Abstract Number: 0096 • ACR Convergence 2024
Simultaneous Contribution of Brain-Intrinsic and Peripheral Disease Mechanisms to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (NPSLE)
Background/Purpose: While NPSLE are among the least understood complications, increasing evidence points to microglia, a brain-resident innate immune cell population, as a driver of disease.…Abstract Number: 1643 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single Nuclei Multiome and Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of Early, Untreated SSc Skin Identifies Signaling Interactions Between Macrophages and Fibroblasts
Background/Purpose: We generated a vertically integrated dataset on treatment naïve patients with dcSSc (diffuse Systemic Sclerosis) skin that includes bulk RNA-seq, single nuclei multiome, and…Abstract Number: 2645 • ACR Convergence 2024
Human NCF1-p.R90H Variant Promotes Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Bleomycin-induced Mouse Model and Systemic Sclerosis Patients via Expansion of SPP1+Monocytes-derived Macrophages
Background/Purpose: We previously identified a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) causal risk variant, p.Arg90His (p.R90H, rs201802880) substitution encoded in neutrophil cytosolic factor 1 (NCF1), an essential component…Abstract Number: 0263 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characteristics and Coinfections of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Rheumatic Patients
Background/Purpose: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a severe respiratory complication observed in certain rheumatic diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV), and…Abstract Number: 1686 • ACR Convergence 2024
Urine Proteomics in Class II Lupus Nephritis Reveals Immune Activation and Pro-Fibrotic Signatures
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a pathologically diverse autoimmune disease that can lead to end-stage kidney disease and mortality. Although Class II LN is considered…Abstract Number: 0279 • ACR Convergence 2024
Macrophage Intracellular Fates of Monosodium Urate and Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals: Phagocytosis, Exchanged/expulsion and Dissolution of Crystals
Background/Purpose: Gout, due to the presence of monosodium urate crystals (MSU) and calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal deposition disease are both responsible for recurrent inflammation flares.…Abstract Number: 1702 • ACR Convergence 2024
Placental Developmental Defects in a Humanized-TLR8 Mouse Model of Spontaneous Anti-Phospholipid Antibody Induced Pregnancy Loss
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) confer a high risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, especially in women with SLE. aPLs can induce pro-inflammatory signaling via TLR8 receptors,…Abstract Number: 0746 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single-cell RNA-Seq Analysis Reveals Distinct Compositional Characterizations and Transcriptomic Profiles of Macrophages in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Macrophages play key roles in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory vascular diseases, such as Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) and atherosclerosis. However, limited data on the…Abstract Number: 1793 • ACR Convergence 2024
SLE Patient Serum and SLE-associated Danger Signals Impair Efferocytosis in Human Macrophages
Background/Purpose: Efficient clearance of apoptotic cells, known as efferocytosis, plays a pivotal role in maintaining self-tolerance. Dysfunction in efferocytosis is implicated in the pathogenesis of…Abstract Number: 0757 • ACR Convergence 2024
Regulation of Macrophage Differentiation by Serum Adiponectin: A Novel Mechanism to Increase Alternatively Activated Macrophages During the Remission Phase of Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose: The immunopathogenesis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains unclear. It is known that monocytes are recruited from peripheral blood, infiltrate the vessel wall, and…Abstract Number: 1814 • ACR Convergence 2024
Understanding Monocyte Derived Macrophages in the Skin of SSc Patients Through Single Cell Analysis of Blister Fluid Immune Cell Populations
Background/Purpose: Cells of the monocyte-macrophages (Mφ) are key players in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc), contributing to inflammation and fibrosis. To advance beyond the…Abstract Number: 0759 • ACR Convergence 2024
Macrophage-Lineage Cells in Giant Cell Arteritis Express MMP12, Phagocytosis and Osteoclast-associated Molecules That May Contribute to Destruction of the Tunica Media
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis characterized by inflammatory cell infiltration and destruction of the tunica media. In this study, we…Abstract Number: 1816 • ACR Convergence 2024
Paracrine WNT Signaling Drives Pro-fibrotic Metabolic Activation of Systemic Sclerosis Macrophages
Background/Purpose: While we have shown that systemic sclerosis (SSc) dermal fibroblasts and macrophages (MØs) engage in reciprocal activation mediated by exosomes via paracrine signaling, the…Abstract Number: 0760 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Macrophage-smooth Muscle Cell Axis Influences Vascular Remodeling Through Activation of the EGFR Pathway in Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a granulomatous vasculitis affecting large vessels. The role of macrophages and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) appears to be…Abstract Number: 1817 • ACR Convergence 2024
Activated Macrophages Mediate Loss of Dermal White Adipose Tissue in Fibrotic Skin
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by inflammation, vasculopathy, and dermal and internal organ fibrosis. A widely-reported but poorly understood aspect of SSc skin…
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