Abstracts tagged "T Cell"

Abstract Number: 1858 • ACR Convergence 2020
Increased Proportion of TH17, TH22 and TC17 Cells and the Correlation to IL-22 and Clinical Parameters in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis from Northern Sweden
Kristina Lejon¹, Urban Hellman², Lan Do², Anjani Kumar² and Helena Forsblad-d'Elia³, ¹Department of Clinical microbiology, Infection and Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ²Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå, Sweden, ³Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Vasterbottens Lan, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Increased levels of TH17 and TH22 as well as TC17 and TC22 cells have previously been associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The correlation between…
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: 1409 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lack of Conventional Acinar Cells in the Salivary Gland Following Anti PD-L1 and anti-PD-1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
Sarah Pringle¹, Bert van der Vegt¹, Xiaoyan Wang¹, Nico van Bakelen¹, Arjan Vissink¹, Frans Kroese² and Hendrika Bootsma², ¹UMCG, Groningen, ²University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Salivary glands (SGs) can be damaged by immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. In patients with ICI-induced SG dysfunction, 60% progress to fulfill the ACR-EULAR…
Abstract Number: 1949 • ACR Convergence 2020
CB2 Receptor Distribution and Effects of LenabasumTM in Dermatomyositis In Vitro
Spandana Maddukuri¹, Jay Patel², Christina Bax³, Maria Wysocka³ and Victoria Werth⁴, ¹University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Montville, NJ, ²University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, ³University of Pennsylvania, Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia, ⁴University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) patients report poor quality of life due to disease activity and persistent itch. Lenabasum is an oral non-immunosuppressive, non-psychoactive cannabinoid type 2…
Abstract Number: 0030 • ACR Convergence 2020
Distinct DNA Methylation Patterns of Rheumatoid Arthritis Peripheral Blood and Synovial Tissue T Cells
Rizi Ai¹, Gary Firestein², David Boyle³ and Wei Wang⁴, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ⁴UCSD, La Jolla
Background/Purpose: To understand the epigenetic patterns of T cells accumulated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovium, we characterized DNA methylation of CD3+ T cells in peripheral…
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: 1410 • ACR Convergence 2020
Resident Memory T Cells Persist in Joints of Anakinra-Treated Mice in Spontaneous Arthritis Model
Anais Levescot¹, Margaret Chang², Alexandra Wactor¹, Rachel Blaustein¹, Nathan Nelson-Maney¹, Robert Fuhlbrigge³ and Peter Nigrovic⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis is characterized by chronic inflammation of joints which can be suppressed with immunomodulatory therapy. However, two-thirds of patients will have an arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1952 • ACR Convergence 2020
Activated Memory T Cells Produce Ligands That Cause NF-κB-dependent Inflammatory Activation of the Endothelium: Identification of Novel Therapeutic Targets
Kim Jeucken¹, Jan Piet van Hamburg¹, Lotte Kocken¹ 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: Endothelial cells (EC) are important contributors to inflammation via expression of inflammatory mediators, including cytokines, chemokines and adhesion molecules. Production of these inflammatory mediators…
Abstract Number: 0095 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systematic Evaluation of Nine Monogenic Autoinflammatory Diseases Reveals Common and Disease-Specific Correlations with Allergy-Associated Features
Moses Kitakule¹, Brian Dizon², Cristhian Gutierrez-Huerta¹, Sarah Blackstone², Aarohan Burma¹, Aran Son¹, Natalie Deuitch¹, Sofia Rosenzweig¹, Hirsh Komarow¹, Deborah Stone³, Anne Jones⁴, Michele Nehrbecky¹, Patrycja Hoffmann⁵, Tina Romeo⁶, Adriana de Jesus⁷, Sara Alehashemi⁸, Megha Garg⁹, Sofia Torreggiani¹⁰, Gina Montealegre Sanchez¹¹, Katelin R. Honer¹⁰, Karyl Barron¹, Ivona Aksentijevich⁴, Amanda Ombrello¹², Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹³, Daniel Kastner¹⁴, Joshua Milner¹⁵, Pamela Frischmeyer-Guerrerio¹ and Daniella Schwartz¹⁶, ¹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, ²National Institutes of Health, BETHESDA, MD, ³NIH, Bethesda, ⁴National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁵NIH, Vienna, VA, ⁶NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Silver Spring, MD, ⁸Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Clarksville, MD, ⁹NIH/NIAID, Rochester, NY, ¹⁰Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, ¹²National Human Genome Research Institute/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹³Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Potomac, MD, ¹⁴National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁵Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁶National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases (AID) are caused by mutations in innate immune signaling genes. The effect of these mutations on the risk of allergy is…
Abstract Number: 0840 • ACR Convergence 2020
Amelioration of Immune Complex-Mediated Glomerulonephritis via CD6 Modulation
Samantha Chalmers¹, Sayra Garcia¹, Leal Herlitz², Jeanette Ampudia³, Cherie Ng⁴, Stephen Connelly³ and Chaim Putterman¹, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Equillium, Inc, San Diego, CA, ⁴Equillium, Inc, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: CD6 is a co-stimulatory receptor, predominantly expressed on T cells, that binds to activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM), a ligand expressed on antigen-presenting…
Abstract Number: 1411 • ACR Convergence 2020
CD8+ T Cell Subsets and Immune Checkpoint Profiles in Ankylosing Spondylitis Implicate Dysregulation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTL)
Michael Tang¹, Zoya Qaiyum², Melissa Lim¹ and Robert Inman², ¹UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, TORONTO, Canada, ²University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is characterized by chronic inflammation which underlies the pain and precedes spinal ankylosis. The strongest genetic association with AS is the…
Abstract Number: 2043 • ACR Convergence 2020
Identification and Validation of Citrulline Specific TCRs in CD4+T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ravi Kumar¹, Niyaz Yoosuf², Sanjay Boddul², Christina Gerstner³, Sara Turcinov⁴, Anatoly Dubnovitsky⁵, Fredrik Wermeling², Karine Chemin⁶ and Vivianne Malmström⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stickholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine,Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine,Center for Molecular Medicine, Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ⁷Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Citrulline (cit) autoimmunity is central in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including both anti-citrulline protein antibodies (ACPA) and autoreactive CD4+ T cells. While the ACPA are…
Abstract Number: 0126 • ACR Convergence 2020
Immunophenotyping of Peripheral Blood Highlights an Association of Dysregulated Lymphocytes with Patients with Glucocorticoid-induced Osteonecrosis
Kaichi Kaneko¹, Hao Chen¹, Alexandra Krez², Steven Zeng¹, Peter Park¹, Ye-Ji Lee¹, Takayuki Fujii¹, Haemin Kim¹, Sehwan Mun¹, Seyeon Bae¹, Tania Pannellini³, Joseph Lane⁴, Derek Hansen⁴, Douglas Mintz⁵, Richard Bockman², Emily Stein⁶ and Kyung-Hyun Park-Min⁷, ¹Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program, David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Endocrine Service, Hospital for special surgery, New York, NY, ³Pathology and Precision Medicine Laboratory, Hospital for special surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Orthopedic surgery, Hospital for special surgery, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁵Radiology, Hospital for special surgery, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁶Endocrine Service, Hospital for special surgery, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁷Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program, David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Avascular necrosis (AVN) is a musculoskeletal condition that can result in significant pain and compromised quality of life. The diverse etiologies of AVN have…
Abstract Number: 0841 • ACR Convergence 2020
CD6 Modulation Ameliorates Kidney and Skin Disease in a Spontaneous Murine Lupus Model
Samantha Chalmers¹, Sayra Garcia¹, Rajalakshmy Ayilam Ramachandran², Chandra Mohan², Leal Herlitz³, Dalena Chu⁴, Jeanette Ampudia⁴, Cherie Ng⁵, Stephen Connelly⁴ and Chaim Putterman¹, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²University of Houston, Houston, TX, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Equillium, Inc, San Diego, CA, ⁵Equillium, Inc, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: T cells are an important contributor to the pathogenesis of SLE and lupus nephritis, and thus present themselves as interesting therapeutic targets. CD6 is…
Abstract Number: 1412 • ACR Convergence 2020
A T Cell Intrinsic Role for Nod2 in Suppression of Th17-Mediated Experimental Arthritis and Uveitis: Implications for Blau Syndrome
Ruth Napier¹, Ellen Lee¹, Emily Vance¹, Sydney Lashley², Luke Uebelhoer³, Christina Lancioni³, Richard Vehe⁴, Bryce Binstadt⁴, Rachel Caspi⁵ and Holly Rosenzweig¹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University and VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ²VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, ⁴University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Mutations in nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) cause Blau syndrome, an inflammatory disorder characterized by uveitis, dermatitis, and polyarthritis. The antimicrobial functions of NOD2 are…

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