.The 17th KOURIR awards have been given to during the PReS pediatric rheumatology conference in Athens. These three awards were given by Anton GRUSS and Aurélie Torres-Bourdel on behalf of the french parent association of children KOURIR ( www.kourir.org) to the teams authoring the three best papers about research on JIA submitted to the conference. The best papers were selected by the SOFREMIP society (http://sofremip.sfpediatrie.com/).
Gold medal (1500 €)
Single cell RNA-sequencing of bone marrow macrophages identifies a distinct subpopulation in systemic JIA with features of interferon response, endocytic vesicles and phagocytosis
Grant Schulert 1 *, Nathan Salomonis 2 , Sherry Thornton 1 , Alexei Grom 1
1 Pediatric Rheumatology
2 Biomedical Informatics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati , United States
Silver medal (1000 €)
Persistence of CD4 memory pathogenic subsets in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients who relapse upon withdrawal of biologic therapy
J. Y. Leong 1 ,*, J. G. Yeo 1 2 , P. Chen 1 , L. Lai 1 , L. D. T. Bathi 1 , J. Tan 2 , T. Arkachaisri 2 3 , D. J. Lovell 4 5 , S. Albani 1 3
1 Singhealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre (STIIC), Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Singhealth,
2 KK Women's and Children's Hospital
3 Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
4 Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre
5 Department of Paediatrics, University of Cincinnati College
Bronze medal (500 €)
Modulating TREG function with nicotinamide (VIT B3) in JIA
L. Nijhuis 1 *, J. Peeters 1 , A. Lalmohamed 2 , J. Van Loosdregt 1 , B. Vastert 3
1 Laboratory of Translational Immunology
2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy
3 Department of Pediatric Immunology, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands
