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  • Abstract Number: 2692 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Transcriptomic Profiling of Kidney Biopsies Implicates Th17 and IL-17 in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

    Ivana Stojkic1, Arnon Arazi2, Huijuan Song3, Pearlly Yan4, Estela Puchulu-Campanella3, Hubao Wang3, Lynn Fussner3, Brad Rovin3, Samir Parikh5, Stacy Ardoin6, Daniel Koboldt7, James Fitch7 and Salem Almaani8, 1Nationwide, Columbus, OH, 2Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Melrose, MA, 3The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 4The Ohio State University, Columbus, 5Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 6Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 7Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbus, OH, 8The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH

    Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a severe autoimmune disease targeting small vessels, with significant kidney involvement. Despite current therapies, up to 28% of patients progress…
  • Abstract Number: 2687 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Therapeutic Choices in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease, a Survey of International Experts

    Michael Macklin1, Iazsmin Bauer Ventura1 and Dinesh Khanna2, 1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: The therapeutic options for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) have evolved rapidly, with recent guidelines released by the ACR and American Thoracic Society…
  • Abstract Number: 2477 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Quantifying Tissue Microstructural Changes in Scleroderma Skin Using a Novel, Point-of-care, High-frequency-ultrasound Instrument

    Kimberly Lakin1, Cameron Hoerig2, Jessica Gordon3, Elmira Ghahramani2, Mia Diaz1, Robert Spiera4, dana Orange5 and Jonathan Mamou2, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 3Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 4Scleroderma, Vasculitis, and Myositis Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 5Rockefeller University, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: A highly reproducible, quantitative method of measuring skin severity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) trials and patient care is needed. While conventional skin US, operating…
  • Abstract Number: 2613 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Vaccination Is Associated with Lower Risk of Parenchymal Lung Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis After COVID-19: Results from a Prospective Study

    Gregory McDermott1, Ritu Gill2, Suzanne Byrne3, Staci Gagne3, Emily Kowalski3, Xiaosong Wang4, Grace Qian4, Katarina Bade3, Kevin Mueller3, Alene Saavedra3, Kathleen Vanni4, Caleb Bolden5, Naomi Patel5, Krishan Guzzo3, Marcy Bolster5, Shruthi Srivatsan5, Pierre-Antoine Juge6, Tracy J Doyle7, Zachary Wallace8 and Jeffrey Sparks9, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, 2Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 5Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 6Departement of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Boston, MA, 7Brigham and Women's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA, 8Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, 9Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: RA is associated with several forms of parenchymal lung disease, including interstitial lung disease (ILD), bronchiectasis, and emphysema. Acute COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses…
  • Abstract Number: 2488 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Patient Characteristics and Treatment Patterns Before and After Initiation of Avacopan in the United States: An Early View Based on a Claims Database Analysis

    Sushmitha Inguva1, Pallavi Rane1, Darcy Trimpe1, Sam Oh1, Jasjit Multani2, Hsiu-Ching Chang2, Marie Yasuda2, Chi-Chang Chen2, Duvuru Geetha3, Peter Merkel4 and Zachary Wallace5, 1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, 2IQVIA, Wayne, PA, 3Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 4University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 5Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA

    Background/Purpose: The United States (US) Food and Drug Administration approved avacopan to treat adults with severe active granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis in October…
  • Abstract Number: PP03 • ACR Convergence 2024

    How Completing a Systematic Literature Review Improved How I Research My Own Rheumatoid Arthritis and Comorbidities

    Shelley Fritz, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Kalaheo, HI

    Background/Purpose: Twelve years ago, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Initially, I was hopeful that the first biologic DMARD would slow the disease and…
  • Abstract Number: PP07 • ACR Convergence 2024

    My Journey with Diffuse Scleroderma and Interstitial Lung Disease: A Pharmacist’s Perspective

    Joseph Washington, Cencora, Washington, DC

    Background/Purpose: Since my diagnosis with diffuse scleroderma and ILD, I have balanced the roles of patient and young pharmacist. A duality that has surely impacted…
  • Abstract Number: PP08 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Whispers of Resilience: Navigating Life with Rheumatism

    Vinchelle Hardison and Vinchelle Hardison, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

    Background/Purpose: “What’s wrong with me mom? Why am I always slow and hurting? Why can’t I play without being in pain like the other kids?”…
  • Abstract Number: 2672 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Prevention of the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis by a 1-year Course of Methotrexate in ACPA-negative Arthralgia Patients at Increased Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis: 4 Year Results of the TREAT EARLIER Trial

    Quirine Dumoulin1, Doortje Krijbolder2, Karen Visser3, Leroy Lard4 and Annette van der Helm-van Mil5, 1Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, 2Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, 3Haga Hospital The Hague, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4Haaglanden Medical Center The Hague, Leidschendam, Netherlands, 5LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Currently, prevention possibilities of developing ACPA-negative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are unknown. Studying this is challenging because many ACPA-negative at-risk individuals have low risk of…
  • Abstract Number: 2616 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Associations of Circulating Inflammatory Cytokines with Long COVID Among Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

    Jeffrey Sparks1, Xiaosong Wang2, Pui Lee3, Kailey Brodeur4, Miao Lin5, Naomi Patel5, Yumeko Kawano6, Abigail Schiff7, Andrew King5, Jennifer Hanberg6, Shruthi Srivatsan5, Emily Kowalski6, Colebrook Johnson5, Kathleen Vanni6, Zachary Williams5, Grace Qian2, Caleb Bolden5, Kevin Mueller6, Katarina Bade6, Alene Saavedra6, Rathnam Venkat8 and Zachary Wallace9, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, 2Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Boston Children's Hospital, Newton, MA, 4Boston Children's Hospital, Cumberland, RI, 5Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 6Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 7Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge, MA, 8Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 9Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA

    Background/Purpose: While the incidence of severe acute COVID-19 has decreased, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 characterized by prolonged symptoms, or ‘long COVID,’ is common and associated…
  • Abstract Number: 2627 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Development and Validation of a Novel Score System to Guide Diagnostic Procedures in Children with Concerns of Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis

    Rajdeep Pooni1, Sarah Menashe2, Melissa Oliver3, Anja Schnabel4, Eveline Wu5, Zhaoyi Wang6, Claire Yang7, Achille Marino8, Cassyanne Aguiar9, Johnathan Akikusa10, Ummusen Kaya Akca11, Beverly Almeida12, Simone Appenzeller13, Ozge Basaran14, Matthew Basiaga15, David Cabral16, Martina Capponi17, nathan Donaldson18, Bugra Egeli19, Emily Fox20, Antonella insalaco21, Ramesh Iyer22, Annette Jansson23, Inna Kostik24, Mikhail Kostik25, Leonard Kovalick26, Katia Kozu27, Sivia Lapidus28, Tzielan Lee29, Aleksander Lenert30, Kamran Mahmood31, Edoardo Marrani32, Doaa Mosa33, Alexander Mushkin34, Farzana Nuruzzaman35, Karen Onel36, Manuela Pardeo21, Trang Pham22, Lauren Potts37, Athimalaipet Ramanan38, Angelo Ravelli39, Nathan Rogers18, Ian Muse40, Micol Romano41, natalie Roseenwasser22, T. Shawn Sato42, Gabriele Simonini43, jennifer Soep18, Sara Stern44, Alexander Theos45, Lori Tucker46, Leslie Vogel2, Shima Yasin30, Katerina Bouchalova47, Alison Hendry48, Kevin Cain49, Hermann Girschick50, Fatma Dedeoglu19, Christian Hedrich51, Ronald Laxer52, Polly Ferguson30, Seza Ozen53 and Yongdong Zhao54, 1Stanford University, Berkeley, CA, 2Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 3Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianopolis, IN, 4Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany, 5University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 6University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Seattle, WA, 7Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, 8ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, 9Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 10Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 11Hacettepe University, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 12Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 13Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil, 14Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 15Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 16BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 17Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, 18University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 19Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 20Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 21IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, 22University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 23Dr. von Hauner Children´s Hospital, Munich, Germany, 24Sanatorium for children Detskie Dyuny, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 25Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 26The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 28Hackensack University Medical Center, Montclair, NJ, 29Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 30Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 31Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 32ERN ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital-IRCCS, Firenze, Italy, 33Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura City, Egypt, 34Science-Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 35Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 36HSS, New York, NY, 37Patient Research Partner, Long Beach, CA, 38Bristol Royal Hosp for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom, 39IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, 40Seattle Children's Research institute, Seattle, WA, 41Behcet and Autoinflammatory Disease Center, Western University, London, ON, Canada, 42University of Iowa, Iowa City, 43Meyer Children Hospital IRCCS; NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 44University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 45Patient/parent partner, Washington DC, DC, 46BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 47Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc and University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic,48Division of Medicine Middlemore Hospital Counties Manukau District Health, Auckland, New Zealand, 49University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 50Vivantes Clinic Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany, 51University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 52SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, 53Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 54Seattle Children's Research institute, Seattle, WA

    Background/Purpose: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is an autoinflammatory bone disease. The diagnosis of CNO is made by recognizing typical clinical and imaging presentation and excluding…
  • Abstract Number: 2521 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Clinicopathologic Associations Between Macrophage Location and Functional Profile in Giant Cell Arteritis

    Michael Putman1, Nader Khalidi2, Carol Langford3, Curry Koening4, Christian Pagnoux5, David Cuthbertson6, Carol McAlear7 and Peter Merkel7, and the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC), 1The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 3Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, 4University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, 5Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 6University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 7University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: Macrophages play a central role in the pathogenesis of giant cell arteritis (GCA), but few studies have correlated macrophage phenotype or topography from temporal…
  • 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…
  • Abstract Number: 2646 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Rare Variants in the IL1RAP Gene Implicate the IL-1 Signaling Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis in African and European Ancestries

    Yosuke Kunishita1, Urvashi Kaundal2, Martin Kerick3, Ryan Routsong4, Justin Lack4, Ami Shah5, Maureen Mayes6, Daniel Shriner7, Ayo P. Doumatey7, Amy Bentley7, Robyn Domsic8, Thomas Medsger, Jr9, Paula Ramos10, Richard Silver11, Virginia Steen12, John Varga13, Vivien Hsu14, Lesley Ann Saketkoo15, Dinesh Khanna13, Elena Schiopu16, Jessica Gordon17, Lindsey Criswell18, Heather Gladue19, Chris Derk20, Elana Bernstein21, S. Louis Bridges17, Victoria Shanmugam22, Lorinda Chung23, Suzanne Kafaja24, Reem Jan25, Marcin Trojanowski26, Avram Goldberg27, Benjamin Korman28, James W. Thomas29, Elaine Remmers30, Adebowale Adeyemo7, Charles Rotimi7, Fredrick Wigley31, Francesco Boin32, Javier Martin3, Daniel Kastner33 and Pravitt Gourh34, 1Scleroderma Genomics and Health Disparities Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2Scleroderma Genomics and Health Disparities Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Chevy Chase, MD, 3Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina ‘López-Neyra’, CSIC, PTS Granada, Spain, Granada, Spain, 4Integrated Data Sciences Section, Research Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 5Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, 6UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, 7Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 8Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 9Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Verona, PA, 10Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 11Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 12Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 13University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 14Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, 15New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Louisiana State University and Tulane University Medical Schools, New Orleans, LA, 16Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Martinez, GA, 17Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 18Genomics of Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, 19Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, 20Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 21Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 22Office of Autoimmune Disease Research, Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, Great Falls, VA, 23Stanford University, Woodside, CA, 24Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 25Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 26Department of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 27NYU Langone Health - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lake Success, NY, 28University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 29NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 30Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 31Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, MD, 32Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 33National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 34National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by systemic inflammation and fibrosis. Interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein (IL1RAP) is a co-receptor for the Interleukin-1…
  • Abstract Number: 2529 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Improving Outcomes and Narrowing Disparities in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): A Division-Wide, Equity-Focused Quality Improvement Project

    Dori Abel1, Kirsten Spichiger2, Megan Roman2, William Baar2, Claire O'Malley2, Jay Mehta1, Terri Al'Hadi2, Kerry Ferraro3, Denique Butler2, Asia Wilson-Sanders2, Catherine Lewis2, Danielle Dodson4 and Jon Burnham1, 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 3JIA parent and CHOP volunteer, Lower Gwynedd, PA, 4The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia

    Background/Purpose: Although new therapeutics and treat-to-target interventions have improved JIA care, pronounced racial and ethnic outcome disparities persist. At our center, the mean population-level clinical Juvenile…
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