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Abstract Number: 2665 • ACR Convergence 2024
Autoantibody Titers Against Specific Epitope Peptides Predict Treatment Resistance in Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Anti-MDA5 Dermatomyositis
Tsuneo Sasai¹, Ran Nakashima¹, Atsubumi Ogawa², Motohiro Nonaka², Norimichi Nomura², Yasuhiro Nohda², Mirei Shirakashi³, Ryosuke Hiwa², Hideaki Tsuji¹, Shuji Akizuki⁴, Hajime Yoshifuji¹, Tsuneyo Mimori⁵ and Akio Morinobu⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ²Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto City, Japan, ⁵Takeda Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan., Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5)-positive dermatomyositis (DM) is frequently associated with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD), leading to poor prognosis. Initial combinational therapy…
Abstract Number: 2569 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Novel Hyperferritinemia Screen to Aid Differentiation of Hyperinflammatory Disorders
Hallie Carol¹, Adam Mayer², Jemy Varghese³, Zachary Martinez⁴, Caroline Diorio⁴, Paul Tsoukas⁵, Kate Kernan⁶ and Scott Canna⁷, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Division of Pediatric Oncology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: High ferritin is an important and sensitive biomarker for the diverse and deadly group of cytokine storm syndromes grouped together under the term hemophagocytic…
Abstract Number: 2633 • ACR Convergence 2024
Multicenter Validation of a Machine Learning Foundation Model to Diagnose Sjögren’s Disease and Identify Histological Biomarkers for Disease Stratification
Julien Duquesne¹, Charlotte Claye¹, Louis Basseto¹, Michael Barnes², Elena Pontarini³, Amaya Syed², Michele Bombardieri⁴, Benjamin A. Fisher⁵, SABA NAYAR⁵, Andreas Goules⁶, Athanasios Tzioufas⁷, Loukas chatzis⁸, Wan Fai Ng⁹, Bec Scane¹⁰, Matilde Bandeira¹¹, Vasco C. Romão¹², Thierry Lazure¹³, Clovis Adam¹⁴, Xavier Mariette¹⁵, Samuel Bitoun¹⁶ and Vincent Bouget¹⁷, and NECESSITY Consortium, ¹Scienta Lab, Paris, France, ²William Harvey Research institute, Centre for Translational Bioinformatics, London, United Kingdom, ³William Harvey Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶GENERAL HOSPITAL LAIKO ATHENS, Athens, Greece, ⁷LAIKO HOSPITAL, Athens, Greece, ⁸Pathophysiology Department, Athens School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Cholargos Athens, Greece, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Newcastle University, & HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Newcastle University, Athens, Greece, ¹¹Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹²Rheumatology Department, ULS Santa Maria & Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto Medicina Molecular, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹³APHP. Université Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, Paris, France, ¹⁴APHP. Université Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Laboratoire de neuropathologie, Paris, France, ¹⁵Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ¹⁶Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France, ¹⁷Scienta Lab, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s Disease (SjD) classification relies on the EULAR/ACR 2016 criteria: i) quantifying lymphocyte infiltration in labial salivary gland (LSG) biopsies, ii) autoantibody status and…
Abstract Number: 2651 • ACR Convergence 2024
Vasculitis Associated with VEXAS Syndrome
Megan Sullivan¹, Kambiz Kalantari², Carolyn Mead-Harvey³, Yael Kusne⁴, Mrinal Patnaik², Abhishek Mangaonkar², Ronald Go², Daniel Montes², Kaaren Reichard², Horatiu Olteanu², Melanie Bois², Alexander Hines², Julio Sartori-Valinotti⁵, Kenneth Warrington² and Matthew Koster², ¹Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rohester, MN
Background/Purpose: VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a recently defined clinical entity that causes hematologic and autoinflammatory symptoms. Since its initial description…
Abstract Number: 2623 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cardiovascular Health Is Suboptimal in Most Patients with Juvenile-Onset Lupus and Dermatomyositis: Baseline Visit Findings from the Lupus Erythematous and Dermatomyositis Stress and Cardiovascular Health Cohort Study
Kaveh Ardalan¹, Angel Davalos², Hwanhee Hong², Bryce Reeve², Christoph Hornik², M. Athony Moody², Donald Lloyd-Jones³, Eveline Wu⁴, Audrey Ward¹, Rebecca Sadun⁵, Jeff Dvergsten⁶, Ann Reed², Mark Connelly⁷ and Laura Schanberg⁸, ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, ⁴University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶Duke University Hospital, Hillsborough, NC, ⁷Children’s Mercy Kansas City/University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, ⁸Duke University Medical Center, DURHAM, NC
Background/Purpose: Juvenile lupus (JSLE) and dermatomyositis (JDM) are associated with premature cardiovascular disease (CVD). The American Heart Association (AHA) cardiovascular health (CVH) score is the…
Abstract Number: 2670 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sera from Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Induces Muscle Weakness, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Induction of Cytokines in Isolated Skeletal Muscle
Cecilia Leijding¹, Suchada Kaewin², Kristofer Andreasson¹, Tomas Schiffer¹, Angeles Galindo-Feria³, Begum Horuluoglu¹, Mattias Carlstrom¹, Stefano Gastaldello¹, Helene Alexanderson⁴, Ingrid Lundberg⁵ and Daniel Andersson⁶, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, ³Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of systemic autoimmune inflammatory muscle disorders characterized by symmetrical skeletal muscle weakness and accelerated fatigue. Although signs…
Abstract Number: 2654 • ACR Convergence 2024
Adapting and Testing a Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention Tailored for People with Systemic Sclerosis: Acceptability, Feasibility, & Impact on Health-related Outcomes
Yen Chen¹, Mary Alore², Dinesh Khanna¹ and Susan Murphy³, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Self-employed, TROY, MI, ³University of Michigan, Plymouth, MI
Background/Purpose: Cognitive dysfunction affects up to 87% of individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc), often significantly impairing their work and daily activities and exacerbating other symptoms…
Abstract Number: 2690 • ACR Convergence 2024
ANCA IgG Promotion of Neutrophil Recruitment, Migration and Vascular Damage in ANCA Associated Vasculitis May Be Enhanced by Hypoxia
Noelle Pisacano, Amrita Dhutia, Stephen Rothery, Charles Pusey, Edwin Chilvers, Andrew Cowburn, Katharine Lodge and Maria Prendecki, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are main mediators of disease in ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV). Pathogenic ANCA IgG on neutrophils promotes neutrophil adhesion and migration at the endothelium.…
Abstract Number: 2580 • ACR Convergence 2024
Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Ianalumab (VAY736) for up to 68 Weeks in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from Phase 2 Study
Eduardo Mysler¹, Stanislav Ignatenko², Alexander Gordienko³, Josefina Cortés-Hernández⁴, Nancy Agmon-Levin⁵, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin⁶, Katarzyna Romanowska-Prochnicka⁷, Nan Shen⁸, Hana Ciferská⁹, Masanari Kodera¹⁰, James Cheng-Chung Wei¹¹, Piotr Leszczynski¹², Joung Liang Lan¹³, Rafał Wojciechowski¹⁴, Tunde Tarr¹⁵, Elena Vishneva¹⁶, Yi-Hsing Chen¹⁷, Yuko Kaneko¹⁸, Stephanie Finzel¹⁹, Alberta Hoi²⁰, Masato Okada²¹, Ajchara Koolvisoot²², Shin-Seok Lee²³, Lie Dai²⁴, Hiroshi Kaneko²⁵, Bernadette Rojkovich²⁶, Lingyun Sun²⁷, Eugeny Zotkin²⁸, Jean-François Viallard²⁹, Berta Paula Magallares³⁰, Tirtha Sengupta³¹, Carole Sips³², Carole Lau³³, Alexandre Avrameas³² and Stephen J Oliver³⁴, ¹Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, AR, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Charité Research Organisation, GmbH, Berlin, DE, Berlin, Germany, ³SM Kirov Military Medical Academy, St Petersburg, RU, St Petersburg, Russia, ⁴Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebrón Hospitals, Barcelona, ES, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Center for Autoimmune Disease, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IL, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁶Rheumatic Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, Bangkok, TH, Bankok, Thailand, ⁷Department of Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, PL, Warsaw, Poland, ⁸Shanghai Institute of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jaiotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, CN, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁹Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, CZ, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹⁰Department of Dermatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, JP, Nagoya, Japan, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, TW, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China), ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medicine Sciences, Poznan, PL, Poznan, Poland, ¹³Rheumatology and Immunology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, TW, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China), ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology and Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, University Hospital No. 2, Bydgoszcz, PL, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ¹⁵Division of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, HU, Debrecen, Hungary, ¹⁶LLC Family Clinic, Yekaterinburg, RU, Yekaterinburg, Russia, ¹⁷Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, TW, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China), ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JP, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, DE, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, ²⁰Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, AU, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ²¹Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, JP, Tokyo, Japan, ²²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, TH, Bangkok, Thailand, ²³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, KR, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, CN, Guangzhou, China (People's Republic), ²⁵Division of Rheumatic Disease, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, JP, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁶Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HU, Budapest, Hungary, ²⁷Dept of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing Univ Medical School, Nanjing, CN, Nanjing, China (People's Republic), ²⁸V A Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, RU, Moscow, Russia, ²⁹CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, FR, Bordeaux, France, ³⁰Dept of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, ES, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Novartis Pharma India, Hyderabad, IN, Hyderabad, India, ³²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, CH, Basel, Switzerland, ³³Novartis Pharma, East Hanover, NJ, USA, East Hanover, ³⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Ianalumab (VAY736) is an afucosylated, fully human IgG1 monoclonal antibody with a dual mechanism of action of enhanced B-cell depletion through antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity…
Abstract Number: 2688 • ACR Convergence 2024
HLA-DRB4: A Novel Susceptibility Locus in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Severe Calcinosis
Sara Faghihi-Kashani¹, srijana davluri², Kamini Kuchinad³, Zuoming deng⁴, Faiza Naz⁴, Stefania Dell'Orso⁴, Zsuzsanna McMahan⁵, Laura Hummers⁶, Daniel Kastner⁷, Fredrick Wigley³, david fiorentino⁸, Christian Lood⁹, Ami Shah¹⁰, Lorinda Chung¹¹ and Pravitt Gourh⁴, ¹Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, San Francisco, CA, ²Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, ³Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁵UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Ellicott City, MD, ⁷National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ¹¹Stanford University, Woodside, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disease. Class II HLA alleles have been reported to play an important role in SSc pathogenesis. Calcinosis, deposition of…
Abstract Number: 2682 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Forgotten Costs of SLE: Estimating Indirect Costs in a National SLE Cohort
Ann E. Clarke¹, Yvan St-Pierre², Megan Barber¹, Sasha Bernatsky³, Evelyne Vinet⁴, Christian Pineau⁵, Murray Urowitz⁶, Dafna Gladman⁷, Christine Peschken⁸, John Hanly⁹, Alexandra Legge¹⁰ and Paul Fortin¹¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Self employed, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁰Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹¹Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Economic analyses of SLE often include only direct healthcare costs. Indirect costs, particularly those attributable to lost productivity in unpaid labour, are often overlooked,…
Abstract Number: 2645 • ACR Convergence 2024
Human NCF1-p.R90H Variant Promotes Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Bleomycin-induced Mouse Model and Systemic Sclerosis Patients via Expansion of SPP1+Monocytes-derived Macrophages
Xinran Yuan¹, Xiaodong Qin², Kenji Takemoto¹, Jian Zhao¹, Matthew Sanderson¹, Xue Xu¹, Kristi L Helke³, Bethany Wolf⁴, Joel Guthridge⁵, Judith A James⁶, Xiaodong Zhou⁷, Shervin Assassi⁸, Carol Feghali-Bostwick⁴, Dandan Wang⁹, Lingyun Sun¹⁰ and Betty P Tsao¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Comparative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁸UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical Schoo, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: We previously identified a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) causal risk variant, p.Arg90His (p.R90H, rs201802880) substitution encoded in neutrophil cytosolic factor 1 (NCF1), an essential component…
Abstract Number: PP06 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sweat It Out: How the Sauna Has Helped Me Cope with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Eileen Davidson, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Since receiving my rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis in 2015, I have found that one of my top five strategies to manage my symptoms is spending…
Abstract Number: 2463 • ACR Convergence 2024
Interstitial Lung Disease in Very Early Systemic Sclerosis – a Clinical and Radiological Characterization
Sinziana Muraru¹, Christian Blüthgen², Cosimo Bruni¹, Carina Mihai¹, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold³, Muriel Elhai⁴, Mike Becker⁵, Thomas Frauenfelder⁶, Oliver Distler⁷ and Rucsandra Dobrota¹, ¹University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁶University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) occurs in about 50% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence…
Abstract Number: PP05 • ACR Convergence 2024
Reunion with Forgotten Relationships and Memories
Noriko Okochi¹, Eiji Oishi², Kaoru Mitsuyama³, Emi Sorimachi³, Shiho Bando⁴, Yuka Hirama⁵, Nobuyuki Yajima⁶ and Masaaki Mori⁷, ¹Rheumatic Disease and Vasculitis Support Network Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ²Rheumatic Disease and Vasculitis Support Network Japan, Yamaguchi, Japan, ³Institute of Neuropsychiatry, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Ota-ku Children and Families Support Center, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Asada Ladies Clinic, Shinagawa, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Showa-Universtiy of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Paediatric rheumatic diseases are complex experiences for children. For children whose language skills are still undeveloped, it is difficult for them to put their…

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