Abstracts tagged "Mouse"

Abstract Number: 1010 • ACR Convergence 2021
Proton Pump Inhibitors Suppress IL-1 Mediated Carditis in a Murine Model of Kawasaki Disease
Paul Tsoukas¹, Melissa Kleinau², Lysa Langevin², Lily Morikawa³, Trang Duong¹, Suzanne Tam⁴ and Rae Yeung⁵, ¹Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, ⁴Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD), is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in childhood. Up to 20% of patients may develop coronary artery lesions (CAL)…
Abstract Number: 1513 • ACR Convergence 2021
Control of T Cell Tolerance by the NR4A Family of Nuclear Receptors
Ryosuke Hiwa¹, Hailyn Nielsen¹, James Mueller¹ and Julie Zikherman², ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Current therapies for autoimmune disease often lead to treatment-limiting immunosuppression. Selective manipulation of antigen (Ag)-specific immune responses could enhance our therapeutic approach. Targeting members…
Abstract Number: 0838 • ACR Convergence 2020
T Cell–Specific CaMKIV Deficiency Protects Mice from Imiquimod-induced Glomerulonephritis
Milena Vukelic¹, Masataka Umeda¹, Andrew Ferretti², Rhea Bhargava¹, Nobuya Yoshida¹ and George Tsokos³, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School, Boston, ³Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody production, immune complex deposition and multisystem involvement. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type IV…
Abstract Number: 0839 • ACR Convergence 2020
Single-Cell Transcriptomics of Mouse and Human Lupus Nephritis Identifies Conserved Myeloid Populations Across Species
Paul Hoover¹, Michael Peters², David Lieb³, Rakesh Mishra⁴, Nir Hacohen² and Anne Davidson⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Broad Institute, Boston, ³Broad Institute, Boston, MA, ⁴Feinstein Institute, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Northwell Health, New York
Background/Purpose: We recently identified novel immune cell states in the kidneys of lupus nephritis patients (Arazi et al, Nature Immunology 2019). To determine the similarities…
Abstract Number: 0979 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Identification of Shared and Unique Myeloid Cell States in Pre- and Post-nephritic Lupus Mouse Models, Sle.Yaa1 and NZBW
Paul Hoover¹, Michael Peters², David Lieb³, Heather Geiger⁴, Rakesh Mishra⁵, Nir Hacohen² and Anne Davidson⁶, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Broad Institute, Boston, ³Broad Institute, Boston, MA, ⁴New York Genome Center, New York, NY, ⁵Feinstein Institute, Manhasset, NY, ⁶Northwell Health, New York
Background/Purpose:Poor renal prognosis in lupus nephritis (LN) is associated with an abundance of renal macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) but the role of these cells…
Abstract Number: 0998 • ACR Convergence 2020
Differential Roles of TNFRI and TNFRII in the Morphology of Secondary Lymphoid Organs
Kim Jeucken¹, Jan Piet van Hamburg¹ and Sander Tas², ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center (ARC), Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Experimental Immunology and Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC; location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center (ARC), Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Experimental Immunology and Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC; location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) induced signaling events are important in lymphoid organ development and function, both in health and in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such…