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Abstract Number: 2692 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Deficiency in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Relations with Multiple Clinical Parameters and Standard Treatment
Amelia Chiara Trombetta¹, Vanessa Smith², Emanuele Gotelli¹, Massimo Ghio¹, Sabrina Paolino¹, Carmen Pizzorni³, Amber Vanhaecke⁴, Barbara Ruaro⁵, Alberto Sulli³ and Maurizio Cutolo³, ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ²Faculty of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ³Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Gent, Belgium, ⁵Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy
Vitamin D Deficiency In Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Relations With Multiple Clinical Parameters and Standard TreatmentBackground/Purpose : In SSc patients, low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) serum concentrations have…
Abstract Number: 2693 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationships between Levels of Patient Activation, Self-Efficacy, and Demographic Variables in Systemic Sclerosis
Janet L. Poole¹, Veronica J. Berrocal², Jennifer Serrano³, Erica Bush³ and Dinesh Khanna³, ¹Health Sciences Ctr OT Program, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Patient activation refers to the ability and confidence people have to be engaged in managing their health care [Hibbard, 2004]. Knowledge and beliefs about…
Abstract Number: 2694 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems (PROMIS) Promis-29 and Promis Self-Efficacy in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
Janet L. Poole¹, Veronica J. Berrocal², Jennifer Serrano³, Erica Bush³ and Dinesh Khanna³, ¹Health Sciences Ctr OT Program, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes are important to measure the effectiveness of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions. The goal of PROMIS is to develop standardized items banks…
Abstract Number: 2695 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Latent Profile Analysis-Derived Typologies of Systemic Sclerosis Patients Using Body Image Indicators: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort Study
Shadi Gholizadeh¹, Linda Kwakkenbos², Marie-Eve Carrier³, Sarah D. Mills¹, Rina S. Fox⁴, Lisa Jewett², Karen Gottesman⁵, Scott Roesch¹, Brett D. Thombs² and Vanessa L. Malcarne¹, ¹SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ²McGill University; Lady David Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Scleroderma Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: A common and distressing manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc, or scleroderma) is disfigurement in socially relevant areas of the body, including the face and…
Abstract Number: 2696 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Things Left Unsaid: Important Topics That Are Not Discussed between Patients with Systemic Sclerosis, Their Carers and Their Healthcare Professionals
Christopher Denton¹, Bee Laird², Lizette Moros³ and José Luis Luna Flores⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²Reframe Research, East Sussex, United Kingdom, ³Boehringer-Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany, ⁴Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a serious rare condition that can be complicated by internal organ damage including interstitial lung fibrosis (SSc-ILD), which is a…
Abstract Number: 2697 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (SScQoL) Captures the Complex Problems Experienced By Patients with Scleroderma
Matylda Sierakowska¹, Stanislaw Sierakowski², Marzena Olesinska³, Marek Brzosko⁴, Piotr Leszczynski⁵, Katarzyna Pawlak-Bus⁵, Bogdan Batko⁶, Piotr Wiland⁷, Maria Majdan⁸, Malgorzata Bykowska-Sochacka⁹, Wojciech Romanowski¹⁰, Aleksandra Zon-Giebel¹¹, Slawomir Jeka¹² and Mwidimi Ndosi¹³, ¹Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, ²Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland, Bialystok, Poland, ³Department of Connective Tissue Disease, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Medical University in Poznan, Poznan, Poland, ⁶Center of Rheumatology, J. Dietl Hospital in Krakow, Krakow, Poland, ⁷Department and Clinic of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Medical University in Lublin, Lublin, Poland, ⁹Dr J. Titz-Kosko Regional Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Sopot, Sopot, Poland, ¹⁰Poznan Centre of Rheumatology in Srem, Srem, Poland, ¹¹Silesian Center of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Prevention of Disability, Ustron, Poland, ¹²2nd University Hospital, CM UMK, Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases,, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ¹³Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic rheumatic disease that disturbs the patients’ biological, social, emotional spiritual, and physical functioning; resulting in reduced quality of…
Abstract Number: 2698 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-21-mTOR Axis Blocks the Differentiation and Function of SLE Tregs Via Suppression of Autophagy
Hiroshi Kato¹ and Andras Perl², ¹Division of Rheumatology/Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²Dept of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation has emerged as a prominent mediator of pro-inflammatory T-cell expansion and regulatory T (Treg) cell depletion in systemic…
Abstract Number: 2699 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mosaic, a Novel Gene, Mediating Autoimmunity in Mice
Alice Chan¹, Mark Anderson², Hong-Erh Liang³ and Elizabeth Li², ¹Pediatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Diabetes Center, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: A novel candidate gene, Mosaic (Multi-Organ System Autoimmunity in Canines), was identified as the culprit causing an early and severe multiorgan autoimmunity in a…
Abstract Number: 2700 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fra-2 Overexpression Leads to Systemic Autoimmunity By Affecting IL2 Dependent Treg Homeostasis
Florian Renoux¹, Mara Stellato¹, Daniela Impellizzieri², Alexander Vogetseder³, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk¹, Riyun Huang⁴, Arun Subramaniam⁵, Clara Dees⁶, Jörg Distler⁷, Gabriela Kania¹, Onur Boyman² and Oliver Distler⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Division of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, ⁴Immune Mediated Diseases, Sanofi-Genzyme, Framingham, MA, ⁵Sanofi-Genzyme, Framingham, MA, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology,, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Fos-related antigen 2 (Fra-2) is a transcription factor belonging to the Fos family proteins which is part of the AP-1 transcription factor complex. We…
Abstract Number: 2701 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TNFR2+ Regulatory T Cellssubpopulations ARE Highly Suppressive and Are Increased on Anti-TNF Treatment
Francois Santinon¹, Maxime Batignes², Benoit Salomon³, Patrice Decker², Marie-Christophe Boissier⁴, Luca Semerano⁵ and Natacha Bessis², ¹INSERM UMR 1125 University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, bobigny, France, ²INSERM UMR 1125 University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France, ³Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI-Paris), Paris, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Avicenne Hospital, Bobigny, France, ⁵INSERM UMR 1125 University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Avicenne Hospital, Rheumatology Department, France, Bobigny, France
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), regulatory T cells (Tregs) are defective in their suppressive capacities and fail to control chronic inflammation. TNF-α is involved in…
Abstract Number: 2702 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tissue-Invasive T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cornelia M. Weyand¹, Yi Shen², Yinyin Li¹, Eric L. Matteson³, Stuart Goodman⁴ and Jorg Goronzy⁵, ¹Medicine: Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Medicine: Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ³Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ⁴Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, Redwood City, CA, ⁵Medicine/Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: A key pathogenic event in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the formation of lasting lymphoid microstructures in the synovial tissue. It requires the transmigration of…
Abstract Number: 2703 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Single Cell Analysis of TCRs from CD8+ T Cells in Sjogren’s Syndrome
Michelle L. Joachims¹, Christina Lawrence¹, Richard C. Pelikan¹, Kerry M. Leehan¹, Lida Radfar², David M. Lewis³, Astrid Rasmussen¹, R. Hal Scofield¹, Kiely Grundahl¹, Kathy L. Sivils¹, Linda F. Thompson¹ and A. Darise Farris¹, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Department of Oral Pathology, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune exocrinopathy characterized by focal lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary and lacrimal glands, severe dry eyes and mouth, fatigue…
Abstract Number: 2704 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Skin Migratory Dendritic Cells Targeted and Tolerized By Calcitriol-Peptide Liposomes Supress Antigen-Specific Autoreactive T Cell Expansion and Memory Differentiation to Regulate Autoimmune Arthritis
Ryan Galea^1,2, Hendrik Nel^1,2, Meghna Talekar^1,2, Suzanne Cole³, Karyn Cochlin⁴, Shannon Hitchcock⁵, Bijun Zeng^1,2, Suman Yekollu^1,2, Jamie Rossjohn⁶, Hugh Reid⁷, Ravi Malaviya⁵, Dave Shealy⁸, Brendan O'Sullivan^1,2 and Ranjeny Thomas^1,2, ¹Dendright Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia, ²University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ³Immunology, Janssen Research and Development, Spring House, PA, ⁴Immunology, Janssen Research and Development, Springhouse, PA, ⁵Janssen Research and Development, Springhouse, PA, ⁶Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ⁷Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁸Janssen Research and Development, Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose: Current treatments to control autoimmune arthritis and vasculitis use broadly immunosuppressive drugs, associated with undesirable side effects. Antigen-specific immunological tolerance strategies are preferable to…
Abstract Number: 2705 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Aberrant Expression and Function of Human Circulating T Follicular Helper Cells and Its Subsets in IgG4 Related Disease
Yu Chen¹, Wen Zhang², Panpan Zhang³, Yanan Zhu¹ and Hongxian Yang³, ¹Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²Rheuamtology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ³rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: To study the expression and function of T follicular helper cells and its subsets in IgG4-related disease(IgG4-RD). Methods: Flow cytometry was performed to analyze…
Abstract Number: 2706 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
T Follicular-Helper CELLS (TFH) Enrichment and T Follicular-Regulatory CELLS (TFR) Exclusion from Ectopic Germinal Centers in Salivary Glands of Sjogren’s Syndrome Patients
Elena Pontarini¹, William Murray Brown², Cristina Croia², Elisa Corsiero³, Davide Lucchesi², Elisa Astorri², Nurhan Sutcliffe², Anwar Tappuni², Costantino Pitzalis⁴ and Michele Bombardieri⁵, ¹William Harvey Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, ²Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Lymphocytic aggregates in the salivary glands (SG) of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) can organize in ectopic lymphoid structures (ELS) forming functional germinal centers (GCs), which…

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