Abstracts tagged "T Cell"

Abstract Number: 2004 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatic Complications Post-CAR-T Cell Therapy. Experience of a Single Center
Jose Alfredo Gomez-Puerta¹, Ana Monegal¹, Andrés Ponce², Pilar Peris³, Nuria Martínez⁴, Valentin Ortiz-Maldonado⁴, Ana Triguero⁴, Carlos Fernández de larrea⁴, Julio Delgado⁴, Raimon Sanmartí Sala¹ and Manuel Juan⁵, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Haematology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Immunology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: CAR-T cell therapy is a promising treatment for a range of systemic autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, and antisynthetase syndrome,…
Abstract Number: 0008 • ACR Convergence 2024
Preclinical Development and Manufacturability of KYV-201, an Investigational Allogeneic Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell for the Treatment of Autoimmune Disease
Ashley Mahne¹, Ryan Rodriguez², Jessica Wang¹, Daniel Anaya¹, Joseph K. Cheng¹, Brandon Kwong¹, Jesus Banuelos³, Peter Starokadomskyy³, Soo Park³, Candice Gibson⁴, Shouvonik Sengupta¹, Simone Sandoval¹, Jazmin Bravo³, Jeanne Flandez¹, Shairaz Shah¹, Amanda Goodsell¹, Nicole Khoshnoodi¹, Jennifer Zeng¹, Santiago Foos-Russ¹, Mario Lorente¹, Jennifer Adrian¹, Timothy Klasson¹, Yong Zhang⁵, Jessica Seitzer⁶, Birgit Schultes⁵ and Tom Van Blarcom³, ¹Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc., Emeryville, CA, ²Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc., Emerville, CA, ³Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc., Emeryville, ⁴Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc., Emerybille, ⁵Intellia Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁶Intellia Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge
Background/Purpose: Autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells show early clinical evidence of safety and efficacy for treating several autoimmune diseases (Müller F. N Engl…
Abstract Number: 0776 • ACR Convergence 2024
Follicular Dendritic Cell PD-L1 Expression Promotes Autoreactive Germinal Center Formation
Elliot Akama-Garren¹, Yingying Zhang², Balthasar Heesters³, Padraic Fallon⁴ and Michael Carroll², ¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Germinal center (GC) responses generate humoral immunity through coordinated interactions between B cells and T follicular helper (TFH) and T follicular regulatory (TFR) cells.…
Abstract Number: 1382 • ACR Convergence 2024
Synovial Expression Levels of PD-1, the Target of Rosnilimab, Correlate with Disease Activity and Persist Across Disease Stages and Lines of Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yangsu Ren¹, Catherine Aversa¹, Myles Lewis², Cankut Cubuk³, Felice Rivellese⁴, Liliane Fossati-Jimack³, Pejman Soroosh¹, Amy Archer¹, Martin Dahl¹, Paul Lizzul¹, Cailin Sibley¹ and Costantino Pitzalis⁵, ¹AnaptysBio, San Diego, CA, ²Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London and Barts NIHR BRC & NHS Trust, London, EC1M 6BQ, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵QMUL, Bromley Kent, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Despite multiple approved therapies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), many patients do not achieve clinically meaningful responses, emphasizing the need for novel therapeutics with improved…
Abstract Number: 1801 • ACR Convergence 2024
Inhibitory Effects of Dapirolizumab Pegol, a Monovalent Anti-CD40L PEG-Conjugated Antigen-Binding Fragment Lacking a Functional Fc Domain, on In Vitro T Follicular Helper/B Cell Interactions and Cytokine Production in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Tania Rowley¹, Adnan R. Khan¹, Laura McLaughlin¹, Hannah Cherry¹, Farnaz Fallah-Arani¹, Yiannis Ioannou¹, Debasish Pyne² and Anthony Shock¹, ¹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ²Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The pivotal role of CD40-CD40L interactions in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis stems from the orchestration of a range of immune and inflammatory responses…
Abstract Number: 1853 • ACR Convergence 2024
Mutated Nod2 Enhances Pathogenic Th17 Responses That Promote Experimental Blau Syndrome
Leah Huey¹, Emily Vance¹, Kofi Asare-Konadu² and Ruth Napier³, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Blau syndrome, a pediatric rheumatological disease characterized by uveitis, arthritis, and dermatitis, is caused by a single point mutation in the gene NOD2. Nod2…
Abstract Number: 2254 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Phase 1 Single Ascending Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of ZB004, a CTLA-4-Ig Fusion Protein Designed for Increased Binding Affinity and Extended Half-life, in Healthy Volunteers
Cory Sellwood¹, Minggeng Gao², Sheen Zhang², Mark Matijevic², Stephen Wax³, Mason Yamashita², Shan Yu², Sujata Arora² and Rachel Kirk², ¹New Zealand Clinical Research, Christchurch, New Zealand, ²Zenas BioPharma, Waltham, MA, ³Former Employee of Zenas Biopharma, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: ZB004 is a bioengineered cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 ‑immunoglobulin (CTLA-4-Ig) fusion protein. Its mechanism of action is selective inhibition of T lymphocyte (T cell)…
Abstract Number: 0010 • ACR Convergence 2024
Precision Editing of Cyclophilin a to Engineer Cyclosporine- and Voclosporin- Resistant Human CAR-T Cells
Holly Wobma¹, Francesca Alvarez-Calderon², Jiayi Dong², Alexandre Albanese², Kayleigh Omdahl², Rene Bermea³, Gillian Selig⁴, Marlana Winschel², Elisa Rojas Palato², Katherine Michaelis¹, Xianliang Rui², Bruce Blazar⁵, Susan Prockop², Victor Tkachev³, Ulrike Gerdemann² and Leslie Kean², ¹Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Hematology-Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard College, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: With exponential demand for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapies for autoimmune disease, allogeneic options will be essential. Advantages include use of healthy donor cells,…
Abstract Number: 0781 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Expanded Cytotoxic CD8 T Cell Population Regulated by CD155-CD226 in SSc-ILD
Takanori Sasaki¹, Ye Cao², Kathryne Marks³, Richard Ainsworth⁴, Kim Taylor⁵, Nunzio Bottini⁴, Mehreen Elahee⁶, Mari Kamiya³, Edy Kim⁶, Francesco Boin⁴ and Deepak Rao⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to identify circulating immune cells associated…
Abstract Number: 1415 • ACR Convergence 2024
Metformin Improves Salivary Gland Infiltration and Objective Measures of Dry Eyes in Sjögren’s Disease: A Retrospective Observational Study
Astrid Rasmussen¹, Alan Baer², Thomas Grader-Beck³, Margaret Beach⁴, Blake M. Warner⁵, Christopher Lessard¹, A. Darise Farris¹ and Robert Hal Scofield¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁴NIH/NIDCR, Arlington, VA, ⁵National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Metformin (Met) is a widely used, first-line antidiabetic drug with AMPK-dependent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. In in vitro studies and human trials in SLE…
Abstract Number: 1804 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigating Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoires by Deep Immune Cell Phenotyping in Preclinical Autoimmunity Development
Aleksandra Bylinska¹, Miles Smith¹, Rufei Lu¹, Benjamin Jones², Carla Guthridge¹, Matthew Caleb Marlin¹, Christian Wright³, Susan Macwana³, Wade DeJager³, Marci Beel³, Christopher Lessard¹, Cristina Arriens¹, Joan Merrill⁴, Judith James¹ and Joel Guthridge¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104, OK
Background/Purpose: A loss of systemic self-tolerance to anti-nuclear autoantibodies (ANAs) is one of the main hallmarks of SLE. However, most healthy females with ANAs will…
Abstract Number: 1854 • ACR Convergence 2024
TCR-Nck Modulators: Pioneering Oral Modulation of T Cell Receptor Activation Holding the Promise of Treating Autoimmune Diseases
Christopher VanDeusen¹, Shannon Dwyer², Aldo Borroto³, Andres Gagete¹, D Scott Batty Jr¹ and Balbino Alarcon³, ¹Artax Biopharma, Inc, Cambridge, MA, ²Artax Biopharma, Inc., Cambridge, ³Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Loss of T-cell tolerance to self-antigens underlies the development of all autoimmune diseases, and despite progress, there remains a significant unmet need for patients.…
Abstract Number: 2256 • ACR Convergence 2024
Depletion of Citrullinated Vimentin-reactive Follicular Helper T Cells with Treatment-induced Remission of Recent-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis When Compared to Non-remission at 6 Months
Jia Yi Hee¹, Hendrik Nel², Yann Abraham³, Katrina Chakradeo⁴, Michelle Roch⁴, Tom Lynch⁵, Lyn March⁵, Mihir Wechalekar⁶, Helen Keen⁷ and Ranjeny Thomas⁸, ¹The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia, ²Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ³Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium, ⁴The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ⁵The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ⁶Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ⁷Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia, ⁸University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: More than 50% of people with new-onset RA may achieve remission within the first year on conventional synthetic (cs)-DMARDs. Sustained remission confers better long-term…
Abstract Number: 0078 • ACR Convergence 2023
Circulating CD4+CXCR5+PD-1hi Follicular Helper T Cells Are Elevated in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Predict Treatment Response to Abatacept or TNF Blockers
Maria-Eugenia Miranda-Carus¹, Beatriz Nieto-Carvalhal¹, Irene Monjo², Mariela Uyaguari-Morocho¹, Alejandro Villalba³, Laura Nuño¹, Diana Peiteado¹, Elisa Fernández¹, Sara García-Carazo¹ and Alejandro Balsa⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ²University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: CD4+CXCR5+PD-1hi follicular helper (Tfh) T cells dwell in the germinal centers (GCs), help B cells, and are implicated in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. Circulating…
Abstract Number: 0210 • ACR Convergence 2023
Longitudinal T Cell Responses to a Series of Four SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Doses or COVID-19 in Patients on TNF Inhibitors
Hilde Ørbo¹, Asia-Sophia Wolf², Kristin Hammersbøen Bjørlykke³, Sarah E. Josefsson², Guri Solum², Ingrid Fadum Kjønstad⁴, Ingrid Jyssum¹, Ingrid Christensen¹, Anne Therese Tveter¹, Joseph Sexton¹, Grete B. Kro⁵, Gunnveig Grødeland⁶, Tore Kvien¹, Jørgen Jahnsen³, John Torgils Vaage⁷, Espen Haavardsholm¹, Sella Provan⁸, Hassen Kared⁹, Ludvig A. Munthe⁷, Kristin Kaasen Jørgensen³, Silje Watterdal Syversen¹, Siri Mjaaland² and Guro Goll¹, ¹Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: T cells are critical for control of viral infection with SARS-CoV-2, but knowledge is lacking on cellular immune responses following repeated vaccination and breakthrough…

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