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Abstract Number: 2685 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Gastrointestinal Bacterial Species and Radiological Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD): A Multicenter Study from the SSc Microbiome Consortium Project
Arissa Young¹, Kristofer Andreasson², Swapna Joshi³, Jen Labus³, Andrea Low Hsiu Ling⁴, vanessa smith⁵, Zsuzsanna McMahan⁶, Antonia Valenzuela Vergara⁷, Susanna Proudman⁸, Grace Kim³, Gracijela Bozovic², Jonathan Goldin³, Ezinne Aja³, Jonathan Jacobs³ and Elizabeth Volkmann⁹, ¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³UCLA, Los Angeles, ⁴3Singapore General Hospital, Duke-NUS, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁶UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁷Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ⁸Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁹University of California, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Variations in gastrointestinal (GI) microbial communities may influence the development of lung diseases. Patients with SSc-ILD have a unique intestinal microbial signature. To further…
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: 2679 • ACR Convergence 2024
Predictors of Fracture in SLE: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Kristen Chao¹, Andrea Fava², Daniel Goldman³, Laurence Magder⁴ and Michelle Petri³, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁴University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Fractures are one of the most common damage items in the SLICC/ACR Damage Index. Although commonly attributed to corticosteroid use, the complexity of ways…
Abstract Number: 2686 • ACR Convergence 2024
Dose Escalation Safety Study of Brentuximab Vedotin for Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis:Clinical Results and Mechanistic Analysis of Skin and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
David Fox¹, Laura Cooney², Lia Stelzig³, Robert Lafyatis⁴, Johann Gudjonsson⁵, Lam Tsoi⁶, Maureen Mayes⁷, Ankoor Shah⁸, Suzanne Kafaja⁹, William Barry³, Ellen Goldmuntz¹⁰, Dawn Smilek¹¹ and Dinesh Khanna⁶, ¹University of Michigan, Dexter, MI, ²University of Michigan and Immune Tolerance Network, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Rho, Durham, NC, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁸Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, MD, ¹¹Immune Tolerance Network, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Brentuximab vedotin (ADCETRIS®) is a drug antibody conjugate targeting CD30 approved for treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) and other hematologic malignancies. Association of CD30…
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: PP09 • ACR Convergence 2024
Finding the Balance: Regaining My Strength While Living with Sjögren’s & POTS
Robert Fearon, Sjögren's Foundation, Reston, VA
Background/Purpose: Like many suffering from autoimmune diseases, my diagnosis was not straightforward and took nearly 13 years to get answers. I first started experiencing an…
Abstract Number: 2677 • ACR Convergence 2024
N-Acetylcysteine Blocks the Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin in Pro-Inflammatory Effector-Memory CD4 and CD8 T Cells Re-Expressing CD45RA in Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Joy Park¹, Lanlan Ji¹, Jorge Cabezas¹, Xiaojing Wang², Bryan Blaker¹, Dilip Rao¹, Aparna Godavarthy¹, Lucero Blaker¹, FNU Ruchi¹, Ioana Coman¹, Nancy Olsen³, Joshua Lewis², Mariko Ishimori⁴, Kyriakos Kirou⁵, Christina Donath¹, Sara Kahlown⁶, Damira Sereda¹, Marlene Marte Furment¹, Sandy Nasr⁷, Sravani Lokineni¹, rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁸, Michael Weisman⁹, Arthur Weinstein¹⁰, Cynthia Aranow¹¹, Banki Katalin¹², Michael McDermott¹³, Daniel Wallace¹⁴ and Andras Perl¹, ¹SUNY, Syracuse, NY, ²SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³Penn State University/Milton S Hershey, Hershey, PA, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, Syracuse, NY, ⁷SUNY Upstate University Hospital, syracuse, NY, ⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁹Stanford University, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Georgetown University, Pasadena, CA, ¹¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, New York, NY, ¹²SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Syracuse, NY, ¹³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ¹⁴Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology with significant mortality attributed to infections due to toxicity of immunosuppressant medications. Our…
Abstract Number: 2689 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characterization of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Function in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Lynn Fussner¹, Ivan Bilic², Carol McAlear³, David Cuthbertson⁴, Jie Cheng⁵, Elise Chen⁵, Markus Weiller², Ulrich Specks⁶ and Peter Merkel³, and for the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, ¹The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Vienna, Austria, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, ⁶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Two separate genome-wide association studies demonstrated that polymorphisms in SERPINA1, encoding serine protease inhibitor alpha-1 antitrypsin (A1AT), are associated with increased risk of developing…
Abstract Number: PP04 • ACR Convergence 2024
Involving Pediatric Patients in Their Own Care
Whitney LaBar, Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Pleasanton, CA
Background/Purpose: When I was 14, I was diagnosed with thrombocytopenia, which led to more testing and a diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). As a…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2024
Walking Away from Arthritis Pain: Exercise Helped Me Manage Sarcoidosis and Osteoarthritis Physically and Emotionally
Bridget Kelly, Hospital for Special Surgery, Rockville Centre, NY
Background/Purpose: In 2004, we moved to a new home with 2 small children, when I started experiencing terrible joint pain. For 2 years I was…
Abstract Number: 2694 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations Between Immune Checkpoint Molecules and Nasal Microbiome in ANCA-associated Vasculitis
Yoichi Nakayama¹, Mirei Shirakashi², Erika Furukawa³, Chikako Endo⁴, Tsuneo Sasai⁵, Yuya Tabuchi⁴, Ryosuke Hiwa⁵, Hideaki Tsuji⁵, Koji Kitagori⁶, Shuji Akizuki⁷, Ran Nakashima⁵, Kosaku Murakami³, Hajime Yoshifuji⁵ and Akio Morinobu⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirakata-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁶Occupational Welfare Division, Agency for Health, Safety and Environment, Kyoto University,, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto City, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan., Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Among patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), several exhibit sinonasal involvement, especially in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). A recent…
Abstract Number: PP15 • ACR Convergence 2024
Breathing Mindfully and How to Control Anxiety in Lupus Patients
Amanda Greene, Lupus Research Alliance, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: For over four decades, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus has impacted my Quality of Life.. I was diagnosed in 1983- my entire life was changed. I…
Abstract Number: PP12 • ACR Convergence 2024
Healing Together: The Role of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) -Only Chronic Illness Spaces in Comprehensive Care
Sarah Shaw and JP Summers, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: As someone from the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community living with rheumatic conditions, I have experienced firsthand many challenges that people…
Abstract Number: 2684 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessment of Skin in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Using High Frequency Ultrasound : A Comparative Study with Histology and Clinical Parameters of Skin Disease
Ruhani Desai¹, Filemon Tan², Minghua Wu³, Jefferey Browning⁴, Samuel Theodore³, Meng Zhang³, Brian Skaug³, Maureen Mayes³ and Shervin Assassi³, ¹UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, DeLand, FL, ²University of Texas at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁴Boston Univeristy, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The extent of skin involvement and its rate of progression can provide prognostic information for systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related morbidity and mortality. Moreover, skin assessment…
Abstract Number: PP02 • ACR Convergence 2024
Living Well with a Rare Rheumatic Disease – Becoming a “Precision” Patient on the Horizon of Precision Medicine
Ida Hakkarinen, self, Greenbelt, MD
Background/Purpose: My journey with a rare, chronic, relapsing rheumatic disease began in November 2010 with a variety of seemingly unrelated symptoms: migrating joint pain, night…

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