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Abstract Number: 2602 • ACR Convergence 2023
Spatially Resolved Cellular Signatures Predict Corticosteroid Treatment Response in Giant Cell Arteritis
Cecilia Ansalone¹, Sam McAllister², Ethan Pickerill³, Lin Zhang³, Annie Peacock², Dominic McGovern⁴, Holly Leslie⁵, Victoria Kellior², Evelyn Qian², David Gemperline³, Aysin Tulunay Virlan², Sylvia Wright⁶, Paul Cauchi⁶, Timothy Beckman⁶, Lisa Hutton⁶, John Cole¹, Isabella Wulur³, Robert Benschop³, Nigel Jamieson⁵, Carl Goodyear¹ and Neil Basu¹, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow - School of Infection & Immunity, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴University of Glasgow - School of Medicine, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Glasgow - School of Cancer Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁶NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids (CS) remain the mainstay of giant cell arteritis (GCA) therapy. Between ~30-70% patients relapse following CS taper and are consequently at risk of…
Abstract Number: PP11 • ACR Convergence 2023
We Suffered For Decades, But Then She Was Born
Ian Stedman¹ and Barbara Stedman², ¹Canadian Autoinflammatory Network, Vaughan, ON, Canada, ²Canadian Autoinflammatory Network, Turkey Point, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: I was born in 1981; my mother in 1949; and my grandmother in 1926. Our story runs at least four generations deep, that we…
Abstract Number: 2604 • ACR Convergence 2023
Premature Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Senescence Driven by Interleukin-6-Mitochondrial STAT3-Mitofusin 2 Signaling in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Chenglong Fang¹, Lihong Du¹, Lili Li², Yuexin Chen³, Zuoguan Chen⁴, Yongjun Li⁴, Jing Li¹, Mengtao Li⁵, xiaofeng Zeng⁶ and Xinping Tian⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²The State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ³Department of Vascular Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁴Department of Vascular Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology; Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, ⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) is characterized by persistent vascular inflammation involving aorta and its main branches, which is an important prosenescent factor that in turn…
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: 2451 • ACR Convergence 2023
TET2 Clonal Hematopoiesis and Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the UK Biobank
Karen Costenbader¹, Zhi Yu², Emily G. Oakes³, Michelle Robinette⁴, Mridul Agarwal⁵, Buu Truong⁶, Md Mesbah Uddin⁶, Alexander Bick⁷, Abhishek Niroula⁶, Daniel Solomon³ and Pradeep Natarajan⁸, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Broad Institute; Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ⁵Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ⁶Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ⁷Broad Institute; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁸Broad Institute; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Clonal hematopoiesis (CH), the clonal expansion of somatically mutated blood cells in people without hematologic malignancy, is found in ~10% of people age ≥…
Abstract Number: 2479 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tolerability and Effectiveness of Antifibrotics in Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Pierre-Antoine Juge¹, Keigo Hayashi², Gregory McDermott², Kathleen Vanni², Emily Kowalski², Grace Qian², Katarina Bade³, Alene Saavedra², Philippe Dieudé⁴, Paul Dellaripa³, Tracy J. Doyle² and Jeffrey Sparks⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, INSERM UMR1152, University de Paris Cité, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Nintedanib and pirfenidone are antifibrotic drugs indicated for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other forms of progressive pulmonary fibrosis. Antifibrotics have…
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: 2439 • ACR Convergence 2023
Proteomic and Genomic Profiling of Plasma Exosomes from Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients
Fataneh Tavasolian¹, starlee lively², Chiara Pastrello³, Michael Tang², Melissa Lim², Addison Pacheco², Zoya Qaiyum², Enoch Yau², Zeynep Baskurt⁴, Igor Jurisica⁵, Mohit Kapoor⁶ and Robert Inman², ¹Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Osteoarthritis Research Program, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Schroeder Arthritis Institute and Data Science Discovery Centre for Chronic diseases, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Department of Biostatistics, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute and Departments of Medical Biophysics and Computer Science and Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto and Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, ⁶Division of Orthopaedics, Osteoarthritis Research Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, and Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Recent advances in understanding the biology of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) using innovative genomic and proteomic approaches offer the opportunity to address current challenges in…
Abstract Number: 2601 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Giant Cell Arteritis Using Plasma Proteome Profiles Integrated with Machine Learning
kevin cunningham¹, Jaeyun Sung², Benjamin Hur², VINOD GUPTA², Matthew Koster², Cornelia M. Weyand³, David Cuthbertson⁴, Nader Khalidi⁵, Curry Koening⁶, Carol Langford⁷, Carol McAlear⁸, Paul Monach⁹, Larry Moreland¹⁰, Christian Pagnoux¹¹, Rennie Rhee⁸, Philip Seo¹², Peter Merkel⁸ and Kenneth Warrington², ¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁷Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹⁰University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The availability of diagnostic laboratory tests and specific biomarkers of disease activity for giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains an area of unmet need. The…
Abstract Number: PP06 • ACR Convergence 2023
Dana’s Data Dashboard: Applying a Familiar Framework for Efficient and Effective Health Management
Dana Guglielmo, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: As a researcher and data analyst, I enjoy the meticulous attention to detail that my work requires. I love the process of collecting, analyzing,…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2023
Saved by Plants: How a Necessary Lifestyle Change Led to a Happier Life with Decreased Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain and Fatigue
Shelley Fritz, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: After my RA diagnosis over eleven years ago, I was optimistic that the first biologic DMARD I took would slow the progression of my…
Abstract Number: 2483 • ACR Convergence 2023
CD68 and Fibrinoid Necrosis Are Synovial Biomarkers of Severity in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis and Are Associated with a Better Response to Methotrexate: Analysis of the UCLouvain Brussels ERA Cohort
Francesco Natalucci¹, clement triaille², Emilie Sapart², Cécile VAN MULLEM², Tatiana Sokolova³, Laurent MERIC de BELLEFON², Adrien NZEUSSEU TOUKAP², Christine GALANT⁴, Bernard Lauwerys⁵ and Patrick Durez², ¹UCLouvain University, Sermoneta, Italy, ²Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Rheumatology, Brussels, Belgium, ³Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Anatomie pathologique, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease with persistent synovial inflammation. Despite early diagnosis and the treatment-to-target strategy in ERA, the treatment response…
Abstract Number: 2129 • ACR Convergence 2023
SCORE and SCORE2 Comparison in Cardiovascular Risk Estimation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Cross-sectional Study Including Carotid Ultrasound
Cristina Campos Fernández¹, Pablo Martínez Calabuig², Jorge Juan Fragío Gil¹, Roxana González Mazarío¹ and Jose Andres Roman Ivorra³, ¹Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari i Politècnic la Fe, Valencia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint inflammation and cartilage destruction. RA has been recognized as a systemic disease associated…
Abstract Number: 0473 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Number of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Give up Pregnancy Due to the Disease Is Decreasing
Ryo Inoue¹, Sakiko Isojima¹, Toshihiro Matsui², Shigeto Tohma³ and Nobuyuki Yajima⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa City, Tokyo, Japan, ²NHO Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan, ³NHO Tokyo National Hospital, Dallas, TX, ⁴Showa-Universtiy of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Biologics have been shown not to be a disruption in pregnancy, and the reproductive health care environment surrounding rheumatoid arthritis patients has improved significantly.…
Abstract Number: 0479 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exploring Reproductive Experiences with Women Enrolled in the Vasculitis Pregnancy Registry
Catherine Sims¹, Christine Yeung², Heather Tam³, Joyce Kullman⁴, Amanda Eudy⁵, Renee Borchin⁶, Cristina Burroughs⁶, Megan Clowse⁷ and Peter Merkel², ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Vasculitis Patient Powered Research Network, Stanford, CA, ⁴Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, ⁵Duke University, Raleigh, NC, ⁶University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁷Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: There are limited data on the reproductive health and experiences of women with vasculitis. This study engaged women with vasculitis to understand their perspectives…

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