Leson², Amrita Basu³, Michael Lam⁴, Jian Yue⁴, Casey Rimland⁵, Rachel Weng⁴, Lauren Henderson⁶, Joyce Chang², Mary Beth Son⁴, Fatma Dedeoglu⁴, roshini Abraham³ and Pui Lee¹, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Newton, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁶Boston Children's Hospital, Watertown, MA
Background/Purpose: Type I interferons (IFN-I) and type II interferon (IFN-g) are essential to host defense but dysregulated production of these cytokines is increasingly recognized in…
Abstract Number: 2497 • ACR Convergence 2025
Unraveling the Complexity of Interferon Responses in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Systemic Sclerosis at Single-Cell Resolution
Pietro Bearzi¹, Elena Pachera², Astrid Hofman³, Laura Much⁴, Lumeng Li¹, Kristina Bürki³, Cosimo Bruni⁵, Mike Becker⁶, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁷, Roberto Giacomelli⁸ and Oliver Distler⁹, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁷Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁸i) Clinical and Research Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Biomedico; ii) Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Rome "Campus Bio-Medico", Rome, Italy, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Autoimmunity is a hallmark of SSc pathogenesis. Emerging evidence suggests that interferon (IFN) signaling plays a role in predicting SSc patients at risk of…
Abstract Number: L01 • ACR Convergence 2024
Targeted Exosite Inhibition of STING Activation of TBK1 Selectively Blocks Type I Interferon and NFκB Responses for Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
Matthew Martin¹, Erik Wilker¹, Diana Gikunju¹, Usha Narayanan¹, Unnati Pandya¹, Vijetha Prakash¹, Ashley Edwards¹, Sameer Kawatkar¹, Tenghui Chen¹, Ragunath Chandran¹, Sai Sunder¹, Sumathi Biradar¹, Joerg Distler², Alexandra Joseph¹, Stephanos Ioannidis¹ and Bhavatarini Vangamudi¹, ¹Exo Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, ²Exo Therapeutics, Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: The cGAS-TBK1-STING pathway senses nucleic acids for innate immunity. Aberrant activation of the pathway is linked to autoimmune diseases including Systemic and Cutaneous Lupus…
Abstract Number: 0633 • ACR Convergence 2024
Novel LINE-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Can Suppress Type I Interferon Responses and Are Promising Therapeutics for Lupus
Wenyan Miao¹, Digna de Bruin², Cedric Arisdakessian¹, Jannik Rousel², Jared Steranka¹, Matthijs Moerland², Eric Jacobson¹, Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani³, Liyang Diao¹, Craig Dobry³, Nafeeza Hafeez¹, Brian Desrosiers¹, J. Michelle Kahlenberg³, Heike Keilhack¹, Robert Rissmann², Keith M Wilcoxen¹ and Tessa Niemeyer-van der Kolk², ¹Rome Therapeutics, Boston, MA, ²Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, Netherlands, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Long Interspersed Element-1 (LINE-1) retrotransposon encodes for two proteins, ORF1p and ORF2p. ORF1p is a chaperone protein while ORF2p contains reverse transcriptase (RT) and…
Abstract Number: 1537 • ACR Convergence 2024
Discovery of VENT-03: A Novel Clinical cGAS Inhibitor for the Treatment of SLE and Other Autoimmune Diseases
Kelly A. Pike¹, Nadine Fradet¹, Samuel Gaudreault¹, Alexander M Skeldon², Ramsay E. Beveridge², Patrick Cyr², Nicolas Sgarioto², Philippe Le Gros³, Eleftheria Seliniotakis², Valerie Dumais², Jacklyn Smith², James I.P Stewart², Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani⁴, Michelle J Kahlenberg⁴ and Michael A. Crackower², ¹Ventus Therapeutics, Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada, ²Ventus Therapeutics, Saint-Laurent, Canada, ³Ventus Therapeutics, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) is a nucleic acid sensor that plays a central role in anti-viral responses. Following the detection of intracellular double-stranded DNA,…
Abstract Number: 1828 • ACR Convergence 2024
SSc Fibroblasts Trigger a Systemic Type I Interferon Response in SSc Patients Through Canonical TGF-β Receptor Signalling
Christopher Wasson¹, Stefano Di Donato², Rebecca Ross³, Vishal Kakkar⁴ and Francesco Del Galdo¹, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴LIRMM University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease which is characterized by fibrosis of the skin and the internal organs with variable severity. Type I interferon…
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: 1553 • ACR Convergence 2024
Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Clinical Efficacy and Exploratory Biomarker Results from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 1b Study of Enpatoran in Active Systemic and Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (SLE/CLE)
Torsten Witte¹, Ruth Fernandez Ruiz², Nadezda Abramova³, Dominika Weinelt³, Flavie Moreau⁴, Lena Klopp-Schulze⁵, Jamie Shaw⁶, Deborah Denis⁷ and Joerg Wenzel⁸, ¹Dept of Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover, Germany, ²Global Clinical Development, EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ³Global Patient Safety, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ⁴Global Biostatistics, EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ⁵Quantitative Pharmacology, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ⁶Companion Diagnostics and Biomarker Strategy, EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ⁷EMD Serono, Rockland, MA, ⁸Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Background/Purpose: Enpatoran, a highly selective, potent and reversible dual toll-like receptor 7/8 (TLR7/8) inhibitor, targets key innate and adaptive immune processes involved in the pathogenesis…
Abstract Number: 1831 • ACR Convergence 2024
Role of Long Non-Coding RNA H19 in Mediating Skin Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Begoña Caballero-Ruiz¹, Christopher Wasson², Rebecca Ross³ and Francesco Del Galdo², ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an immune driven condition leading to skin fibrosis, as well as internal organs. Dermal fibroblasts are the key cellular elements…

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