Abstract Number: 2189 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lymphopenia Fluctuation Patterns Determine the Trajectory of the Disease in Sjogren’s Patients with Hematological Involvement
Background/Purpose: Sjogren's disease (SjD) is characterized by a moderate prevalence of cytopenia, mainly neutropenia and lymphocytopenia with a typical fluctuating pattern. The associations between clinical…Abstract Number: 0093 • ACR Convergence 2023
Single Cell RNA-seq and Mass Cytometry Reveal a Cytotoxic CD8 Effector T Cell Population Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to identify features of circulating immune…Abstract Number: 2433 • ACR Convergence 2023
Longitudinal Multi-Omics Single Cell Analysis Reveals Abatacept Treatment Shifts Peripheral Lymphocyte Subpopulations in Seropositive RA with Reduction of Mature B Cells and Retention of Transitional and Naive B Cells
Background/Purpose: Biologic agents of diverse molecular mechanisms of action are approved for RA, but we do not have a full understanding of the implications of…Abstract Number: 0274 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Mix-and-match COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases on Rituximab
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases (RD) on rituximab (RTX) have increased mortality following COVID-19 and reduced antibody response post-vaccine. We tested whether a mix-and-match strategy…Abstract Number: 0431 • ACR Convergence 2023
Senescence and Cell Exhaustion in CD4+ and CD8+ Lymphocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Remission Without Treatment
Background/Purpose: T cells are important among the several risk factors and immunological markers implicated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The goal of this study was to…Abstract Number: 0440 • ACR Convergence 2023
Baseline T Cell and B Cell-related Markers and HLA-DRB1 Shared Epitope Alleles Predict the Therapeutic Efficacy of Abatacept in Patients with Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Abatacept, a CTLA-4-Ig fusion protein, is widely used as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, data on predictive biomarkers associated with therapeutic response…Abstract Number: 0607 • ACR Convergence 2023
CAR T Cell Therapy Leads to Long-term Abrogation of Autoimmunity in SLE Patients While Vaccination Responses Are Maintained
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that CD19 CAR T cell therapy leads to stable drug-free remission of treatment-resistant SLE (1,2). Based on these findings we…Abstract Number: 0802 • ACR Convergence 2023
Targeting Fibroblasts in Inflammatory Disease Using Engineered T Cells
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAPa) expressing fibroblasts orchestrate tissue inflammation and damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as well as tissue immunity in primary Sjögren's…Abstract Number: 0909 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rab4A Controls the Depletion of IL-2 in CD4+ T Cells via Enhanced CD38 Expression: Potential Involvement in Proinflammatory Lineage Development in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: HRES-1/Rab4 (Rab4A) is a small GTPase that is overexpressed in SLE patient T cells1,2, mediates the enhanced recycling of CD3 and CD4 cell surface…Abstract Number: 0928 • ACR Convergence 2023
Skewing of B Cell Receptor Repertoire in Unswitched Memory B Cells Is Associated with Disease Activity of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Targeted by Belimumab
Background/Purpose: Despite the involvement of B cells in the pathogenesis of immune-mediated diseases, the biological mechanisms underlying their function are poorly understood. To address this…Abstract Number: 0003 • ACR Convergence 2023
Expanded Extrafollicular B Cells Were Improved by RTX in IgG4-related Disease
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated disease characterized by fibrotic masses with expansion of IgG4-producing plasma cell in multiple organs such as pancreas, lacrimal…Abstract Number: 1318 • ACR Convergence 2023
Abatacept Modulates Both Global and Citrulline Specific T Cell Signatures: Results from Inhibition of Co-Simulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Phase IV Trial
Background/Purpose: Clinical outcomes in Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have improved with the introduction of biological and targeted synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (b & tsDMARDs). Abatacept…Abstract Number: 0013 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Proliferating T Cell Signature in Blood Is Associated with Response to JAK Inhibitor Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Background/Purpose: There are multiple DMARDs available to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) yet there are no widely used predictive biomarkers to guide selection of a specific…Abstract Number: 1320 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluation of Circulating Levels of Helper T and Innate Lymphoid Cells Subsets in a Cohort of bDMARDs-naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Abatacept
Background/Purpose: Helper T cells (Th) are key players in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Th17 and Th17.1 have a prominent function in the early phase of inflammation,…Abstract Number: 0036 • ACR Convergence 2023
Using Genotyping and Chromatin Data in CD4+ T Cells to Nominate Causal Variants on JIA Risk Haplotypes and to Identify Their Target Genes
Background/Purpose: GWAS have identified multiple genetic regions that confer risk for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).However, identifying the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that drive risk has…
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