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Abstract Number: 2906 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Biologic Response Modifiers and Corticosteroids, and Subsequent Risk of Coccidioidomycosis Infection Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Dominick Sudano¹, C. Kent Kwoh², Lili Zhou³, Erin L. Ashbeck⁴ and Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic⁵, ¹University of Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ³Department of Pharmacy, Practice and Science, University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy, Tucson, AZ, ⁴The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁵Department of Pharmacy, Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Associate professor, TUCSON, AZ
Background/Purpose: Coccidioidomycosis (Cocci) is a fungal infection endemic to seven states in the US. Biologic response modifiers (BRMs) have been shown to increase the risk…
Abstract Number: 2907 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Salivary Gland Enlargement in IgG4-Related Disease Is Associated with Multiorgan Involvement and Higher Basal Disease Activity
Eduardo Martín Nares¹, Jacobo Guerrero Castillo², Arturo Angeles Angeles² and Gabriela Hernandez-Molina¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated condition which clinical spectrum encompasses single or multiple organ involvement. Enlargement of major and minor salivary glands is…
Abstract Number: 2908 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Disease Activity Is a Predictor of Depression and Persistent Depression in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Raman Joshi¹, Mohammad Movahedi², Bindee Kuriya³, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁴, Angela Cesta², Xiuying Li², Sandra Couto², John S. Sampalis⁵ and Claire Bombardier², ¹William Osler Health Centre-Brampton Civic Hospital, Brampton, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Sinai Health System, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of depression among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be as high as 40% but persistence of depression over time is relatively…
Abstract Number: 2909 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Only Very High Radiographic Progression Affects HAQ-DI, Results from the Swiss Scqm Cohort
Ruediger Mueller¹, Reto Thalmann², Hendrik Schulze-Koops³, Nicole Graf⁴ and Johannes von Kempis², ¹Rheumatology, MD, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ²Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁴Graf Biostatistics, Winterthur, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The aim of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is to control disease activity and to inhibit joint damage. Progression of damage is analysed by conventional…
Abstract Number: 2910 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Clinical and Ultrasound Measures of Disease Activity in a Large National ‘Real Life’ Cohort of RA Patients
Pascal Zufferey¹, Delphine Couvoisier², Hans Ruedi Ziswiler³, Laure Brulhart⁴, Giorgio Tamborrini⁵, Michael Nissen⁶, Adrian Ciurea⁷, Burkhard Moeller⁸, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino^9,10 and Axel Finckh², ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²geneva university hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ³Osteorheuma, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴médecine, hôpital neuchateulois, La chaux de fond, Switzerland, ⁵UZR, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶rheumatology, geneva university hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Department for Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt , Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Paris, France, ¹⁰University of Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Clinical measures of disease activity, such as the DAS-score and ultrasound (US) scores of disease activity can be sometimes yield discordant results. Little research…
Abstract Number: 2911 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Appendicular Bone Mass Predicts Mortality in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mark Edward Hall¹, Inmaculada del Rincon², Jose Felix Restrepo², Daniel F. Battafarano³, Jakob Algulin⁴ and Agustin Escalante², ¹Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ³Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, ⁴Sectra AB, Linköping, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a multi-system disease which causes joint damage and is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and osteoporosis. Our purpose is…
Abstract Number: 2912 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Neural Correlates of Inflammation in RA: A Multi-Modal MRI Study
Andrew Schrepf¹, Chelsea Cummiford¹, Eric Ichesco¹, Tony Larkin¹, Steven E. Harte¹, Richard E. Harris¹, Alison Murray², Gordon Waiter³, Daniel J. Clauw⁴ and Neil Basu⁵, ¹Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Aberdeen Brain Imaging Center, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ³Aberdeen Brain Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ⁴Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Inflammation is the hallmark of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA is characterized by fatigue and cognitive/affective disturbances, and these symptoms often worsen…
Abstract Number: 2913 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
the Periodontal Pathogen Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans Is Associated with Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jon T. Giles¹, Jesper Reinholdt², Joan Bathon³, Felipe Andrade⁴ and Maximilian F. Konig⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The oral pathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) generates citrullinated proteins targeted by autoantibodies in RA through its pore-forming toxin leukotoxin A (LtxA). Aa-derived LtxA is…
Abstract Number: 2914 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-CCP Antibody Levels Are Elevated in Cervicovaginal Fluid in Association with Local Inflammation in Premenopausal Women without RA
Sonia Khatter¹, Heather Berens-Norman², Courtney Anderson¹, Justin August¹, Marie L. Feser¹, Chelsie Fleischer¹, Ashley Visser¹, Jill M. Norris³, V. Michael Holers¹, Kevin D. Deane¹ and M. Kristen Demoruelle¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Data support that anti-CCP antibodies likely originate at a mucosal site prior to the onset of inflammatory arthritis (IA) in the development of RA.…
Abstract Number: 2915 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Expression of Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Adducts (MAA) and Anti-Maa Antibody in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease
Bryant R. England¹, Geoffrey M. Thiele², Michael J. Duryee³, Dana P. Ascherman⁴, Liron Caplan⁵, M. Kristen Demoruelle⁶, Kevin D. Deane⁵ and Ted R. Mikuls⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nebraska-Western IA VA Health Care System & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁶1775 Aurora Ct, 1775 Aurora Ct, Aurora, CO, ⁷Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Generated under oxidative stress, malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde adducts (MAA), and antibody responses to MAA appear to facilitate loss of immune tolerance and generate pro-inflammatory responses in…
Abstract Number: 2916 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Presence of a Large Number of Autoantibodies at Baseline Is Favourable for Early Treatment Response but Unfavourable for Drug-Free Remission in RA Patients
Emma de Moel¹, Veerle Derksen¹, LA Trouw¹, Holger Bang², R.J. Goekoop³, I Speyer⁴, TWJ Huizinga¹, CF Allaart¹, REM Toes¹ and Diane van der Woude⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Orgentec Diagnostika GmbH, Mainz, Germany, ³Haga Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands, ⁴Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The autoantibody response of seropositive RA is very diverse and consists of various numbers of isotypes and antibodies to multiple post-translational modifications. It is…
Abstract Number: 2917 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neutrophil Activation in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Potential Biomarkers of Disease Activity and Severity
Mary Bach¹, Daniel Moon², Marcel Bach², Marcus Bach² and Christian Lood³, ¹VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil activation is associated with inflammation and autoimmunity, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where neutrophil infiltration to joints participates in tissue destruction and development of…
Abstract Number: 2918 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Appearance of IgA RF Followed By IgG RF Is Associated with Transition to Classifiable RA in a Large Preclinical RA Cohort
Lindsay B. Kelmenson¹, Brandie D. Wagner², M. Kristen Demoruelle¹, V. Michael Holers¹, Ted R. Mikuls³, Jess D. Edison⁴ and Kevin D. Deane¹, ¹Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, ²Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies including rheumatoid factor (RF) and antibodies to citrullinated protein antigens (ACPA) are known to be present in the serum of individuals prior to…
Abstract Number: 2919 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Number and Type of ACPA Fine Specificities Are Correlated to High Resolution Computed Tomography Parenchymal Lungs Changes in Patients with Early Untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vijay Joshua¹, Aase Hensvold¹, Gudrun Reynisdottir¹, Monika Hansson¹, Guy Serre², Johan Grunewald³, Katerina Chatzidionysiou¹ and Anca I. Catrina¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Autoimmunité Rhumatoïde, Unité Mixte de Recherche, INSERM, Toulouse, France, ³Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Airways abnormalities that are consistent with inflammation are common in anti-CCP2 positive subjects without inflammatory arthritis. Anti-CCP2 antibodies are associated with HRCT parenchymal lung…
Abstract Number: 2920 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparative Rates of Osteoporotic Fractures Among U.S. Medicaid Enrollees with and without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sara K. Tedeschi¹, Beatrice Pan¹, Hongshu Guan¹, Seoyoung C. Kim², Daniel H. Solomon¹ and Karen H. Costenbader¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmocoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Fractures are potentially avoidable and highly morbid. We studied non-vertebral fracture rates among SLE patients enrolled in Medicaid, the U.S. health insurance program for…

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