Abstracts tagged "Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)"

Abstract Number: 0976 • ACR Convergence 2025
LMPTP Drives Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis via TGF-beta Signaling Activation
Yuan Zhan¹, Colton Sanders², Michael Diaz², Jinmin Miao³, Arminja Kettenbach⁴, Zhong-Yin Zhang⁵, Paul Wolters⁶, Francesco Boin⁷, Stephanie Stanford² and Nunzio Bottini⁸, ¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁵Purdue University, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, West Lafayette, IN, ⁶University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, ⁸Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA
Background/Purpose: The identification of effective and safe anti-fibrotic agents is a critical unmet need in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Although fibrosis in SSc is driven by…
Abstract Number: 0963 • ACR Convergence 2025
Increased expression of M2 pro-fibrotic markers in circulating monocytes and cultured monocyte-derived macrophages from systemic sclerosis patients with progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD)
Vanessa Smith¹, Stefano Soldano², Rosanna Campitiello³, Emanuele Gotelli³, Paola Montagna⁴, Tamara Vojinovic⁴, Sabrina Paolino², Carmen Pizzorni², Alberto Sulli² and Maurizio Cutolo⁵, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ³University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, ⁴University of Genoa, Genova, ⁵University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: In the complex pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc), macrophages are mainly involved in mechanism of progressive tissue fibrosis of skin and internal organs, particularly…
Abstract Number: 0961 • ACR Convergence 2025
Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor-α: A novel upstream regulator of Hippo signaling and potential therapeutic target in fibrosis
Cuong Tran-Manh¹, Thuong Trinh-Minh², Christoph Liebel³ and Jörg Distler⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University., Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁴University Hospital Duesseldorf and HHU, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor-α (RORα) is a nuclear transcription factor implicated in immune regulation, circadian rhythm, and metabolism. However, its role in fibrotic diseases…
Abstract Number: 0679 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inhibition of TGFb3 in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Does Not Result in TGFb Pathway Modulation in Skin Biopsies or Circulation
Parisa Mazrooei, Xuting Rebecca Sheng, Xiaoyun Yang, Lyrialle Han, Samira Jamalian, Daniel Repplinger, Jingxuan He, Evelin Logis, Jeongsup Shim, Angela Hendricks, Lena Wang, Andrew Thorley and Sara Glickstein, Genentech/Roche, South San Francisco
Background/Purpose: There are 3 isoforms of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGFb), a cytokine frequently upregulated in fibrosis. Chronic targeting of TGFb1 and TGFb2 for fibrotic…
Abstract Number: 1873 • ACR Convergence 2025
TGF-β-Driven Mitochondrial Stress Activates cGAS-STING Signalling via Impaired Mitophagy in Systemic Sclerosis Endothelial Cells
Stefano Di Donato¹, Ceclie Bordes², Claude Lalou², agathe Depaire², John Tchen², Charlene Lhuissier², damien Brisou², Vanja Sisirak², Johan Garaude², Christopher Wasson³, Rebecca Ross⁴, Francesco Del Galdo³ and Marie-Elise Truchetet⁵, ¹University of Leeds, Canosa Sannita, Chieti, Italy, ²University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France
Background/Purpose: Emerging evidence implicates mitochondrial dysfunction as a contributor to tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc) (1). Endothelial cells, which are a key player in…
Abstract Number: 1831 • ACR Convergence 2025
Distinct Proteomic Signature Predicts Post-MMF Withdrawal Flares in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Christian Wright¹, Miles Smith², Rufei Lu², Catriona Wagner³, Aleksandra Bylinska², Carla Guthridge², Nicholas Domingez², Susan Macwana², Wade DeJager⁴, Marci Beel⁵, Joan Merrill⁶, Eliza Chakravarty², Ellen Goldmuntz⁷, Study Team ALE⁰⁶ Clinical⁸, Judith James² and Joel Guthridge², ¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma city, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foun, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City ⁷³¹⁰⁴, OK, ⁷NIAID/ NIH, Washington, DC, ⁸Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: : Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) follows a characteristic relapsing-remitting course with unpredictable flares interspersed with periods of relative quiescence. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) has emerged…
Abstract Number: 1778 • ACR Convergence 2025
Towards an Earlier and Accurate Diagnosis of Connective Tissue Disease-related Interstitial Lung Disease: TGFB Isoform Genes as Upcoming Biomarkers
Verónica Pulito Cueto¹, Joao Carlos Batista-Liz¹, Rebeca Nieto-Nieto², Clara Vaquera-Illescas², Diego San Emeterio-Villar², Daniel Vicente-Mínguez², María Sebastián Mora-Gil², Belén Atienza-mateo³, Ana Serrano-Combarro⁴, David Iturbe-Fernández⁵, Victor M. Mora-Cuesta⁵, Carolina Aguirre-Portilla⁴, Jose M Cifrián⁵, Ricardo Blanco⁴ and Raquel Lopez Mejias¹, ¹IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Immunopathology Group, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, PALMA DE MALLORCA/BALEARES, Spain, ⁴Immunopathology Group, IDIVAL and Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Immunopathology Group, IDIVAL and Division of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the leading cause of mortality in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) [1]. The onset of CTD-ILD…
Abstract Number: 1654 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Dual Inhibitor of TAK1 and MAP4K2, NG25, Suppresses Cytokine-Driven Inflammation in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Meena Afroze Shanta¹ and Salahuddin Ahmed², ¹College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, ²Washington State University, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Chronic synovitis is a hallmark of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and synovial fibroblasts are major perpetrators of inflammation and tissue destruction. Thus, we tested…
Abstract Number: 0977 • ACR Convergence 2025
The nuclear receptor DAX1 regulates WNT/β-catenin signaling to promote fibroblast activation and skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis
Lichong Shen¹, Xianyi Meng², Yun Zhang³ and Joerg Distler⁴, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁴Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Nuclear receptors are a family of transcription factors that is commonly targeted for therapeutic intervention. Dosage-sensitive sex reversal adrenal hypoplasia congenital critical region on…
Abstract Number: 1663 • ACR Convergence 2024
Notch—mediated Fibrogenic Activation Is a Spatial Determinant of RA Treatment Response
Kartik Bhamidipati¹, Ce Gao¹, Ksenia Anufrieva², Shideh Kazerounian³, Roopa Madhu⁴, Miles Tran¹, Vikram Khedgikar¹, Sonia Presti¹, Anna Helena Jonsson⁵, ilya Korsunsky¹ and Kevin Wei⁶, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²BWH, Cambridge, MA, ³Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁵University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: In RA, poor treatment response has been linked to a fibroid synovial tissue phenotype, characterized by lack of immune cell infiltration and an expansion…
Abstract Number: 1920 • ACR Convergence 2024
Admixture Mapping and Gene-Based Analysis Identifies Rare Variants in Genes in the IL-13 and TGFβ Signaling Pathways in African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis
Jordan Hicks¹, Daniel Shriner², Ami Shah³, Maureen Mayes⁴, Ayo P. Doumatey², Amy R. Bentley¹, Robyn Domsic⁵, Thomas Medsger, Jr⁶, Paula Ramos⁷, Richard Silver⁸, Virginia Steen⁹, John Varga¹⁰, Vivien Hsu¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Dinesh Khanna¹⁰, Elena Schiopu¹³, Jessica Gordon¹⁴, Lindsey Criswell¹⁵, Heather Gladue¹⁶, Chris Derk¹⁷, Elana Bernstein¹⁸, S. Louis Bridges¹⁴, Victoria Shanmugam¹⁹, Lorinda Chung²⁰, Suzanne Kafaja²¹, Reem Jan²², Marcin Trojanowski²³, Avram Goldberg²⁴, Benjamin Korman²⁵, James W. Thomas²⁶, Elaine Remmers²⁷, Adebowale Adeyemo², Charles Rotimi², Fredrick Wigley²⁸, Francesco Boin²⁹, Daniel Kastner³⁰ and Pravitt Gourh³¹, ¹National institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Verona, PA, ⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ¹²New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Louisiana State University and Tulane University Medical Schools, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Martinez, GA, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ¹⁵Genomics of Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁶Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁹NIH Office of Autoimmune Disease Research in the Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ²⁰Stanford University, Woodside, CA, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²²Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²⁴NYU Langone Health - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lake Success, NY, ²⁵University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²⁶NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²⁷Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²⁸Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, MD, ²⁹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³⁰National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ³¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: There are significant racial disparities in systemic sclerosis (SSc), with an increased disease burden and worse outcomes among African American (AA) individuals. Reasons for…
Abstract Number: 2595 • ACR Convergence 2024
TGF-β Activated Kinase 1 (TAK1) Inhibition Suppresses Synovial Inflammation and Tissue Destruction Mediated by Activated Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Meena Afroze Shanta¹, Paul Panipinto², Anil Singh³, Peter Nigrovic⁴, Lauren Henderson⁵ and Salahuddin Ahmed³, ¹College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, ²Washington State University College of Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Medicine, Spokane, WA, ³Washington State university, Spokane, WA, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Watertown, MA
Background/Purpose: Synovial inflammation is a common manifestation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), often accompanied by debilitating synovial hyperplasia. The current study aims to characterize the…
Abstract Number: 0012 • ACR Convergence 2023
Immune-cell Derived Cytokines Synergistically Interact to Drive Synovial Fibroblast Invasive Function and Metabolic Capacity
Órla Tynan¹, Achilleas Floudas², Nuno Neto³, Michael Monaghan³, Siobhán Wade⁴, Dumitru Anton⁵, Carl Orr⁶, Douglas Veale⁷ and Ursula Fearon⁸, ¹Molecular Rheumatology Department, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincent University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, ³Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Molecular Rheumatology Department, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincent University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Molecular Rheumatology Department, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincent University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincent University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷St.Vincent's University Hosp, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) encompass two of the most common forms of Inflammatory Arthritis. While common pathogenic mechanisms are involved in…
Abstract Number: 0942 • ACR Convergence 2023
G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinase 5 in Fibrotic Tissue Remodeling
Cuong Tran-Manh¹, Thuong Trinh-Minh¹, Christoph Liebel¹, Chih-Wei Chen² and Joerg Distler¹, ¹Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: G-protein coupled receptor kinase 5, GRK5, is a central regulator of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a vast family of cell surface receptors involved in…
Abstract Number: 0945 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Nuclear Receptor TR4 Orchestrates Cytoskeletal Organization in a Gα12/ROCK-dependent Manner to Promote Myofibroblast Differentiation and Tissue Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Yun Zhang¹, Lichong Shen², yi-nan Li¹, Hermina Györfi¹ and Joerg Distler¹, ¹Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Members of the superfamily of nuclear receptors have been implicated in inflammatory processes and pathologic tissue remodeling and have emerged as attractive targets for…

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