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Abstract Number: 0954 • ACR Convergence 2023
Non-canonical WNTA Promotes Cytoskeletal Rearrangement and Integrin Alpha V Clustering via JNK and ROCK to Control the Activation of Latent TGFβ
Thuong Trinh-Minh¹, Chih-Wei Chen², Cuong Tran Manh¹, yi-nan Li¹, Honglin Zhu³, Debomita Chakraborty⁴, Yun Zhang¹, Simon Rauber⁵, Clara Dees⁵, Christina Bergmann⁶, Alexander Kreuter⁷, Christiane Reuter⁸, Florian Groeber-Becker⁸, Beate Eckes⁹, Oliver Distler¹⁰, Andreas Ramming¹¹, Georg Schett¹² and Joerg Distler¹, ¹Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ³3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 5 Department of Rheumatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, ⁴3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department Internal Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Clinic for Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, HELIOS St. Elisabeth Clinic, Oberhausen, Germany, ⁸Translational Center for Regenerative Therapies, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC) Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁹Translational Matrix Biology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. 9 Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disorder with vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis of the skin and organs. Fibrosis is caused by the abnormal…
Abstract Number: 0933 • ACR Convergence 2023
The ‘Sweet’ in Lupus – IgG Glycosylation in Lupus Nephritis
Rhea Bhargava¹, Rohit Upadhyay², Scott Wenderfer³, Jing Chen² and George Tsokos⁴, ¹Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, ²Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ³University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) occurs in 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) for which we lack biomarkers, and an understanding of its pathogenesis.…
Abstract Number: 0976 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sarcopenia and All-Cause Mortality in US Adults with and Without Rheumatoid Arthritis
Qiping Xu and Xuanling Du, Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, MN
Background/Purpose: Sarcopenia, which refers to the loss of muscle strength and mass, has been linked to adverse health outcomes. Although several systemic reviews have reported…
Abstract Number: 0759 • ACR Convergence 2023
Derivation and Validation of Four Patient Clusters in Still’s Disease, Results from GIRRCS AOSD-study Group and AIDA Network Still Disease Registry
Piero Ruscitti¹, Antonio Vitale², Ilenia Di Cola¹, Roberto giacomelli³ and Luca Cantarini⁴, ¹University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ²University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ³University of Rome Campus Biomedico, Rome, Italy, ⁴Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Unit, University of Siena and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Senese [European Reference Network (ERN) for Rare Immunodeficiency, Autoinflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases (RITA) Center], Siena, Italy
Background/Purpose: Still's disease is a rare inflammatory disorder, these patients have a highly heterogeneous disease according to age of onset, clinical presentation, presence of life-threatening…
Abstract Number: 0885 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mice Fed a Well-formulated Ketogenic Diet After OA Induction Develop Worse OA Outcomes and Increased Pain Sensitivity
Montana Barrett¹, Gabby Dyson², Meeshal Khan³, Nicholas Hanebutt², Cindy Miranda², Leoni Schlupp², Emmaline Holmlund² and Matlock Jeffries², ¹Oklahoma State University, Guthrie, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: A ketogenic diet (KD) has beneficial effects in preclinical models of a variety of systemic autoimmune diseases. In this study, we set out to…
Abstract Number: 0922 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Multi-Omic Landscape of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Highlights Metabolic and Immune Pathways Associated with Distinctive Clinical Profiles
Tomás Cerdó¹, Carlos Perez-Sanchez², Laurel Woodridge³, Mª Angeles Aguirre⁴, Rafaela Ortega Castro⁵, Ismael Sánchez-Pareja⁶, Laura Muñoz-Barrera¹, Pedro Segui¹, Christian Merlo⁶, Pedro Ortiz Buitrago⁷, Desiree Ruiz Vilchez⁸, Maria del Carmen Abalos-Aguilera⁸, Pilar Font Ugalde¹, Nuria Barbarroja⁹, Alejandro Escudero¹⁰, Elizabeth Jury³ and Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹¹, ¹IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC, Córdoba, Spain, ³Centre for Rheumatology Research, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Reina Sofía University Hospital/ Rheumatology Department, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Rheumatology, Córdoba, Spain, ⁷IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain, ⁹University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ¹⁰SAS, Córdoba, Spain, ¹¹IMIBIC - Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) poses a significant challenge at the diagnostic and treatment levels due to its severe multisystem nature and notable heterogeneity in…
Abstract Number: 0979 • ACR Convergence 2023
Use and Discontinuation of Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors Among Pregnant Women with Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
Leah K. Flatman¹, Sasha Bernatsky², Isabelle Malhamé³, Yvan St. Pierre², Olga Basso¹, Anick Bérard⁴ and Evelyne Vinet⁵, ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Early consensus statements recommended discontinuing tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) during pregnancy. Despite new guidelines recommending against this, the choice to stop TNFi pre-conception…
Abstract Number: 0980 • ACR Convergence 2023
Temporal Trends in Incidence Rates of Seropositive and Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Danish Nationwide Population-based Study
Bolette Soussi¹, René Cordtz², Kirsten Duch², Salome Kristensen³, Asta Linauskas⁴, Christian Bork⁵, Erik Schmidt⁶ and Lene Dreyer³, ¹Center of Rheumatic Research Aalborg, Department of Rheumatology, and Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ²Center of Rheumatic Research Aalborg, Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ³Center of Rheumatic Research Aalborg, Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, North Denmark Region Hospital, and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Hjørring, Denmark, ⁵Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁶Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Viborg Regional Hospital, and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Viborg, Aalborg, Denmark
Background/Purpose: With growing availability of autoantibody testing and autoantibodies gaining more weight in the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an increasing incidence…
Abstract Number: 0942 • ACR Convergence 2023
G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinase 5 in Fibrotic Tissue Remodeling
Cuong Tran-Manh¹, Thuong Trinh-Minh¹, Christoph Liebel¹, Chih-Wei Chen² and Joerg Distler¹, ¹Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: G-protein coupled receptor kinase 5, GRK5, is a central regulator of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a vast family of cell surface receptors involved in…
Abstract Number: 0953 • ACR Convergence 2023
Flavin-containing Monooxygenase (FMO3) Links the Gut and Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Priyanka Verma¹, Bharath Yalavarthi¹, Karen Ho², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Seokjo Kim⁴, Johann Gudjonsson¹, Rebecca C Schugar⁵, Mark Brown⁶, Xinmin Li⁶, Stanley L Hazen⁷, Swati Bhattacharyya¹ and John Varga¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴4SCM Lifescience Co. Ltd, South Korea, Japan, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Trimethylamine (TMA) generated by the gut microbiome is converted into trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) via the host enzyme FMO3. The TMA-FMO3-TMAO metaorganismal axis has been…
Abstract Number: 0766 • ACR Convergence 2023
The OMERACT GCA Phantom Project: Validation of 3D Printed Ultrasound Training Models for Giant Cell Arteritis
Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹, Tobias Schremmer², Florian Recker³, Wolfgang Hartung⁴, Christina Duftner⁵, Sara Monti⁶, Alojzija Hocevar⁷, Rositsa Karalilova⁸, Annamaria Iagnocco⁹, PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI¹⁰, Giuseppe Antonio Germano¹¹, Maria Esperanza Naredo Sanchez¹², Eugenio De Miguel¹³, Luca Seitz¹⁴, Thomas Daikeler¹⁵, Markus Aschwanden¹⁶, Dennis Boumans¹⁷, Chetan Mukhtyar¹⁸, smith kate¹⁹, Richard Wakefield²⁰, Andreas Diamantopoulos²¹, Stavros Chrysidis²², Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen²³, Kresten Keller²⁴, Uffe Dohn²⁵, Lene Terslev²⁶, Marcin Milchert²⁷, Aaron Juche²⁸, Wolfgang Schmidt²⁹, George A. W. Bruyn³⁰ and Christian Dejaco³¹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Department for Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Asklepios Clinic, Tegernheim, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Internal Medicine II, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Universitiy Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁸Clinic of Rheumatology, Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁹University of Turin, Roma, Italy, ¹⁰Azienda USL -IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit- Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova Reggio Emilia-Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology Department and Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹⁵Clinic for Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁶Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁷Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hospital Group Twente, Almelo, Netherlands, ¹⁸Vasculitis service, Rheumatology department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹⁹NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²⁰s Leeds Insitute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²¹Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, ²²Department of Rheumatology, Southwest Jutland Hospital Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Medicine, The Regional Hospital in Horsens, Horsens, Denmark, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²⁵Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark, ²⁶Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Diabetology, Geriatrics and Clinical Immunology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, ²⁸Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ²⁹Rheumatology, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ³⁰Reumakliniek Lelystad, Loenga, Netherlands, ³¹Azienda Sanitaria Alto Adige, Brunico, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography has been validated as a diagnostic tool for giant cell arteritis (GCA). There is a need to develop training resources, because the glucocorticoid…
Abstract Number: 0990 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of Treatment and Disease Activity with Antibiotic Use and Hospitalized Infection Among People Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Baseline Data from a Longitudinal Study in the ArthritisPower Registry
Kelly Gavigan¹, Esteban Rivera², Odette Kolenky³, Cassie Clinton⁴, Emily Holladay⁴, David Curtis⁵, Laura Stradford⁶, Jeffrey Curtis⁴, W. Benjamin Nowell⁶, Christian Curtis⁷ and Michael George⁸, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Long Island City, NY, ³Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁷Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Infections are a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Little is known about the risk of non-serious…
Abstract Number: 0985 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessing the Value of Comorbidity Clusters in Predicting Clinical Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Machine Learning Approach Using a Very Large US Registry
Daniel Solomon¹, Fredrik Johansson², Hongshu Guan³, Leah Santacroce⁴, Lin Guo⁵, Wendi Malley⁵ and Heather Litman⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA, ²Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA
Background/Purpose: Comorbid conditions are very common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and several prior studies have derived comorbidity clusters using machine learning (ML). Clustering using ML…
Abstract Number: 0939 • ACR Convergence 2023
HRCT-derived Delta Radiomic Features Classify Response to Anti-Fibrotic Treatment in Experimental and Human Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease
David Lauer¹, Luca Romano Kolly¹, Hubert Gabrys², Matthias Brunner¹, Malgorzata Anna Maciukiewicz¹, Thomas Frauenfelder³, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang², Anne-Christine Uldry⁴, Manfred Heller⁴, Kerstin Klein⁵, Oliver Distler⁶, Janine Gote-Schniering¹ and Britta Maurer⁷, ¹University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Dept of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷University Hospital Bern, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Quantification of response to anti-fibrotic drugs in patients with fibrosing interstitial lung disease (ILD) relies on repeated pulmonary function tests (PFT) and visual evaluation…
Abstract Number: 0971 • ACR Convergence 2023
Network Meta Analyses of the Effectiveness and Safety Profiles of Janus Kinase Inhibitors and Biologic Agents in Treating Children with Non-systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (nsJIA)
Bin Huang¹, Yuxiang Li², Xiaomeng Yue³, Sandra Andorf², Daniel J Lovell⁴ and Hermine Brunner⁵, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³James L. Winkle College Pharmacy, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴UC Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib (TOFA, NCT02592434) and Baricitinib (BARI, NCT03773978) are Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) that are approved for or being tested for nsJIA treatment. We aim…

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