Abstract Number: 0731 • ACR Convergence 2023
ZEB2 Acts as a Crucial Transcriptional Regulator Governing Age-Associated B Cell Formation and Pathogenicity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Age-associated B cells (ABCs) accumulate and contribute to the pathogenesis of systemic autoimmune diseases like lupus. Despite recent insights into the ontogeny and function…Abstract Number: 0873 • ACR Convergence 2023
FOXO Activators as Drugs for Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Forkhead box O (FOXO) proteins are a family of transcription factors involved in lifespan, aging, and autophagy. FOXO are essential for maintaining cartilage homeostasis…Abstract Number: 0936 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impaired DNA Repair Responses Activate a Novel FOXO1-dependent Metabolic Remodelling in Patients with Progressive Systemic Sclerosis to Promote Fibrosis
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a deadly disease characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and fibrosis. SSc is the most lethal rheumatic disease associated with the…Abstract Number: 0941 • ACR Convergence 2023
RUNX1 Expression and Binding Site Accessibility Is Associated with Increased Disease Severity in Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Runt-related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1) is a member of the core-binding factor family that regulates proliferation, differentiation, and cell survival in multiple cell lineages.…Abstract Number: 1342 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Delivery of the Super-repressor IκBα by Exosomes Has the Potential to Alleviate Inflammation Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a persistent inflammatory disease primarily affecting the diarthrodial joints. Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is a family of inducible transcription factors responsible…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: 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: 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: 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…