Abstracts tagged "Nephritis"

Abstract Number: 0304 • ACR Convergence 2021
Renal Involvement in Sjőgren’s Syndrome: Predictors and Impact on Patient Outcome
Rudrarpan Chatterjee¹, Anu Balakrishnan², Rajat Kharbanda¹, Upendra Rathore¹, Latika Gupta¹, Durga P Misra¹, Vikas Agarwal², Amita Aggarwal¹ and Able Lawrence², ¹Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Renal disease in primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) can occur in form of tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) or glomerulonephritis (GN). Data from India on pSS is…
Abstract Number: 0472 • ACR Convergence 2021
An Atlas of Human and Mouse Intrarenal Immune Cells in Lupus Nephritis Reveals Homologous Immune Populations Across Common Mouse Strains and Species
Paul Hoover¹, Michael Peters², David Lieb², Runci Wang³, Garett Dunlap⁴, Deepak Rao¹, Nir Hacohen² and Anne Davidson⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard University, Somerville, MA, ⁵Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: We discovered 21 immune cell-types in lupus nephritis kidney biopsies as part of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) consortium. These immune cells are the…
Abstract Number: 1503 • ACR Convergence 2021
Putting the Pieces on the Board: Mapping SLE Nephritis Biopsies from the Accelerating Medicines Project Using High-Density Immunofluorescence Imaging
Craig Smuda¹, Anna Eichinger², Robert Clancy², Jill Buyon³ and Boris Reizis⁴, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medic ine, New York, NY, ²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The Accelerating Medicines Project (AMP) has enabled significant increases in understanding of SLE nephritis pathology, providing a profile of dozens of leukocyte subsets within…
Abstract Number: 0988 • ACR Convergence 2020
Two-Year Results from a Randomized, Controlled Study of Obinutuzumab for Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Richard Furie¹, Gustavo Aroca², Analia Alvarez³, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo⁴, Elizabeth Zuta Santillan⁵, Brad Rovin⁶, Paul Brunetta⁷, Thomas Schindler⁸, Imran Hassan⁹, Matthew Cascino¹⁰, Jay Garg¹⁰ and Ana Malvar¹¹, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ²Simon Bolivar University y Clinica de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia, ³CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵Instituto de Ginecología y Reproducción, Lima, Peru, ⁶The Ohio State University, Columbus, ⁷Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, ⁸F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, ⁹Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Mississauga, Canada, ¹⁰Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ¹¹Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: NOBILITY demonstrated improved renal responses and complete B-cell depletion with the humanized type II anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody obinutuzumab (OBI) compared with placebo (PBO) through…
Abstract Number: 1673 • ACR Convergence 2020
Principles of Pediatric Lupus Nephritis in a Contemporary Multi-Center Cohort
Kathleen Vazzana¹, Ankana Daga², Beatrice Goilav³, Ekemini Ogbu⁴, Daryl Okamura⁵, Catherine Park⁶, Rebecca Sadun⁷, Emily Smitherman⁸, Brian Stotter⁹, Scott Wenderfer¹⁰ and Laura Lewandowski¹¹, ¹National Institute of Health/Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ²Harvard, Boston, MA, ³The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Seattle's Children's, Seattle, WA, ⁶Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁰Renal Section, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ¹¹NIAMS, NIH, Rockville, MD
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a well-established and life-threatening manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that is more common in children than adults. The demographics…
Abstract Number: 1807 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Extent of Tubulointerstitial Inflammation in Lupus Nephritis Identifies Two Distinctive Subgroups: Impact on Inflammation Characteristics and Prognosis in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Sang Jin Lee¹, Eon Jeong Nam¹, Man-Hoon Han² and Yong Jin Kim², ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital,, Daegu, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Pathology, Kyungpook National University Hospital,, Daegu, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis is common clinical manifestation and contributes significantly to mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recently several studies has been reported that severity of…
Abstract Number: 1836 • ACR Convergence 2020
Alternative Renal Response Definitions in a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Obinutuzumab for Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Zahir Amoura¹, Philippe Remy², Luis Fernando Quintana Porras³, Laurent Chiche⁴, Dominique Chauveau⁵, Dario Roccatello⁶, Richard Furie⁷, Thomas Schindler⁸, Jay Garg⁹, Matthew Cascino⁹, Brad Rovin¹⁰ and Andrea Doria¹¹, ¹Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, ²APHP Groupe Hospitalier Henri-Mondor, Creteil, France, ³Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴Hôpital Européen, Marseille, France, ⁵Hôpital Rangueil, Centre Hospitalier Univ de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁶S Giovanni Hospital, Univ of Turin, Turin, Italy, ⁷Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ⁸F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, ⁹Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰The Ohio State University, Columbus, ¹¹University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Background/Purpose: Obinutuzumab, a type II anti-CD20 mAb, resulted in rapid and complete B-cell depletion and improved renal responses in proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) in the…
Abstract Number: 0035 • ACR Convergence 2020
Distinct Biological Pathways in Both Blood and Kidney Further Define Molecular Profiles Across Diverse Nephritides
Loqmane Seridi¹, Matteo Cesaroni¹, Qingxuan Song², Ashley Orillion¹, Frédéric Baribaud¹, Tatiana Ort¹, Sheng Gao², Tomas Parker³, James Chevalier³, Dan Levine³, Alan Perlman³ and Jarrat Jordan¹, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ²Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ³The Rogosin Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY, USA., New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Approximately 40% of SLE patients will develop Lupus Nephritis (LN), of which 10-30 % will progress to end-stage renal disease. To further understand LN…
Abstract Number: 0257 • ACR Convergence 2020
Application of Text Mining Methods to Identify Lupus Nephritis from Electronic Health Records
Milena Gianfrancesco¹, Suzanne Tamang², Gabriela Schmajuk³ and Jinoos Yazdany⁴, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Redwood City, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent complication of SLE and associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Accurate estimates of the prevalence of LN in…
Abstract Number: 0261 • ACR Convergence 2020
Predictors of Future Repeat Renal Biopsies in Patients with Lupus Nephritis and Influence of Repeat Biopsy in Flare Management: A Retrospective Study
Rosalba Santana-Flores¹, Anitha Ramu¹, Hana Rajevac² and Belinda Jim³, ¹Jacobi Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, BRONX, NY, ²James J Peters Medical Center, NEW YORK, NY, ³Jacobi Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY
Background/Purpose: Repeat renal biopsies are considered in patients with Lupus Nephritis (LN) flares or with failure of response to treatment. The influence of repeat renal…
Abstract Number: 0303 • ACR Convergence 2020
SLE Patients Stratify into Distinct Clusters Based on Their Peripheral Blood Immunologic Phenotype During Acute Flare
Kieran Manion¹, Carolina Munoz-Grajales², Michael Kim³, Kirubel Goliad⁴, Dennisse Bonilla⁵, Dafna Gladman¹, Murray Urowitz⁶, Zahi Touma⁷ and Joan Wither⁵, ¹Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto-UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Insitute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto-UHN, Toronto, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Centre for Prognosis Studies in Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic autoimmune disease in which periods of quiescence are interspersed with acute flares of disease activity that produce much of the…
Abstract Number: 0497 • ACR Convergence 2020
Interleukin-23 Acts Directly on Podocytes and Contributes to the Development of Glomerulonephritis
Shui Lian Yu¹, Hao Li¹, Abhigyan Satyam¹, Shawn Rose², Jarrat Jordan³ and George Tsokos⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, boston, ²Rheumatology & Autoimmunity Translational Medicine at Janssen Pharmaceuticals, boston, ³Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Interleukin (IL)-23 is central in the advancement of an inflammatory response and has been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.…
Abstract Number: 0837 • ACR Convergence 2020
Deletion of miR-223 Exacerbates Lupus Nephritis by Targeting S1pr1 in Faslpr/lpr Mice
Sumie Hiramatsu Asano¹, Tomoyuki Mukai², Yoshitaka Morita³ and Jun Wada⁴, ¹Kawasaki Medical School/Department of Rheumatology, Kurashiki city, Japan, ²Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama, Japan, ³Kawasaki Medical School/Department of Rheumatology, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan, ⁴Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences., Okayama city, Japan
Background/Purpose: To identify new candidate genes regulated by micro RNAs (miRNAs) and involved in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we integrated miRNA and…
Abstract Number: 0846 • ACR Convergence 2020
MHC Class I Epitopes Derived from Autoantibody Variable Regions, Conjugated to Synthetic Oligodeoxynuleotides, Induce Cytotoxic T Cells That Deplete Autoreactive B Cells and Ameliorate Murine Lupus
Ram Singh¹, ¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: B cell depletion or modulation is emerging as a major treatment modality for autoimmune diseases. However, the current treatments to accomplish this non-specifically target…
Abstract Number: 0868 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of Proteinuria on the Clearance of Monoclonal Antibodies: Potential Clinical Implications
Justin Penzenstadler¹, Jianmeng Chen², Aaron Park², Rosemarie Neuner², Aliza Thompson², Lei He², Ping Ji², Nikolay Nikolov² and Chandrahas Sahajwalla², ¹FDA, F, ²FDA, Silver spring
Background/Purpose: In general, renal elimination is minimal for therapeutic proteins with a molecular weight more than 69 KDa. However, in patients with proteinuria, there is…