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Abstract Number: 1373 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Effect of Methotrexate on Lipid and Apolipoprotein Levels in RA Goes Hand-in-hand with EULAR Response
Varun Dhir¹, Chandra Bhushan Prasad², Siddharth Jain³, shankar naidu⁴, Aman Sharma⁵, Shefali Sharma⁶, Indu Verma⁷ and sanjay jain⁸, ¹PGIMER, CHD, INDIA, CHANDIGARH, India, ²Healthway Hospital, Goa, India, Zuarinagar, Goa, India, ³All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, Delhi, India, ⁴PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, India, ⁵PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ⁶Government, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ⁷PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, ⁸PGIMER, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate improves cardiovascular risk in autoimmune inflammatory diseases like RA, and has been shown to suppress inflammation and increase lipid levels. However, it is…
Abstract Number: 1416 • ACR Convergence 2024
Ultrasound (US)-guided Core-needle Biopsy (CNB) of the Non-swollen Parotid Gland: A Feasible and Well-tolerated Technique for Diagnosing and Stratifying Sjögren’s Disease (SjD)
Helena Achten¹, Eva Genbrugge², David Creytens², Amber Vanhaecke³, Kristel De Boeck², Dirk Elewaut⁴ and Isabelle Peene², ¹Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, ²Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ³Ghent University, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, ⁴Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Histopathology remains a cornerstone in the diagnostic workup of Sjögren’s disease (SjD). Ultrasound (US)-guided core needle biopsy (CNB) of the parotid gland has emerged…
Abstract Number: 1408 • ACR Convergence 2024
Color Doppler Ultrasound Is a Reliable Method for Imaging the Lacrimal Glands in Patients with Suspected Sjögren’s Disease
Ting Yang¹, Neils Sluijpers¹, Jolien van Nimwegen¹, Alja Stel¹, Adriaan Coumou¹, Frans Kroese², Hendrika Bootsma³, Konstantina Delli¹ and Sarah Pringle², ¹UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: As a widely available, non-invasive and repeatable technique, ultrasound has already been used for the examination of irregularities of the major salivary glands. However,…
Abstract Number: 1429 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of Bone Erosion and Microarchitecture with Disease Activity and Damage in Sjögren’s Disease
Andre Franco¹, Igor Murai², Thomas Yang², Valeria Caparbo³, Virginia Bonoldi², Diogo Domiciano¹, Lissiane Guedes², Sandra Pasoto¹, Camille Figueiredo³ and Rosa M R Pereira³, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina da USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR., São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune condition characterized by sicca syndrome and inflammatory arthralgia, more common in women. Bone involvement can result…
Abstract Number: 1433 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of Contextual Factors with Sonographic Inflammatory and Structural Phenotypes in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Andre Lucas Ribeiro¹, Sydney Thib², Kangping Cui³, Sahil Koppikar⁴ and Lihi Eder⁵, ¹Women's College Hospital & University of Toronto, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ²Women's College Research Institute, Toronto, Canada, ³Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Gravenhurst, ON, Canada, ⁴Women's College Hospital & University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital and Department of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is a valuable tool for enhancing disease activity assessment in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) by providing detailed visualization of both inflammatory and structural…
Abstract Number: 1415 • ACR Convergence 2024
Metformin Improves Salivary Gland Infiltration and Objective Measures of Dry Eyes in Sjögren’s Disease: A Retrospective Observational Study
Astrid Rasmussen¹, Alan Baer², Thomas Grader-Beck³, Margaret Beach⁴, Blake M. Warner⁵, Christopher Lessard¹, A. Darise Farris¹ and Robert Hal Scofield¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁴NIH/NIDCR, Arlington, VA, ⁵National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Metformin (Met) is a widely used, first-line antidiabetic drug with AMPK-dependent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. In in vitro studies and human trials in SLE…
Abstract Number: 1440 • ACR Convergence 2024
Significant Indicators Identified for Carotid Doppler Ultrasound Use in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients Without Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Brona Dinneen¹ and Finbar O'Shea², ¹St James's Hospital,, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²St James's Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The EULAR cardiovascular screening recommendations advocate for the use of carotid dopplers in patients with inflammatory joint diseases to detect subclinical atherosclerosis. Despite these…
Abstract Number: 1452 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessing Responsiveness of Outcome Measures for Children with Axial Juvenile Spondyloarthritis (JSpA)
Timothy Brandon¹, Rui Xiao², Cassandra Muir¹, Matthew Stoll³, Daniel Lovell⁴, Edward Oberle⁵, Nancy Chauvin⁶, Michael Francavilla⁷, Walter Maksymowych⁸ and Pamela Weiss⁹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁶The Imaging Institute @ The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Department of Radiology, Whiddon College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, ⁸University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Trials for patients with juvenile spondyloarthritis (JSpA) and axial disease are scarce. We assessed the responsiveness of measures for use in trials of patients…
Abstract Number: 1343 • ACR Convergence 2024
Heightened Gout Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A National Cohort Study
Seonyoung Kang¹, Yeonghee Eun², Kyungdo Han³, Jinhyung Jung⁴, Seulkee Lee⁵, Hoon-Suk Cha⁶, Hyungjin Kim⁷, Jaejoon Lee⁵ and Dong Wook Shin⁸, ¹Samsung Medical Center, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea, ²Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Department of Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁷Department of Medical Humanities, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁸Department of Family Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul
Background/Purpose: Although gout is a prevalent disease, the coexistence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and gout has been considered unusual. Only several case reports describing the…
Abstract Number: 1437 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impact of Early Diagnosis in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis on Arterial Stiffness Progression
Sze-Lok Lau¹, Huan Meng², Isaac Cheng¹, Bryan PY Yan¹, Alex PW Lee¹, Ho So¹ and Lai-shan Tam³, ¹The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²The Faculty of Medicine, CUHK, Hong Kong, China (People's Republic), ³The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: In patients with axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA), we have reported that higher inflammatory burden as reflected by a longer disease duration, delay in diagnosis and…
Abstract Number: 1442 • ACR Convergence 2024
Relationship Between Degenerative Lesions over Time in Axial Spondyloarthritis: 10-year Follow-up of the DESIR Cohort
Laura Pina Vegas¹, Floris van Gaalen², Miranda van Lunteren³, Damien Loeuille⁴, Caroline Morizot⁵, Esther Newsum⁶, Pascal Claudepierre⁷, Alain SARAUX⁸, Antoine Feydy⁹, Monique Reijnierse¹, Desiree van der Heijde¹⁰ and Sofia Ramiro¹¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁴Phd, Nancy Vandoeuvre, Lorraine, France, ⁵Nancy University hospital, Nancy, France, ⁶Nij Smellinghe, Drachten, Netherlands, ⁷CHU Henri Mondor, AP-HP/EpiDermE, UPEC, Créteil, France, ⁸CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁹CHU Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ¹¹Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Spinal degenerative lesions (DLs) are commonly seen/reported in radiographs and MRI in axSpA. However, the relationship between the different DLs over time has not…
Abstract Number: 1431 • ACR Convergence 2024
Computational Systems Biology Approach to Unveil Molecular Interactions in Sjogren’s Disease Pathogenesis
Sacha E Silva Saffar¹, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg², Michele Bombardieri³, Divi Cornec⁴, Jacques-Olivier Pers⁴, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁵, Philippe Moigeon⁶, Michael Barnes⁷, Sandra Ng⁸, Wan Fai Ng⁹, Xavier Mariette¹⁰, Gaetane Nocturne¹⁰ and Anna Niaraki¹¹, ¹University Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Strasbourg University Hospital,, Strasbourg, France, ³Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Brest, Brest, France, ⁵Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, ⁶Servier Laboratories, France, Gif sur Yvette, France, ⁷William Harvey Research institute, Centre for Translational Bioinformatics, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Centre for Translational Bioinformatics, William Harvey Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Newcastle University, & HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ¹¹University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) presents an unmet medical challenge as there is currently no cure. Despite advances in understanding the immunopathogenesis of SjD, there is…
Abstract Number: 1354 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Association of Genetic Variation in PTPN22 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity
Thomas Riley¹, Austin Wheeler², Bryant England², grant Cannon³, Sauer brian⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Katherine Wysham⁶, Beth Wallace⁷, Rachel Elam⁸, Paul Monach⁹, Andreas Reimold¹⁰, Gail Kerr¹¹, Isaac Smith¹², John Richards¹³, Iris Lee¹⁴, Rui Xiao¹⁵, Scott Damrauer¹⁵, Michael George¹⁵, Ted Mikuls² and Joshua Baker¹⁵, ¹Hopsital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁷Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Augusta University, Evans, GA, ⁹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹²Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ¹³Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁴Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ¹⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: PTPN22 R620W is a common genetic variation that is a known risk factor for the development of autoimmune disease, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This…
Abstract Number: 1443 • ACR Convergence 2024
Natural Course of Degenerative Lesions of the Spine on Radiographs and MRI in Axial SpondyloarthritisFollowed 10 Years in the DESIR Cohort
Laura PINA VEGAS¹, Miranda van Lunteren², Damien Loeuille³, Caroline Morizot⁴, Esther Newsum⁵, Sofia Ramiro⁶, Floris van Gaalen⁷, Alain SARAUX⁸, Pascal Claudepierre⁹, Antoine Feydy¹⁰, Desiree van der Heijde¹¹ and Monique Reijnierse¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ³Phd, Nancy Vandoeuvre, Lorraine, France, ⁴Nancy University hospital, Nancy, France, ⁵Nij Smellinghe, Drachten, Netherlands, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ⁷LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁸CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁹CHU Henri Mondor, AP-HP/EpiDermE, UPEC, Créteil, France, ¹⁰CHU Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Radiographs and MRI are the two imaging techniques often used to assess structural lesions in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). A high prevalence of degenerative lesions…
Abstract Number: 1439 • ACR Convergence 2024
Risk of Hip and Spine Fractures in Axial Spondyloarthritis Is Associated with Treatment Class
Devin Driscoll¹, Navya George², S. Reza Jafarzadeh³, Christine Peloquin³, Jean Liew³ and Maureen Dubreuil⁴, ¹Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Boston University Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program, Boston, MA, ³Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Individuals with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have a risk of fracture that is nearly double that of the general population, possibly related to chronic inflammation.…

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