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Abstract Number: 819 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Upregulation of Complement C3 and Alpha-2-Macroglobulin in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Tomoyuki Asano¹, Shuzo Sato¹, Hiroko Kobayashi¹, Yoshinobu Kariya², Hiromi Ito², Kyoka Hoshi², Akioh Yoshihara³, Yoshikazu Ugawa³, Minoru Takahashi⁴, Hideharu Sekine⁴, Shunsei Hirohata⁵, Hiroshi Watanabe¹, Hiromasa Ohira¹ and Yasuhiro Hashimoto², ¹Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan, ²Biochemistry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan, ³Neurology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan, ⁴Immunology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan, ⁵Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: Various autoantibodies have been identified in cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). They are supposed to form immune complex with complement…
Abstract Number: 820 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Peripheral Blood and Disease Features Associated with Complement Components C3 and C4 in SLE
Mikhail Olferiev, David Fernandez, Leila Khalili, Dina Greenman, Mary K. Crow and Kyriakos A. Kirou, Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Decreases in peripheral blood levels of complement components of C3 and C4 are associated with SLE and often indicate a lupus flare. The aim…
Abstract Number: 821 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated Serum Levels of Soluble CD146 in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Kazunori Kato¹, Tomoko Ito², Naoto Tamura², Sayuri Okuda¹, Masakazu Matsushita², Kurisu Tada², Ken Yamaji² and Yoshinari Takasaki², ¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Toyo University, Saitama, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: CD146 is a transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to Ig-superfamily. Human endothelial cells, activated fibroblasts and Th17 cells express CD146 that involved in angiogenesis, fibrosis and…
Abstract Number: 822 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Beneficial Effect of Botulinum Toxin-a on Raynaud’s Phenomenon in Japanese Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Prospective, Open-Label Trial
Sei-ichiro Motegi¹, Kazuya Yamada¹, Sayaka Toki¹, Akihiko Uchiyama¹, Tetsuya Nakamura² and Osamu Ishikawa¹, ¹Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan, ²Clinical Investigation and Research Unit, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic scleroderma (SSc) is a generalized connective tissue disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, vascular dysfunction and immune disorder. Patients…
Abstract Number: 823 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-IFI16 Antibodies in Scleroderma Are Associated with Digital Gangrene
Zsuzsanna McMahan¹, Ami A. Shah², Dhananjay Vaidya³, Fredrick M. Wigley⁴, Antony Rosen⁵ and Livia Casciola-Rosen⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Rheum Div/Mason F Lord, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Mason Lord Bldg Ctr Tower, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Our aim was to examine and confirm the association between anti-IFI16 antibodies and clinical features of scleroderma. Methods: Sera from a discovery sample…
Abstract Number: 824 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Familial Risk of Systemic Sclerosis and Co-Aggregation of Autoimmune Diseases in Affected Families: A Nationwide Population Study
Chang-Fu Kuo¹, Matthew J. Grainge², Ana Valdes³, Shue-Fen Luo⁴, Lai-Chu See⁵, Kuang-Hui Yu⁶, Weiya Zhang⁷ and Michael Doherty⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatoplogy, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tayuan, Taiwan, ²Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ³Division of Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hosp, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁵Biostatistics Core Laboratory, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ⁶Division of Rheumatoplogy, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memoria Hospital, Tayuan, Taiwan, ⁷Academic Rheumatology, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Academic Rheumatology, City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To investigate familial aggregation of systemic sclerosis and the relative risks (RRs) of other autoimmune disease in relatives of affected patients. Methods: We identified…
Abstract Number: 825 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Estimation of Cardiovascular Risk in Systemic Sclerosis
Gulsen Ozen¹, Fatmanur Korkmaz², Murat Sunbul³, Rabia Deniz⁴, Kursat Tigen³, Pamir Atagunduz¹, Nevsun Inanc¹ and Haner Direskeneli¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Department of Cardiology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: During the last decade, it has been shown that cardiovascular disease (CVD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is increased and accounts for ~30% of the…
Abstract Number: 826 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Sclerosis Inpatient Mortality Has Not Improved from 1995-2011. Results from a National Irish Audit of Scleroderma Co-Morbidities.
Len Harty¹, Deirdre Fitzgerald², Michael Henry², John Ryan³ and Sinead Harney³, ¹Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland, ²Respiratory, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland, ³Rheumatology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Despite the advent of potent immunosuppressive and vasoactive therapies it is not clear that longevity of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has improved. Therefore…
Abstract Number: 827 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reliability of the Quantitative Assessment of Peripheral Blood Perfusion By Laser Speckle Contrast Analysis in a Systemic Sclerosis Cohort
Valérie Lambrecht¹, Maurizio Cutolo², Filip De Keyser³, Saskia Decuman⁴, Barbara Ruaro², Alberto Sulli⁵, Ellen Deschepper⁶ and Vanessa Smith⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ³Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, UGent, Ghent, Belgium, ⁵Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Genova, Italy, ⁶Biostatistics Unit, Biostatistics Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Laser speckle contrast analysis (LASCA) is an innovative technique to quantify peripheral blood perfusion (PBP) over a given area. Quantification of blood flow might…
Abstract Number: 828 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of a Disease Damage Index in Systemic Sclerosis Using Consensus and Data Driven Methods
Nava Ferdowsi¹, Molla Huq¹, Jodie Burchell², Sam Mancuso², Tien Tay^1,3, Wendy Stevens⁴, Candice Rabusa⁴, Marie Hudson⁵, Vijaya Sundararajan², David Prior⁶, Susanna Proudman⁷, Murray Baron⁸ and Mandana Nikpour^9,10, ¹Rheumatology, The University of Melbourne at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ²Medicine, The University of Melbourne at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ³41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Rheumatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia, ⁸Rheumatology, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ¹⁰Medicine, The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: As there is currently no existing index for quantifying organ damage in systemic sclerosis (SSc), we sought to develop a disease damage index in…
Abstract Number: 829 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fecal Incontinence and Association with Bowel Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: A Canadian Multicenter Study
Nicolas Richard^1,2, Marie Hudson², Genevieve Gyger², Murray Baron³, Evelyn Sutton⁴, Nader A. Khalidi⁵, Janet E. Pope⁶, Nathalie Carrier¹, Maggie J. Larche⁵, Alexandra Albert⁷, Paul R. Fortin⁷, Carter Thorne⁸, Ariel Masetto⁹ and Canadian Scleroderma Research Group, ¹Université de Sherbrooke, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁵McMaster University, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Monsignor Roney Bldg/Rheum, University of Western Ontario, St Joseph Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ⁷Université Laval, CHU de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁸Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal (GI) tract involvement is a common and serious complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, the prevalence of fecal incontinence (FI) and its relationship…
Abstract Number: 830 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Calcinosis Is Associated with Digital Ulcers and Osteoporosis in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Antonia Valenzuela¹, Murray Baron², Ariane L. Herrick³, Susana Proudman⁴, Wendy Stevens⁵, Tatiana Sofia Rodriguez-Reyna⁶, Alessandra Vacca⁷, Thomas A. Medsger Jr.⁸, Monique Hinchcliff⁹, Vivien Hsu¹⁰, David Fiorentino¹¹, Lorinda Chung¹² and the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group, and the ASIG rubric, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Rheumatology, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷University Hospital of Cagliari, Rheumatology Unit, Monserrato, Italy, ⁸Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Rheumatology, RWJ Med Schl Scleroderma Prog, New Brunswick, NJ, ¹¹Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ¹²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a debilitating complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc). We sought to determine the clinical factors associated with calcinosis in an international multi-center collaborative…
Abstract Number: 831 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mycophenolate Decreases the Frequency of Endoscopic Therapy for Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Tiffany Lin¹, James Bena², Shannon Morrison² and Soumya Chatterjee³, ¹Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ²Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is an increasingly recognized cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). These patients may require…
Abstract Number: 832 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Validity and Reliability of Online Obituaries As a Source of Mortality Data
Medha Soowamber¹, John T. Granton², Fatemeh Bavaghar-Zaeimi³ and Sindhu R. Johnson^4,5, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto/ Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, Univeristiy Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Toronto Scleroderma Program, Toronto Western Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Toronto Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Institue of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation,, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Loss to follow-up is a major threat to the conduct of chronic disease cohort research. Tracking the survival status of patients who are lost…
Abstract Number: 833 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Immunogenicity of Pneumococcal Vaccine in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Healthy Controls
Johanna Nagel¹, Tore Saxne², Pierre Geborek³, Lillemor Scattum⁴, Roger Hesselstrand⁵ and Meliha C. Kapetanovic³, ¹Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ²Dept of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Department of Laboratory Medicine, Section of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Studies investigating the immunogenicity of pneumococcal vaccine in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are scarce. We aim to investigate the impact of SSs disease and treatment…

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