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Abstract Number: 2872 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated mTORC1 Signature in B Cells from Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients: mTOR Inhibition As a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Halt B Cell Hyperactivity
Sofie L.M. Blokland^1,2, Maarten R. Hillen^3,4, Rina G.K. Kommer-Wichers⁴, Aike A. Kruize², Timothy R.D.J. Radstake^2,5, Jasper C.A. Broen^2,4 and Joel A.G. van Roon^2,4, ¹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/ Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Laboratory of Translational Immunology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: A hallmark feature of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is B cell hyperactivity, including presence of autoantibodies, aberrant presence of B cells and plasma cells…
Abstract Number: 2873 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DNA Microarray Analysis Identifies Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4 Group a Member 2 (NR4A2) As a Novel Molecule Involved in the Pathogenesis of Sjogren’s Syndrome
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Hiroto Tsuboi, Hiromitsu Asashima, Hanae Kudo, Yuko Ono, Saori Abe, Yuya Kondo, Isao Matsumoto and Takayuki Sumida, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose:Some reports on DNA microarray analysis in labial salivary glands (LSGs) of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) and healthy controls (HCs) showed that the genes associated with…
Abstract Number: 2874 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) Expression Is Associated with Lymphoproliferation and Lymphoma in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Saviana Gandolfo¹, Cinzia Fabro¹, Michela Bulfoni², Sabino Russi³, Luca Quartuccio¹, Domenico Ettore Sansonno³, Carla Di Loreto², Daniela Cesselli² and Salvatore De Vita¹, ¹Rheumatology Clinic, Academic Hospital S. M. della Misericordia, Medical Area Department, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Institute of Anatomic Pathology, Academic Hospital S. M. della Misericordia, Medical Area Department, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ³Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune and lymphoproliferative systemic disease with B cell hyperactivity and increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) evolution. In…
Abstract Number: 2875 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Molecular Features Define Unique Sjögren’s Syndrome Patient Subsets
Judith A. James¹, Joel M. Guthridge², Hua Chen³, Rufei Lu³, Rebecka L. Bourn³, Alan N. Baer⁴, Ghaith Noaiseh⁵, Anne Parke⁶, Andreea Coca⁷, Tammy Utset⁸, Mark C. Genovese⁹, Teresa Aberle³, Daniel J. Wallace¹⁰, Karen Boyle¹¹, Lynette Keyes-Elstein¹², Nathalie Franchimont¹³, Eugene St. Clair¹⁴, Virginia Pascual¹⁵, Paul J. Utz¹⁶ and Kathy L. Sivils², ¹Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Medicine (Rheumatology), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, ⁷University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁸University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁹Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁰UCLA, Beverly Hills, CA, ¹¹Rho Federal Systems, Inc, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹²Rho Federal Systems, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, ¹³Biogen, Cambridge, MA, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹⁵Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, TX, ¹⁶Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Immunologic heterogeneity in primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) poses a challenge when selecting a therapeutic for a given patients or when assembling patient cohorts for…
Abstract Number: 2876 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Autoantibody Reactivity to the Complete Human Peptidome By Phage Immunoprecipitation Sequencing Does Not Identify a Predominant Novel Autoantibody in Sjogren’s Syndrome
Tiezheng Yuan¹, Michelle Petri², Alan N. Baer³ and H. Benjamin Larman¹, ¹Pathology (Immunology), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine (Rheumatology), Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD, ³Medicine (Rheumatology), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: An unbiased and comprehensive approach to the analysis of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) antibody repertoires would provide important data on its pathogenesis. Phage ImmunoPrecipitation sequencing…
Abstract Number: 2877 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Premature Senescence of Naive CD4+ T-Cells in Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome
Patrizia Fasching¹, Johannes Fessler², Andrea Raicht³, Angelika Lackner², Josef Hermann², Rusmir Husic¹, Sabrina Hammerl⁴, Winfried Graninger², Wolfgang Schwinger³, Christian Dejaco¹ and Martin Stradner¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ²Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ³Division of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁴Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: Lymphopenia is a frequent finding in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) affecting mostly the CD4+ T-cell population. Here we examine possible underlying defects in thymic…
Abstract Number: 2878 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety Results of Guselkumab in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis over 56 Weeks from a Phase 2a, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Atul A. Deodhar¹, Alice B Gottlieb², Wolf-Henning Boehncke³, Bin Dong⁴, Yuhua Wang⁴, Yanli Zhuang⁴, William Barchuk⁵, Xie L. Xu⁵ and Elizabeth Hsia⁴, ¹Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases OP09, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Department of Dermatology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ³Geneva University Hospital and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁴Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁵Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Evaluate efficacy and safety of guselkumab (GUS) in patients (pts) with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) over 56 weeks (wks). Methods: Pts w/active PsA (defined…
Abstract Number: 2879 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Switching from Adalimumab to Chs-1420: A Randomized, Double-Blind Global Clinical Trial in Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Jennifer Hodge, Hong Tang, Paula O'Connor and Barbara Finck, Coherus BioSciences, Inc., Redwood City, CA
Background/Purpose: CHS-1420 is a proposed biosimilar to adalimumab. A phase 3, randomized, double-blind, multicenter study evaluated the equivalence of CHS-1420 to adalimumab in patients with…
Abstract Number: 2880 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Evolution of Patients with Inflammatory Back Pain: A Population-Based Longitudinal Cohort Study
Runsheng Wang¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Kerry Wright³ and Michael Ward⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ³Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Title: Clinical Evolution of Patients with Inflammatory Back Pain: a Population-Based Longitudinal Cohort Study Authors: Runsheng Wang1, Cynthia Crowson2, Kerry Wright2, Michael Ward31. Columbia University…
Abstract Number: 2881 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pre-Existing Psoriasis Is Predictive for Clinical Relapse after Drug-Free Remission Induced By Therapy with Golimumab in Early Peripheral Spondyloarthritis
Philippe Carron¹, Gaëlle Varkas², Thomas Renson³, Roos Colman⁴, Dirk Elewaut⁵ and Filip van Den Bosch⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Rheumatology, VIB, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ³Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, GENT, Belgium, ⁴Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Biostatistics Unit,Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium, ⁵VIB Inflammation Research Center, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: The use of new treatment strategies in early stages of spondyloarthritis (SpA) makes it possible to achieve remission or low disease activity in more…
Abstract Number: 2882 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IgG Galactosylation Status Combined with MYOM2 SNP Precisely Predicts Anti-TNF Response in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Jing Liu¹, Shifang Ren², Zhenmin Niu¹, Qi Zhu³, Wei Wan⁴, Jing Han², Yanyun Ma⁵, Weilin Pu⁶, Yuan Li¹, Xia Xu⁴, Yi Wang⁵, Dongbao Zhao⁴, Hui Zhang⁷, Feng Qian⁵, Xiaodong Zhou⁸, John D. Reveille⁹, Li Jin^1,10, Dong-yi He³, Hejian Zou^11,12, Jianxin Gu² and Jiucun Wang^10,12,13, ¹State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ²Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Key Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Research Ministry of Public Health, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ³Institute of Arthritis Research, Shanghai Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guanghua Integrative Medicine Hospital, Shanghai, China, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China, ⁵Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ⁶State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences,, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China, ⁷School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ⁸Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁹University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ¹⁰Fudan-Taizhou Institute of Health Sciences, Taizhou, China, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ¹²Institute of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ¹³State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, CN
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of spine and sacroiliac joints, which could lead to bony fusion of vertebral joints. TNF-blockers have…
Abstract Number: 2883 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Subclinical Cardovacular Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis
María Paz Martínez-Vidal¹, Cristina Fernández-Carballido², Mariano Andres³, Vega Jovaní⁴, Carlos Santos⁵, Maria Nieves Martínez Alberola⁶, Francisca Sivera⁷ and Raquel Martin-domenech⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital general universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain, ³RHEUMATOLOGY, Hospital general universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ⁴Reumatología, Hospital general universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital de Alcoy, Alcoy, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain, ⁷Sección de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario de Elda., Elda, Spain
Background/Purpose: SCORE tables underestimate the Cardiovascular Risk (CVR) for patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and EULAR recommends multiplying by 1.5 the CVR obtained from them…
Abstract Number: 2884 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Phase 2 Study of Safety and Efficacy of Anabasum (JBT-101), a Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2 Agonist, in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Robert F. Spiera¹, Laura K. Hummers², Lorinda Chung³, Tracy M. Frech⁴, Robyn T. Domsic⁵, Vivien Hsu⁶, Daniel E. Furst⁷, Jessica K. Gordon¹, Maureen D. Mayes⁸, Robert W. Simms⁹, Scott Constantine¹⁰ and Barbara White¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Medical and Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Rheumatology, Robert Wood Johnson University Scleroderma Program, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁷David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁹Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Norwood, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized in part by chronic activation of the innate immune system with fibrosis. Anabasum is a non-immunosuppressive, synthetic, orally administered…
Abstract Number: 2885 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tadalafil Reduces Skin Fibrosis and Profibrotic Genes Expression in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Sakir Ahmed, Mohit Kumar Rai, Durga Prasanna Misra and Vikas Agarwal, Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Currently, drugs that modify skin fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) have efficacy in certain subgroups of patients only. Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5i) are known to…
Abstract Number: 2886 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Efficacy of Long-Time Intensified Rituximab Treatment in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Hans-Peter Brezinschek¹, Sonja Kielhauser², Winfried Graninger³ and Florentine Moazedi-Fürst², ¹Internal Medicine/Division of Rheumatoloy and Immunology, Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria, ²Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria, ³Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX), a monoclonal B cell depleting antibody, is one of the few new drugs that has been shown to have beneficial effects on…

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