Abstract Number: 1177 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of a New Type of Pro-phagocytic Macrophages in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Phagocytosis is a crucial cellular process, which under certain immuno-pathological conditions can be activated in macrophages in an uncontrolled manner. Biomarker studies have implicated…Abstract Number: 1727 • ACR Convergence 2022
BATF Represses BIM Expression to Sustain the T Cell Anergy Program
Background/Purpose: T cell tolerance is essential for preventing autoimmune diseases and resolving inflammation. To maintain tolerance, CD4+ T cells recognizing self-antigens in the periphery can…Abstract Number: 0499 • ACR Convergence 2022
Drivers of Heterogeneity in Synovial Fibroblasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by hyperplasia of both the synovial lining, which forms the synovial fluid interface, as well as the synovial sublining,…Abstract Number: 0586 • ACR Convergence 2022
Transcription Factor Fli-1 Impacts CXCL13 Expression and Renal Inflammation in Lupus-like Nephritis of Adult MRL/lpr Mouse
Background/Purpose: Friend leukemia virus integration 1 (Fli-1) belongs to the Ets family of transcription factors and plays an important role in the development of lupus…Abstract Number: 0606 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mechanism of Joint-Specific Homeobox D10 Regulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) have joint-specific epigenetic and transcriptome profiles. This is particularly notable for homeobox (HOX) genes, which contribute to joint…Abstract Number: 0013 • ACR Convergence 2021
Cyclin Dependent Kinase 4 and 6 Determine the Cytokine Responsiveness by Stabilizing JUN in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Background/Purpose: Although current inflammation-targeted therapy improved the outcome of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the achievement of complete disease remission was still challenging. Since synovial…Abstract Number: 0942 • ACR Convergence 2021
Transcriptional Regulation of Synovial Macrophages in the Aging Joint
Background/Purpose: Macrophages are critical in maintaining tissue homeostasis, as well as in inflammation and immune response, but their function deteriorates with age increasing susceptibility to…Abstract Number: 1512 • ACR Convergence 2021
Epigenetic and Transcriptional Programs of CD4+ T Cell Anergy
Background/Purpose: T cell tolerance is essential for preventing autoimmune diseases and resolving inflammation. To maintain tolerance, CD4+ T cells recognizing self-antigens in the periphery can…Abstract Number: 1575 • ACR Convergence 2021
Urate Crystals Regulate a Distinct JNK-Dependent Metabolic and Inflammatory Response
Background/Purpose: Although metabolic reprograming and its regulation in macrophages after TLR activation is well established, little is known about the regulation and the role of…Abstract Number: 0039 • ACR Convergence 2020
Identification of a Regulatory Pathway Governing Expression of TRAF1 via a JIA-associated Non-coding Variant
Background/Purpose: Over the past decade, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified TRAF1/C5 locus as a risk locus for rheumatoid diseases including RA and JIA(Plenge, Seielstad…Abstract Number: 0073 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Cross-Species Map of Neutrophil Inflammatory Responses
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are important mediators of immune defense as well as key protagonists in immune-mediated disease. How these cells adapt differently to sterile and septic…Abstract Number: 0495 • ACR Convergence 2020
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), an Etiologic Factor for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Interacts with SLE Risk Loci Through EBV-encoded Transcription Co-factors (co-TFs)
Background/Purpose: SLE affects millions worldwide. The etiology of this complex autoimmune disease is the consequence of both strong genetic and environmental components. Genome-wide association studies…Abstract Number: 0977 • ACR Convergence 2020
Expanded T Peripheral Helper Cells and Increased Pathologic B Cell Lung Infiltration in Pristane-induced Murine Lupus in the Absence of BCL6+ Tfh Cells
Background/Purpose: PD-1hi CXCR5- T peripheral helper (Tph) cells are highly expanded in RA and SLE patients. Like T follicular helper (Tfh) cells, human Tph cells…Abstract Number: 1400 • ACR Convergence 2020
cAMP Response Element Modulator (CREM)α Promotes PD-1- effector CD4+ T Cells in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis is a systemic autoimmune/inflammatory condition that primarily affects the skin, but also other organ systems. Effector CD4+ T lymphocytes have been identified as…Abstract Number: 17 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Transcription Factor Fli-1 Impacts Lupus Nephritis by Orchestrating CXCL10/CXCR3 Axis
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis is a major cause of death in both animal models and human patients. Expression of Fli-1, a member of the Ets family…