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  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    8:00 AM - 8:15 AM US ET
    Activation, localization, and autoantibody production of tissue-based age-associated B cells in human type 1 diabetes
    Location: 104AB
    Author: James J. Knox, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    8:15 AM - 8:30 AM US ET
    A Critical Role for NKG2D Signaling in beta cell-specific CTL Generation and NOD Diabetes
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Mary Markiewicz, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    8:30 AM - 8:45 AM US ET
    The role of T cells in uterine turnover and homeostasis
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Kirti Nath, BS, BA – Ragon Inst. of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    8:45 AM - 9:00 AM US ET
    Diabetogenic CD8 Tcells are highly adaptive in beta-cell antigen recognition
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Yanyan Zhang, MS (she/her/hers) – The university of Utah
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    9:00 AM - 9:15 AM US ET
    Revealing NMOSD Molecular Mechanisms in an AQP4-Induced Animal Model
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Gabriel Arellano, PhD – Northwestern Univ. Feinberg Sch. of Med.
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    9:15 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Self-reactive CD4+ T cells display diverse differentiation in health and gain stem-like features in rheumatoid arthritis
    Location: 104AB
    Author: SUMBUL AFROZ, MSc, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    3:45 PM - 4:00 PM US ET
    T Cell-Specific Deletion of Glutaminase (Gls1) Lowers AutoAb Production in Lupus Mice by Altering Metabolism and Function of Follicular Helper T Cells
    Location: 253
    Author: Milind Joshi (he/him/his) – UT Hlth. San Antonio
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    4:00 PM - 4:15 PM US ET
    De novo pyrimidine synthesis controls lupus-prone germinal center B cell and plasma cell fates
    Location: 253
    Author: Julia Weber – Thomas Jefferson University
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    4:15 PM - 4:30 PM US ET
    Itaconate alleviates autoimmune uveitis by boosting FOXP3 and blocking succinate-driven inflammation
    Location: 253
    Author: Sukhvinder Singh, PhD (he/him/his) – Wayne State University School of Medicine
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Thursday, Apr 16th
    4:45 PM - 5:00 PM US ET
    Mitochondrial DNA oxidation propagates autoimmunity by enabling plasmacytoid dendritic cells to induce TFH differentiation
    Location: 253
    Author: Hongxu Xian, PhD – Versiti Blood Res. Inst.
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Friday, Apr 17th
    12:45 PM - 1:00 PM US ET
    Antigen-driven MAIT cell activation restores skin Treg levels and attenuates lupus-like skin inflammation
    Location: Ballroom
    Author: Grace Crossland – Dartmouth College
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Friday, Apr 17th
    1:00 PM - 1:15 PM US ET
    IRF1 tunes the IRF4–IRF8 axis to drive effector B-cell fates in autoimmunity and inflammaging
    Location: Ballroom
    Author: Eddie-Williams Owiredu – Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Friday, Apr 17th
    1:15 PM - 1:30 PM US ET
    Role of B cell activation through Toll-like receptors in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
    Location: Ballroom
    Author: Rodrigo Cervantes, PhD (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Friday, Apr 17th
    1:30 PM - 1:45 PM US ET
    GM-CSF-IRF5 Axis as a Therapeutic Target in TLR7-Mediated Macrophage Activation Syndrome
    Location: Ballroom
    Author: Ailing Lu, PhD – Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Friday, Apr 17th
    1:45 PM - 2:00 PM US ET
    E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Peli1 Regulates TLR7-Driven Spontaneous Germinal Center and Plasma Cell Development
    Location: Ballroom
    Author: Tien Bui (she/her/hers) – Thomas Jefferson University
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)
  • Friday, Apr 17th
    2:00 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    TLR7/9–IFNα–LDHB Checkpoint Rewires NET Subtypes in Lupus
    Location: Ballroom
    Author: Andrew Monteith, PhD – University of Tennessee-Knoxville
    Basic Autoimmunity (BA)