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  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    2:05pm - 2:20pm East Coast USA Time
    Sex Differences in the Human Gut Microbiota Contribute to CNS Autoimmunity
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: Rachel R. Rock, BS – University of California, San Francisco
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    3:15pm - 3:30pm East Coast USA Time
    A New Risk Gene Is Associated with Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Autoimmune Hepatobiliary Disease: A Mechanistic Study Using Patient Organoids and Transgenic Models
    Location: Salons A-D
    Presenting Author: Siyan Cao, MD, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    3:15pm - 3:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Single-cell Chromatin Accessibility Identifies Dysregulated Transcription Factor-gene Networks in Peripheral Blood of Lupus Patients
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: Ammar J. Alsheikh, MD, PhD – Abbvie
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    3:45pm - 4:00pm East Coast USA Time
    IL17-producing Follicular Helper T Cells Promote Germinal Center Autoreactivity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
    Location: Salons H-K
    Presenting Author: Manuel A. Podestà, MD, PhD – Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    3:45pm - 4:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Unveiling the Role of IL-12A in Lupus: Linking Genetic Risk to B Cell Pathogenicity
    Location: Salons A-D
    Presenting Author: Mariasilvia Colantuoni – Boston Children's Hospital
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    4:00pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Stem-like Peripheral Helper T Cells Seed Their Effector Counterpart in Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: Yuki Masuo, MD – Kyoto University
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    4:00pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Targeting IRF5: Discovery and Preclinical Development of Selective Small Molecule Inhibitors
    Location: Salons H-K
    Presenting Author: Nuruddeen Lewis, PhD – HotSpot Therapeutics
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    4:15pm - 4:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Antigen-specific B Cells Cross-Present Citrullinated Proteins to Activate CD8 T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: Jae Seung Moon – Stanford University
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    4:15pm - 4:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Therapeutic Development for Axial Spondyloarthritis: ERAP-1 Inhibition by GRWD0715 Results in Auto-Antigen Loss on HLA-B*27 and the Inhibition of Cognate CD8⁺ T Cell Responses
    Location: Salons H-K
    Presenting Author: Samantha Bucktrout, PhD – Greywolf Therapeutics
    Co-Author: Laura Quinn – Greywolf Therapeutics
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    4:30pm - 4:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Daratumumab Depletes Pathogenic Antibody-Secreting Cells, Reduces Type-I Interferon Activity and Improves T Cell Function in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: Lennard Ostendorf, MD, PhD – Charité – University Medicine Berlin
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Wednesday, Jun 25th
    4:45pm - 5:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Heterogeneity, Persistence, and Clonal Relationships of B Cell-helper T Cells in Lupus
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: John M. Sowerby, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Thursday, Jun 26th
    4:40pm - 4:55pm East Coast USA Time
    Induction of Antigen-Specific T Cell Tolerance by CNP-104 Positively Affects Clinical Response in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: Adam Elhofy, PhD – COUR Pharmaceuticals
    Co-Author: Molly A. Frey, PhD – COUR Pharmaceuticals
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Thursday, Jun 26th
    5:40pm - 5:55pm East Coast USA Time
    SBT115301, a Second Generation CD2-targeting LFA3 Fusion Protein to Restore Immune Homeostasis in Autoimmune Disease
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: Hervé Lebrec, PharmD, PhD, DABT – Sonoma Biotherapeutics
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Thursday, Jun 26th
    5:55pm - 6:10pm East Coast USA Time
    Engineered Cellular Therapies Targeting 9G4 Idiotope B Cells in Autoimmune Diseases and Lymphoma
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: Jin Liu – Johns Hopkins University
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Friday, Jun 27th
    2:25pm - 2:40pm East Coast USA Time
    Intraocular Differentiation of Effector B Cells in Uveitis
    Location: Salons H-K
    Presenting Author: Lynn Hassman, MD, PhD – University of Colorado
    Autoimmune Diseases
  • Friday, Jun 27th
    2:25pm - 2:40pm East Coast USA Time
    Targeting T Cell-Myeloid Interactions in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Myocarditis for Therapeutic Development
    Location: Salons F-G
    Presenting Author: Carly C. Tymm, BA – Columbia University
    Autoimmune Diseases