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Abstract Number: 2166 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long-Term Effects of Abatacept on Arthritis and Atherosclerosis in Older vs Younger Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: 3-year Results of a Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study
Zento Yamada¹, Sei Muraoka¹, Mai Kawazoe², Wataru Hirose³, Hajime Kono⁴, Shinsuke Yasuda⁵, Takahiko Sugihara⁶ and Toshihiro Nanki², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Ota-ku, Japan, ³Hirose Clinic of Rheumatology, Saitama, Japan, ⁴Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease secondary to atherosclerosis. Although it has been reported that TNF inhibitor…
Abstract Number: 2171 • ACR Convergence 2023
Common IL-6 Signaling Is Inhibited by IL-6 Inhibitors and JAK Inhibitors, but Which Is Better at Preventing Bone Destruction in RA?
Yoshinobu Koyama¹, Yoshiharu Sato², Moe Tokunaga(Sakamoto)³ and Yu Nakai³, ¹Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ²DNA Chip Research Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Center for Autoimmune diseases, Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan
Background/Purpose: To date, there are no head-to-head clinical trials directly comparing the effects between IL-6i and JAKi on bone destruction in RA. In recent years,…
Abstract Number: 1738 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Homeostatic and Inflammatory Synovial Fibroblast Signatures in Synovial Tissue Biopsies of Healthy Controls and Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brianne Barker¹, Órla Tynan², Conor Smith³, Dumitru Anton⁴, Carl Orr⁵, Mary Canavan⁶, Douglas Veale⁷ and Ursula Fearon⁸, ¹Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, EULAR Centre for Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, St Vincent's University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Molecular Rheumatology Department, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincent University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Translational Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Molecular Rheumatology Department, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincent University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincent University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Molecular Rheumatology Department, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincent University Hospital, University College Dublin, School of Biochemistry & Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷St.Vincent's University Hosp, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Recent literature has identified different synovial fibroblast (FLS) populations within RA synovium with distinct inflammatory profiles. Despite current advances in classifying heterogeneity of FLS…
Abstract Number: 1742 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sputum Citrullinated Proteins and Sputum Anti-Cit-S100A8/A9 IgG Antibodies Are Increased in Serum Anti-CCP-IgG Positive Individuals Who Developed RA
Rachna Talluri¹, Sudeshna Sen², Timothy Wilson³, Adam Savage⁴, Mark Gillespie⁴, Tom Bumol⁴, Marie Feser¹, Jill Norri⁵, Michael Holer¹, kevin Deane¹, Paul Thompson² and Kristen Demoruelle¹, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Allen Institute for Immunology, Seattle, WA, ⁵Colorado School of Public Health, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: The presence of anti-CCP-IgG in the blood identifies individuals who are "at-risk" of developing RA. Our group has reported that in a cohort of…
Abstract Number: 1559 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of Treatment with Adalimumab, Infliximab and Certolizumab in Refractory Cystoid Macular Edema Due to Behçet Disease
Nuria Barroso-Garcia¹, Jose Luis Martin-Varillas², Lara Sanchez-Bilbao³, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁴, Vanesa Calvo Río⁵, Alfredo Adán⁶, Inés Hernanz-Rodriguez⁷, Emma Beltran-Catalan⁸, David Diaz-Valle⁹, Marisa Hernandez-Garfella¹⁰, Lucia Martinez-Costa¹¹, Manuel Diaz-Llopis¹², Jose M Herreras¹³, Olga Maiz-Alonso¹⁴, Ignacio Torre-Salaberri¹⁵, Antonio Atanes Sandoval¹⁶, Santos Insua-Vilariño¹⁷, Raquel Almodovar¹⁸, Patricia Fanlo-Mateo¹⁹, Juan Ramon De Dios²⁰, Angel Garcia-Aparicio²¹, Sergio rodriguez-Montero²², Vega Jovani²³, Patricia Moya²⁴, Eva Peña Sainz-Pardo²⁵, Jose Luis Hernandez²⁶ and Ricardo Blanco²⁷, ¹Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain, ²Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁵Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, ⁶Oftalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Ophthalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸HOSPITAL DEL MAR, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario General Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ¹¹Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ¹²Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹³Ophthalmology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, ¹⁴University Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC)., A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago Compostela, Spain, ¹⁸Alcorcón Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ²⁰Osakidetza, Vitoria, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ²⁴Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁵Pediatric, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology, Ophthalmology and Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Cystoid macular edema (CME) is the leading cause of blindness in non-infectious uveitis. One of the most frequently associated conditions is Behçet's disease (BD)…
Abstract Number: 1712 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification and Functional Characterization of Eight CANDLE/PRAAS Causing Proteasome Variants in Five Unrelated Patients
Adriana Almeida de Jesus¹, Jonas J. Papendorf², Frederic Ebstein³, Sara Alehashemi⁴, Daniela Pioto⁵, Anna Kozlova⁶, Maria Teresa TErreri⁷, Anna Shcherbina⁶, Andre Rastegar⁸, Marta Rodrigues⁹, Renan Pereira¹⁰, Sophia Park¹¹, Bin Lin¹², Kat Uss¹¹, Ana Flavia da Silva Pina⁵, FLAVIO SZTAJNBOK¹³, Sofia Torreggiani¹⁴, Jennifer Stoddard¹⁵, Julie Niemela¹⁵, Sergio Rosenzweig¹⁵, Adriana Fonseca¹⁶, Marietta De Guzman¹⁷, Nicole Micheloni⁵, Melissa Fraga⁵, Sandro Perazzio¹⁸, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹⁹ and Elke Krueger², ¹NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Institut für Medizinische Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (IMBM), Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, ³Nantes Université, Nantes, France, ⁴NIH/NIAID/TADS, Clarksville, MD, ⁵Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Center for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Moscow, Russia, ⁷UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁹Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁰Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ¹¹Translational Autoinflammatory Diseases Section, LCIM, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹²Translational Autoinflammatory Diseases Section l LCIM, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹³UFRJ/UERJ, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁴University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁶Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagao Gesteira / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁷Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ¹⁸Universidade de Sao Paulo (Unifesp); Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Fleury Laboratories, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁹NIH/NIAID, Potomac, MD
Background/Purpose: Mutations in genes coding for 20S proteasome subunits or proteasome assembly helpers cause chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperatures (CANDLE) or…
Abstract Number: 2173 • ACR Convergence 2023
Window of Opportunity in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease with Abatacept. National Multicenter Study of 509 Patients
Ana Serrano-Combarro¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo², libe Ibarrola-Paino³, Ivette Casafont-Sole⁴, Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez⁵, Alba Perez Linaza⁶, Santos Castañeda⁷, Rafaela Ortega Castro⁸, Natalia Mena Vazquez⁹, Nuria Vegas Revenga¹⁰, Lucia Cristina Dominguez Casas¹¹, Cilia Peralta¹², Trinidad Pérez-Sandoval¹³, Lorena Perez-Albadalejo¹⁴, Ruben Lopez-Sanchez¹⁵, MARIA GUADALUPE MANZANO CANABAL¹⁶, Anahy Maria Brandy-Garcia¹⁷, Patricia Lopez-Viejo¹⁸, Gema Bonilla¹⁹, Olga Maiz-Alonso²⁰, Carmen carrasco-Cubero²¹, Marta Garijo Bufort²², Mireia Moreno²³, Ana Urruticoechea²⁴, Sergio Ordonez-Palau²⁵, Carmen Gonzalez-Montagut Gomez²⁶, andrea Garcia-Valle²⁷, Juan Ramon De Dios Jimenez De Aber²⁸, Fernando Lozano²⁹, Tomás Vazquez-Rodriguez³⁰, Maria Martin-Lopez³¹, Juan Maria Blanco-Madrigal³², Delia Fernández-Lozano³³, Ignacio Brana Abascal³⁴, Jesus Loarce-Martos³⁵, Emilio Giner-Serret³⁶, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide³⁷, Clara ventin-Rodriguez³⁸, Marina Rodriguez-lopez³⁹, Pablo Andujar-Brazal⁴⁰, Julia Fernandez-Melon⁴¹, Lilian Maria Lopez⁴², carlos Fernandez-Diaz⁴³, Javier Loricera⁴⁴, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁴⁵, Diego Ferrer⁴⁶, Ricardo Blanco⁴⁷ and On behalf of the Collaborative Group Members⁴⁸, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁵CHU Vigo, O Carballino, Spain, ⁶SERV. REUMATOLOGIA, Cadiz, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁹IBIMA, Málaga, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universtario San Agustin, Oviedo, Spain, ¹²Hospital Clínico Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹³Hospital de León, León, Spain, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁶CAZA, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Leganéz, Spain, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰University Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ²²Hospital de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, ²³Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, I3PT(UAB), Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ²⁵H. Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain, ²⁶H. Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, ²⁷Division of Rheumatology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Palencia, Spain, ²⁸Hospital de Araba, Alava, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain, ³¹Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³²Division of Rheumatology, H. Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ³³Hospital de Mérida, Merida, Spain, ³⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ³⁵Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³⁶Hospital Royo Villanova, Teruel, Spain, ³⁷Hospital Clinic, Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ³⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, La Coruna, Spain, ⁴⁰Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ⁴¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ⁴²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Mallorca, Spain, ⁴³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Murcia, Spain, ⁴⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁵Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁴⁶Division of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁸Spanish Collaborative Group of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spain, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Abatacept (ABA) has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of RA-ILD, especially if…
Abstract Number: 2168 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Potential of Autologous Patient-derived Circulating Extracellular Vesicles to Improve Drug Delivery in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gilad Halpert¹, Ori Moskovitch¹, Adi Anaki², Tal Caller¹, Omer Gendelman¹, Abdulla watad¹, Ruty Mehrian-Shai¹, Rachella Popovtzer², Boris Guilbord¹, Ori Segal¹ and Howard AMITAL¹, ¹Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Background/Purpose: The use of biological treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can induce non-specific immune suppression, which might result in higher rates of infections.…
Abstract Number: 1746 • ACR Convergence 2023
Smoking as a Risk Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Exclusive Association with IgA Autoantibodies
Tineke van Wesemael¹, Anna Svärd², Annemarie Dorjee¹, Thomas Huizinga¹, René Toes¹ and Diane van der Woude¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by autoantibodies to anti-modified protein autoantibodies (AMPAs) like anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and anti-acetylated protein antibodies (AAPA). Smoking is…
Abstract Number: 1676 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tofacitinib Accelerates in Vitro Clot Formation and Delays Clot Lysis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood by Enhancement of Macrophage TLR4 Mediated Cytokine Responses- a New Angle on Thrombosis with JAKi in Rheumatology
Paula David¹, Thomas Macleod², Yu Shi³, Payal Ganguly¹, Cedric Duval³, Mark Harland¹, Chi Wong¹, Benazir Saleem⁴ and Dennis McGonagle⁵, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM), Leeds, United Kingdom, ²University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Discovery and Translational Science Department, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Rheumatology, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients treated with Janus Kinase inhibitors (JAKi) have reportedly higher venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk and atherosclerotic-related complications including myocardial infarction (1).Although…
Abstract Number: 1562 • ACR Convergence 2023
Behcet’s Disease Coagulopathy in a Racially Diverse Patient Population
Sundus Mian¹, Talia Meisel², Hussain Md¹, Xianhong Xie³, Tamara Tanner¹, Anand Kumthekar⁴ and Bibi Ayesha⁴, ¹Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Behcet's disease (BD) is a vasculitis with both thrombotic and bleeding complications which can make management challenging. Thrombosis is due to direct vascular inflammation,…
Abstract Number: 2170 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systemic Glucocorticoids Are Associated with a Time and Dose-dependent Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-based Study
Ho SO¹, Tommy LAM², Huan MENG³, Steven LAM³ and Lai-Shan Tam⁴, ¹The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, ²Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁴The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, China
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic glucocorticoid (GC) use are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The latest RA management recommendations from the American…
Abstract Number: 1140 • ACR Convergence 2023
Inflammation Is More Prominent Than Joint Damage at Initial Visits of Patients with Inflammatory Arthritides, but Organ Damage Is More Prominent and Patient Distress Is as Prominent as Inflammation in Overall Rheumatology Care: Data from a Feasible Physician RheuMetric Checklist
Theodore Pincus¹, Tengfei Li² and Juan Schmukler¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Patients consult rheumatologists for symptoms which may result from inflammatory activity or reversible problems (INF), joint or other organ damage or irreversible problems (DAM),…
Abstract Number: 1563 • ACR Convergence 2023
Methotrexate: A Safe and Effective Therapeutic Alternative in Behçet´s Disease
Miriam Retuerto-Guerrero¹, Elvira Díez Álvarez¹, Javier Narvaez², Rosa Fornons Servent³, Carlos Moreno Vilchez³, Jenaro Graña Gil⁴, Uxía Couto Lareo⁵, Carmen San José-Méndez⁴ and Clara Moriano Morales¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Behçet's disease (BD) is characterized by great clinical heterogeneity. The therapeutic strategy for BD could be tailored to the specific needs of the patient,…
Abstract Number: 1575 • ACR Convergence 2023
Takayasu Arteritis Is Associated with Worse Fatigue Than Healthy Controls Which Persists over Time – A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Darpan Radheshyam Thakare, Upendra Rathore, Kritika Singh, Vikas Agarwal and Durga P Misra, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Few studies have assessed patient-reported outcome measures in Takayasu arteritis (TAK), a rare large vessel vasculitis. We prospectively analysed fatigue and fibromyalgia in TAK…

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