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Abstract Number: 2457 • ACR Convergence 2023
Ageism in Rheumatology: The Health Care Professional’s Perspective
Aaron Smith¹, Pooja Achanta¹ and Una Makris², ¹UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Ageism (stereotypes, prejudice or discrimination based on age) is highly prevalent and has been linked to reduced lifespan, prolonged disability, and accelerated cognitive decline…
Abstract Number: 2361 • ACR Convergence 2023
Optimal Combination of Circulating Biomarkers for Predicting the Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Keina Yomono¹, Dinesh Khanna² and Masataka Kuwana³, ¹Nippon Medical School University, Tokyo, Japan, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: In patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with an increased mortality. Since the course of SSc-ILD is…
Abstract Number: 2441 • ACR Convergence 2023
Upregulation of RANKL in the Skin of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez¹, Takeshi Yoshida², Javier Rangel-Moreno², Alicia Lieberman³, Ananta Paine⁴, Joshua Weitz², Francisco Tausk⁵, Lisa A Beck² and Christopher T Ritchlin⁶, ¹University of Rochester, West Henrietta, NY, ²University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester, Batavia, NY, ⁴ORNA Tx, Southborough, MA, ⁵Universiy of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁶University of Rochester Medical School, Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology Division, Canandaigua, NY
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the skin and joints. Circulating Osteoclast precursors (OCP) are elevated in the blood of…
Abstract Number: 2456 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lupus Patient Navigator Program to Improve Healthcare Barriers for Minority Patients
Samiha Karim¹, Gary Link¹, Dulaney Wilson¹, Jim Oates¹, Gary Gilkeson¹, Jasvinder Singh² and Diane L. Kamen¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Despite recent progress in diagnosis and treatment of SLE minorities continue to bear the greater burden of disease with disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality.…
Abstract Number: 2461 • ACR Convergence 2023
Transcriptional Derepression of CHD4/NuRD-regulated Genes in the Muscle of Patients with Dermatomyositis and anti-Mi2 Autoantibodies
Iago Pinal-Fernandez¹, Jose Cesar Milisenda², Katherine Pak¹, Sandra Muñoz-Braceras³, Maria Casal-Dominguez³, Jose Jiram Torres-Ruiz³, Stefania Dell´Orso⁴, Faiza Naz⁴, Gustavo Gutierrez-Cruz⁴, Yaiza Duque-Jaimez², Ana Matas-Garcia², Joan Padrosa⁵, Francesc J Garcia-Garcia², Mariona Guitart-Manpel², Gloria Garrabou², Ernesto Trallero-Araguas⁶, Brian Wallit⁷, Julie Paik⁸, Jemima Albayda⁸, Lisa Christopher-Stine⁸, Tom Lloyd⁹, Josep Maria Grau², Albert Selva-O’Callaghan⁶ and Andrew Mammen¹⁰, ¹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Muscle Research Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³Muscle Disease Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Systemic Autoimmune Disease Unit, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Myositis is a heterogeneous family of diseases including dermatomyositis (DM), immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM), antisynthetase syndrome (AS), and inclusion body myositis (IBM). Myositis-specific autoantibodies…
Abstract Number: 2459 • ACR Convergence 2023
Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Lupus Publications in High-impact Rheumatology Journals
Idil Eroglu, Hailey Baker, Mario Felix and Lisa Suter, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Reporting of race and ethnicity as social constructs is critical to highlight equity and diversity of study participants, with the knowledge that socio-economic factors…
Abstract Number: 2454 • ACR Convergence 2023
Endometriosis Increase Risk of Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study
Zhiyong Chen¹, Shiow-Ing Wang², James Cheng-Chung Wei³ and Sheng-Ming Dai¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, ²Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ³Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Taichung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Patients with endometriosis have a variety of autoimmune abnormalities. Our objective was to investigate the risk of incident antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in patients with…
Abstract Number: 2405 • ACR Convergence 2023
Role of Mitochondria in Activation of Platelets in Giant Cell Arteritis
Despoina Michailidou¹, Peter Grayson², Payton Hermanson¹, Jorge Armando Gonzalez-Chapa¹, David Cuthbertson³, Nader A. Khalidi⁴, Curry Koening⁵, Carol Langford⁶, Carol McAlear⁷, Larry Moreland⁸, Christian Pagnoux⁹, Philip Seo¹⁰, Antoine G Sreih¹¹, Kenneth Warrington¹², Paul Monach¹³, Peter Merkel⁷ and Christian Lood¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton Pike, NJ, ¹²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹³VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: We recently found extracellular mitochondrial-derived N-formyl methionine in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA. Extracellular mitochondria can be extruded by several mechanisms, including platelet…
Abstract Number: 2444 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development of Engineered Smith-Specific Regulatory T Cells to Treat Lupus Nephritis
Eric Morand¹, Rachel Cheong², Peter Eggenhuizen², Janet Chang², Ashraf Broury², Boaz Ng², Khai Loh², Elean Tay², Chanjuan Shen³, Julie Monk², Yong Zhong⁴, Steven Lim², Jia Xi Chung², Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake⁵, Rachel Koelmeyer², Alberta Hoi⁶, Sarah Snelgrove², Yi Tian Ting² and Joshua Ooi², ¹Monash University, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, ²Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ³Central South University, Changsha, China, ⁴Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, ⁵Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Clayton, Australia, ⁶Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role in maintaining immune system homeostasis. Antigen-specific Tregs potently and specifically suppress autoreactivity, suggesting their potential to…
Abstract Number: 2415 • ACR Convergence 2023
Giant Cell Arteritis Is Associated with Worse Hospital Outcomes in Aortic Aneurysm/Dissection Hospitalizations: A Nationwide United States Population-Based Study
Artem Minalyan¹, Christopher Hino¹, Emily He¹, Osahon Idolor², Chinenye Osuorji³, Nneka Chukwu⁴, Ehizogie Edigin¹ and Vaneet Sandhu⁵, ¹Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, ²Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ³Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Nuvance Health Internal Medicine Residency, Poughkeepsie, NY, ⁵Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a known risk factor for Aortic Aneurysm/Dissection (AAD). However, it is unclear if patients with GCA have worse hospital…
Abstract Number: 2374 • ACR Convergence 2023
Torque Teno Virus as a Potential Biomarker for Assessment of Immunocompetence in Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitis
Balazs Odler¹, Regina Riedl¹, Jacinta Lee², Laura Cooney³, Peter Merkel⁴, William St.Clair⁵, Duvuru Geetha⁶, Paul Monach⁷, David Jayne², Rona Smith², Paul A. Lyons², Mark Little⁸, Salem Almaani⁹, Alexander Rosenkranz¹, Ulrich Specks¹⁰, John Stone¹¹ and Andreas Kronbichler¹², ¹Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Immune Tolerance Network, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁸Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine IV (Nephrology and Hypertension), Innsbruck, Austria
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a life-threatening disorder characterized by a relapsing-remitting disease course necessitating immunosuppression to control disease activity. Balancing the risks of infection…
Abstract Number: 2466 • ACR Convergence 2023
Monoclonal Anti-MDA5 Autoantibodies Derived from a Patient with Dermatomyositis Target the Hel2i Domain of the MDA5 Protein
Eveline Van Gompel¹, Ragnhild Stålesen², Caroline Grönwall², Annika van Vollenhoven², Lena Israelsson², Ingrid Lundberg³, Vivianne Malmström², Karine Chemin⁴ and Vijay Joshua², ¹Karolinska Institutet - KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet; Department of Gastroenterology, Dermatotology, Rhematology, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The strong clinical association between the anti-MDA5 autoantibodies and the development of severe lung disease in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) suggests an active role…
Abstract Number: 2381 • ACR Convergence 2023
ANCA-associated Vasculitis and Renal Disease in a Multidisciplinary Outpatient Clinic in Northern Spain
Salma Al Fazazi¹, Fabricio Benavides², Vanesa Calvo Río³, maria rodriguez Vidriales², clara escagedo Cagigas², monica renuncio garcia², luis martin penagos⁴ and Ricardo Blanco⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario Puerta Del Mar, Cádiz, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, ⁴Division of Nephrology, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-DIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: The severity of clinical features and outcomes in previous series of patients reported with renal disease related to ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) vary greatly, probably…
Abstract Number: 2376 • ACR Convergence 2023
Eosinophil Activation as a Biomarker for Discriminating Active and Remission Phase in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Teppei Hashimoto¹, Kazuteru Noguchi², Yuko Minagawa², Takeo Abe², Masao Tamura², Tetsuya Furukawa¹, Naoto Azuma² and Kiyoshi Matsui¹, ¹Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Japan, ²Hyogo Medical University, School of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a life-threatening disease requiring complex management due to a lack of suitable biomarkers. Elevated or persistently positive…
Abstract Number: 1946 • ACR Convergence 2023
Zetomipzomib Demonstrates Favorable Long-term Safety and Tolerability Profile Without Signs of Immunosuppression: Results from the PRESIDIO Study and Its Open-label Extension Study in Patients with Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Rohit Aggarwal¹, Namita Goyal², Diana Lam³, Allen Ng³, Richard Leff⁴, Kathryn Ray³, Eunmi Park³ and Noreen Henig³, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²UCI Health, Orange, CA, ³Kezar Life Sciences, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Kezar Life Sciences, Chadds Ford, PA
Background/Purpose: Polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) are chronic autoimmune diseases characterized by muscle inflammation and weakness. In a collagen-induced myositis mouse model, immunoproteasome inhibition has…

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