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  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    Genetics, Genomics & Proteomics Poster
    Location: Hall F1
     CE: 0.00
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0036: Integrated Analysis of Polygenic and Environmental Risk Scores for Late-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Mehmet Hocaoglu, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0040: Identification Of A Novel, Expressed, Alternatively Spliced FCER1G Protein That Inhibits Receptor Function
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Robert Kimberly, MD, FACP, MACR – UAB
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0021: Doctis: A Single Cell Rna-seq Atlas of Drug Response to Targeted Therapies
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Antonio Julià, PhD – Vall d'Hebron Hospital Research Institute
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0038: DNA Methylation Signatures of Smoking in Labial Salivary Gland Tissue in a Sjögren’s Disease Cohort
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Priya Bhatt, BA (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0019: Single cell characterization of the circulating immune system in Sjögren’s Syndrome
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Alejandro Gómez Gómez, PhD – Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0031: Meta-Analysis of Trans-Disease Microbial Biomarkers of Protection and Pathogenesis in Autoimmune Conditions: Results from the AMP AIM Consortium
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Kevin Bu, MD;PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0024: Biobank-scale genetic mapping identifies the shared genetic landscape of rheumatic and cardiovascular disease
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Daniel Panyard, PhD – Stanford University
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0045: Genetic regulators of corticosteroid response in hepatic and adipose tissue and risk of adverse metabolic outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis initiating glucocorticoids.
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Thomas Riley, IV, MD, MSCE – University of Pennsylvania
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0046: Association of Genetic Variation in xist and Ftx with Susceptibility to Female-biased Systemic Autoimmune Disease
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Thomas Riley, IV, MD, MSCE – University of Pennsylvania
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0026: Spatial Proteomic-based Phenotyping of Muscle Stem Cells and their Niches in Myositis
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Andrea-Hermina Györfi, MD – Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University.
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0020: Bulk RNA-sequencing of Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Skin Biopsies Show Upregulation of Leukocyte Migration Genes
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Anne Carlton, MD, PhD – University of Michigan
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0048: Integrative Spatial Proteomics and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Unveil Molecular Complexity in Rheumatoid Arthritis for Novel Therapeutic Targeting
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Yupeng (David) He, PhD – AbbVie
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0042: Serum Proteomic Analysis of Cellular Immune Clusters in Psoriatic Arthritis
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Steven Dang, BSc – University of Toronto
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0034: Meta-Analysis of GWAS data from 10,003 Sjögren’s Disease Cases Identifies Thirteen Sjögren’s Risk Loci.
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Marcin Radziszewski, MSc (he/him/his) – Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0041: A Genetically Determined, Serine-based and Phosphorylation-dependent Molecular Switch Regulates the Inflammatory Potential of Human Iga
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Robert Kimberly, MD, FACP, MACR – UAB
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0044: DNA Methylation Signatures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis Highlight Divergent Immune Pathways
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Tayte Stephens, BS – University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0027: Consistent Method to Generate Hyaline Cartilage from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Multi-Tissue Organoids
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Huzefa Husain, BSc, PhD – University of Minnesota
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0030: Immune-related Diagnoses Associated with NOD2 Variants in Human Subjects: A Phenome-wide Association Study
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: John Davis, III, MD, MS, RhMSUS – Mayo Clinic
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0033: Development and Internal Validation of Two Human Leukocyte Antigen Genetic Risk Scores for Predicting Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression and Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody-Positivity
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Lauren Vanderlinden, PhD;MS – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0037: A Proteomic Signature Containing TNF Receptor Superfamily Member 10A (TNFRSF10A) and Growth/differentiation Factor 15 (GDF-15) Improves Prediction of All-cause Mortality Among Individuals with Gout, Beyond Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular and Other Clinical Risk Factors
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Natalie McCormick, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0023: Longitudinal Proteomic Effects of Hydroxychloroquine in Individuals at Risk of Lupus: Differential Signatures in Progressors and Non-Progressors
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Benjamin Jones, BS – Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0025: Expansion and Transcriptional Reprogramming of CD14⁺ and CD16⁺ Monocytes in Behçet’s Disease
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Elio Carmona, PhD – University of Pittsburgh, School of medicine
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0035: Clinical and Transcriptomic Heterogeneity in Patients With RA: A Multi-Centric International Study of Anti-TNF Response
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Maryna Borshchivska, MPH (she/her/hers) – DNAlytics
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0047: Monocyte Transcriptomic Signatures Uncover Potential Pathogenic Mechanisms of the APOL1 High Risk Genotype (HRG)
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Vishnuprabu Pandian, PhD – University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0029: A Novel B Cell Subpopulation Characteristic of Iga Vasculitis Identified by Single-cell RNA Sequencing
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Joao Carlos Batista-Liz, MSc – IDIVAL
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0039: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Gene Variants in Severe COVID-19 Cytokine Storm Syndrome
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Randy Cron, MD, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0022: Genome-wide association study identifies novel genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Austin Wheeler, MD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0043: Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling of Muscle Reveals Inflammatory Mechanisms in Anti-glycyl tRNA Synthetase Syndrome
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Takuya Harada, MD – Japan Institute for Health Security
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
    0028: Computational and Laboratory Identification of Risk-Driving Alleles on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)-Associated Haplotypes
    Location: Hall F1
    Abstract Poster Presenter: James N Jarvis, MD (he/him/his) – University of Washington Center for Indigenous Health
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:15 PM - 5:15 PM Central Time
    26S66: Somatic Mutations in "Benign" Disease: What Every Rheumatologist Should Know
    Location: W375A
    Moderator: Jason Liebowitz, MD – Columbia University Medical Center
    Moderator: Reema Syed, MD, MBBS – Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis
    Session Coordinator: Reema Syed, MD, MBBS – Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis
    Session Coordinator: David Fernandez, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
     CE: 1.00
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Central Time
    Overview of VEXAS Syndrome
    Location: W375A
    Speaker: David Beck, MD, PhD – New York University
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:45 PM - 5:15 PM Central Time
    Somatic Mutations in 'Benign' Disease
    Location: W375A
    Speaker: Michelle Robinette, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Central Time
    27M64: Abstracts: Genetics, Genomics & Proteomics
    Location: W190A-B
    Abstract Moderator: Kim Simpfendorfer, PhD – Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
    Abstract Moderator: Yakir Reshef, MD, PhD, BA – Brigham and Women's Hospital
     CE: 0.00
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Central Time
    1698: X Chromosome DNA Methylation Changes Suggest Epigenetic Contributions to Immune Dysregulation in Male Lupus
    Location: W190A-B
    Presenting Author: Desire Casares Marfil, PhD – School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Central Time
    1699: Protein-coding Somatic Genetic Variation in Lymphocytes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
    Location: W190A-B
    Presenting Author: Siva Kasinathan, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Central Time
    1700: Altered Gene Expression in Male SLE Is Mapped to a Male-specific Y Chromosome Locus Associated with Microdeletions
    Location: W190A-B
    Presenting Author: Mikhail Olferiev, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Central Time
    1701: Gene Editing of HLA-Class II DRB1*04:01 at Position 82 Abrogates Binding of Citrullinated Arthritogenic Peptides and Collagen
    Location: W190A-B
    Presenting Author: Vibha Jha, PhD, MSc, BSc (she/her/hers) – Temple University
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Central Time
    1702: Powerful and Accurate Case-Control Analysis of Spatially Resolved Molecular Data in Autoimmune Disease
    Location: W190A-B
    Presenting Author: Yakir Reshef, MD, PhD, BA – Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Central Time
    1703: Predicting Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Using Longitudinal Cytokine Trajectories, Machine Learning and Spatial Transcriptomic Imaging
    Location: W190A-B
    Presenting Author: Wittaya Suwakulsiri, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Queensland