Abstracts tagged "Tissue Engineering"

Abstract Number: 1751 • ACR Convergence 2024
Precision Targeting of Autoreactive 9G4 B Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using Engineered Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)- and Chimeric T Cell Receptor (cTCR)-T Cells
Jin Liu¹, Brian Mog¹, Yuanxuan Xia¹, Elana Shaw¹, Alexander Pearlman¹, Dylan Ferris¹, Kyle J. Kaeo¹, Colin Gliech¹, Tolulope Awosika¹, Brock Moritz¹, Tushar Nichakawade¹, Yang Li¹, Stephanie Glavaris¹, Sarah DiNapoli¹, Nikita Marcou¹, Taha Ahmedna¹, Victoria Duarte Alvarado¹, Denis Wirtz¹, Regina Bugrovsky², Scott A. Jenks², Iñaki Sanz³, Daniel Goldman⁴, Michelle Petri⁴, Chetan Bettegowda¹, Suman Paul¹, Kenneth W. Kinzler¹, Shibin Zhou¹, Felipe Andrade⁵, Bert Vogelstein¹ and Maximilian F. Konig¹, ¹The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁵The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: The autoreactive B cell compartment in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by expansion of B cells expressing immunoglobulin heavy variable gene 4-34 (IGHV4-34)…
Abstract Number: 2300 • ACR Convergence 2024
Activation of Tissue-Resident T Cells in Sjögren’s Disease with Human Salivary Organoids
Brandon Law¹, Rahmatullah Rahmati² and Andrew Luster³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands, particularly the salivary glands. These focal lymphocytic infiltrates are…
Abstract Number: 0016 • ACR Convergence 2024
Establishment of a Human 3D In-Vitro Lymphoid Model to Evaluate Germinal Center Biology
Lichchavi Rajasinghe¹, Govinda Rocky Thomas,², Jee Ho Lee¹, Gary Sims¹ and Tatiana Ort¹, ¹Immunology Biosciences, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ²AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Germinal centers (GC) are specialized lymphoid structures found within the B cell follicles of secondary lymphoid tissue formed following infection or immunization. They are…
Abstract Number: 1769 • ACR Convergence 2023
TNF-Stimulated Production of IL-15 by Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes Mediates Human Resident Memory T Cells Development in Synovial Organoid Model
Margaret Chang¹, Maryrose Hahn², Madison Mangin¹, Brian Wauford¹, Rachel Blaustein³, Lauren Henderson¹, Kevin Wei⁴ and Peter Nigrovic¹, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are chronic autoimmune diseases that tend to flare repeatedly in the same joints, displaying joint-specific memory.…
Abstract Number: 2181 • ACR Convergence 2023
Secretagogue Effect of PDE4 Inhibitor Apremilast on Human Salivary Gland Organoids Obtained from Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients
Valeria Manfrè¹, Salvatore Parisi², Isabella Caligiuri², Ombretta Repetto³, Alen Zabotti¹, Enrico Pegolo⁴, Cinzia Fabro¹, Salvatore De Vita¹, Vincenzo Canzonieri², Carla Di Loreto⁴, Flavio Rizzolio² and Luca Quartuccio¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ²Pathology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy, ³Facility of Bio-Proteomics, Immunopathology and Cancer Biomarkers, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy, ⁴Institute of Pathology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale c/o Università degli studi di Udine, Udine, Italy
Background/Purpose: In primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), salivary epithelial cells show an active role in the initiation and reiteration of the immunomediated damage. Epithelial saliva production…
Abstract Number: 2184 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development of Salivary Gland Organoids to Study Sjögren Syndrome
Loïc Meudec¹, Negaar Goudarzi², Juliette Pascaud³, Fanny Jaulin², Xavier Mariette⁴ and Gaetane Nocturne⁵, ¹CHU Kremlin-Bicêtre, Rheumatology, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ²INSERM UMR 981, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, Villejuif, France, ³Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, INSERM UMR 1184, FHU CARE, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ⁴Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ⁵APHP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
Background/Purpose: Sjögren disease (Sjo) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the infiltration of exocrine glands by immune cells, especially salivary glands (SG). SG epithelial cells…
Abstract Number: 020 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Generation of Human Resident Memory T Cells in 3D Synovial Organoid Model
Margaret Chang¹, Maryrose Hahn¹, Brian Wauford¹, Rachel Blaustein², Kevin Wei² and Peter Nigrovic¹, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Most rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients experience episodic arthritis flares and require life-long medications to control their disease. We observed…
Abstract Number: 023 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Effect of Type 1 Interferons and JAK Inhibitors on Gene Expression in Bioengineered Pediatric Skeletal Muscle
Lauren Covert¹, Joseph Prinz², Hailee Patel³, Jeffrey Dvergsten⁴ and George Truskey³, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Genetic studies of new-onset juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) exhibit elevation of Type 1 interferons (IFN 1) IFNα and IFNβ in blood, skin, and muscle. To…
Abstract Number: 0030 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fluidic Shear Stress Reduces TNFα-mediated Cartilage Damage in a 3D Model of Degenerative Joint Disease
Alexandra Damerau¹, Duc Ha Do Nguyen¹, Christina Lubahn¹, Thomas Leeuw², Timo Gaber³ and Frank Buttgereit³, ¹Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / DRFZ Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Degenerative joint diseases such as osteoarthritis (OA) ultimately result in the breakdown of cartilage. The exact underlying mechanisms of cause and progression of OA…
Abstract Number: 1114 • ACR Convergence 2022
Computational Drug Repositioning and 3D Skin Models Identify EGFR and PI3K Inhibitors as Anti-fibrotic Targets for Systemic Sclerosis
Dillon Popovich¹, Noelle Kosarek², Rezvan Parvizi³, Tamar Abel⁴, Mengqi Huang⁵, Monica Espinoza⁶, Avi Smith⁷, Sasha Shenk⁷, Jonathan Garlick⁷ and Michael Whitfield⁸, ¹Dartmouth College, West Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PN, ⁶Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ⁷Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁸Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Genome-wide analyses of gene expression in systemic sclerosis (SSc) skin biopsies have identified differential responses based on the mechanism of action of the therapy.…
Abstract Number: 1167 • ACR Convergence 2022
Towards an Autologous 3D Skin-like Tissue Harboring Patient-Derived Fibroblasts, Keratinocytes, T-cells and Macrophages
Sasha Shenk¹, Jonathan Garlick¹, Lev Brown², Jamie Riesenberg², Christian Evans², Julia Jaffe Zweifach², Andrew Macklin², Tamar Abel³, Noelle Kosarek⁴, Mengqi Huang⁵, Avi Smith¹, Tammara Wood³, Gretel Torres⁶, Patricia pioli⁶ and Michael Whitfield⁷, ¹Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Tufts University, Boston, MA, ³Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ⁴Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PN, ⁶Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁷Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis; SSc) is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology that is characterized by vascular dysfunction, fibrosis, and inflammation. A lack of human…
Abstract Number: 1173 • ACR Convergence 2022
Single-cell Multi-omic Analysis of a 3D Skin-Like Tissue Model Provides Insights into Molecular and Cellular Drivers of Systemic Sclerosis
Tamar Abel¹, Noelle Kosarek², Rezvan Parvizi³, Helen Jarnagin¹, Mengqi Huang⁴, Avi Smith⁵, Michael Mariani¹, Dillon Popovich⁶, Heetaek Yang⁷, Tammara Wood⁸, Jonathan Garlick⁹, Patricia Pioli⁷ and Michael Whitfield¹⁰, ¹Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PN, ⁵Tufts University, Boston, MA, ⁶Dartmouth College, West Lebanon, NH, ⁷Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁸Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ⁹Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) currently lacks reliable in vitro models of skin fibrosis constructed from all human cells. We have developed a skin-like tissue model of systemic…
Abstract Number: 1677 • ACR Convergence 2022
Chimeric Autoantigen-T Cell Receptor (CATCR)-T Cell Therapies to Selectively Target Autoreactive B Cells
Brian J. Mog¹, Elana R. Shaw¹, Michael S. Hwang¹, Alexander H. Pearlman¹, Sarah R. DiNapoli¹, Suman Paul¹, Chetan Bettegowda¹, Nickolas Papadopoulos¹, Sandra B. Gabelli¹, Michelle Petri², Antony Rosen¹, Shibin Zhou¹, Kenneth W. Kinzler¹, Bert Vogelstein¹ and Maximilian F. Konig¹, ¹The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapies have revolutionized the treatment of cancer and can be curative. CD19-targeted CAR-T cells hold promise for the treatment…
Abstract Number: 1801 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Engineered Extracellular Matrix‐rich Decellularized Substrate Based Podocytes Culture System to Study Intracellular Complement Production and Activation
Abhigyan Satyam¹, Maria Tsokos² and George Tsokos², ¹Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, boston, ²Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Current technologies do not support long-term cell viability, differentiation and maintenance of podocytes. We developed a biophysical approach, termed macromolecular crowding (MMC), to create…

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