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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: 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: 2372 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cell-1 Reflects the Cross-sectional Activity of Microscopic Polyangiitis and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

    Jang Woo Ha1, Jason Jungsik Song2, Yong-Beom Park2, Sung Soo Ahn2 and Sang-Won Lee3, 1Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea, 2Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, 3Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Background/Purpose: This study investigated whether the soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) reflects the cross-sectional activity of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and granulomatosis with…
  • Abstract Number: 2400 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Applanation Tonometry of the Temporal Arteries in Participants with Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis: A Proof of Concept

    Jean-Paul Makhzoum1, Stephanie Ducharme-Benard2, Samer Hussein2, Rosalie-Selene Meunier2, Carolyn Ross3, Alik Chamlian4, Jonathan Ducharme5, Leia Chamlian4, Alae Dhahbi4, Christian Pagnoux6 and Remi Goupil7, 1Vasculitis Clinic, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Canadian Network for Research on Vasculitides, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Vasculitis Clinic, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Vasculitis Clinic, Canadian Network for Research on Vasculitides, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Laval University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5University of Sherbrooke, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 7Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Applanation tonometry (ATn) is a non-invasive, point-of-care tool used to capture arterial pressure waveforms. It can measure arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV), a marker…
  • Abstract Number: 2306 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Changes in Rheumatology Disease Measures After Initiation of Belimumab Treatment in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Karen Worley1, Christopher Bell2, Bernard Rubin3, Guillaume Germain4, François Laliberté4, Sean MacKnight4, Ana Urosevic4 and Mei Sheng Duh5, 1GlaxoSmithKline, US Value Evidence and Outcomes, Cincinnati, OH, 2GlaxoSmithKline, US Value Evidence and Outcomes, Durham, NC, 3GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs and Immuno-inflammation, Durham, NC, 4Groupe d’analyse, Ltée, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Analysis Group, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Real-world benefits of belimumab (BL) in patients with SLE have been shown using SLE-specific measures.1,2 As SLE disease activity measurement is challenging,3 assessment of…
  • Abstract Number: 2348 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Incidence of Infections Among Adult Patients with SLE Treated with Belimumab (BEL): Pooled Data from Three Open-Label Extension Studies over 11+ Years

    Jinoos Yazdany1, Kenji Oku2, Luciana Seguro3, Paula Curtis4, Yoshifumi Inagaki5, Roger A. Levy6 and Andrea Doria7, 1University of California, General Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, 2Kitasato University School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kanagawa, Japan, 3Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Rheumatology Division, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 4GlaxoSmithKline, R&D Biostatistics, Brentford, United Kingdom, 5GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Brentford, United Kingdom, 6GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, 7University of Padova, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova, Italy

    Background/Purpose: BEL-treated patients (pts) in clinical trials and long-term extension (LTE) studies1-7 experienced comparable incidence of infections versus those treated with standard therapy (ST) alone…
  • 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: 2477 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Anifrolumab Normalizes the Type I Interferon Signature in a Cohort of Patients with Type I Interferonopathies

    Sara Alehashemi1, Alexi Baumgardner2, Bita Shakoory3, Adriana Almeida de Jesus2, Sophia Park2, Kat Uss2, Maria P. Robles4, Karin Palmblad5, Annacarine Horne5, Peter Brodin5, Shoghik Akoghlanian6, Roshini Abraham7, Peter Mustillo7, Lilliana Barillas-Arias8, Andrea Heras9, Theresa Wampler Muskardin10, Monica G. Lawrence11, Hannah C. Mannem11, Brian E. Nolan12, Scott Canna13, Adam Reinhardt14, Bryce Binstadt15 and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky16, 1NIH/NIAID/TADS, Clarksville, MD, 2NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 3NIH, NIAID, Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Study Unit, Bethesda, MD, 4Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 5Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 6Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 7Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 8Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, 9Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 11University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 12Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL, 13Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 14Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, 15University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 16NIH/NIAID, Potomac, MD

    Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory Type I Interferonopathies (IFNopathies) include SAVI (STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy), CANDLE/PRASS (Chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis, with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature), and…
  • 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: 2487 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous (s.c.) Dose Ianalumab (VAY736; Anti-BAFFR mAb) Administered Monthly over 28 Weeks in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) of Moderate-to-Severe Activity

    Nan Shen1, Stanislav Ignatenko2, Alexander Gordienko3, Josefina Cortés Hernández4, Nancy Agmon-Levin5, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin6, Katarzyna Romanowska -Prochnicka7, Hana Ciferska8, Masanari Kodera9, James Cheng-Chung Wei10, Piotr Leszczynski11, Joung-Liang Lan12, Eduardo Mysler13, Rafal Wojciechowski14, Tunde Tarr15, Elena Vishneva16, Yi-Hsing Chen17, Yuko Kaneko18, Stephanie Finzel19, Alberta Hoi20, Ajchara Koolvisoot21, Shin-Seok Lee22, Lie Dai23, Hiroshi Kaneko24, Bernadette Rojkovich25, Lingyun Sun26, Eugeny Zotkin27, Jean-Francois Viallard28, Masao Katayama29, Berta Paula Magallares-Lopez30, Tirtha Sengupta31, Carol Sips32 and Stephen J Oliver32, 1Shanghai Institute of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTUSM), Shanghai, China, 2Charité Research Organisation GmbH, Berlin, Germany, 3SM Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, 4Lupus Unit, Rheumatology Department, Vall d’Hebron Hospitals, Barcelona, Spain, 5Yabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Disease, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 6Rheumatic Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand, 7Department of Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, 8Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 9Department of Dermatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, 10Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Taichung, Taiwan, 11Department of Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medicine Sciences, Poznan, PL, Poznań, Poland, 12China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, 13Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14Department of Rheumatology and Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, University Hospital No. 2, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 15Division of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, 16LLC Family Clinic, Yekaterinburg, RU, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 17Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, 18Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 19Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 20Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, 21Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 22Chonnam National University Medical School & Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, 23Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, 24Division of Rheumatic Disease, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 25Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, 26Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, 27VA Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, 28CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, 29National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, JP, Nagoya, Japan, 30Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 31Novartis Pharma India, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 32Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

    Background/Purpose: Ianalumab is a novel defucosylated human IgG1 mAb targeting the receptor for B cell Activating Factor belonging to the TNF Family (BAFF-R) providing potent…
  • Abstract Number: 2158 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Continued Nintedanib Treatment in Patients with Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis Related to Autoimmune Disease: Data from INBUILD-ON

    Eric Matteson1, Danielle Antin-Ozerkis2, Francesco Bonella3, Nazia Chaudhuri4, Vincent Cottin5, Heiko Mueller6, Steven Sambevski7 and Wim A Wuyts8, 1Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA, Rochester, MN, 2Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 3Center for Interstitial and Rare Lung Diseases, Pneumology Department, Ruhrlandklinik, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, 4North West Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe, Manchester, United Kingdom, 5Coordinating Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Louis Pradel Hospital, University of Lyon, INRAE, Lyon, France, 6Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany, Biberach, Germany, 7Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, 8Unit for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Background/Purpose: In the INBUILD trial in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis, nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) compared with placebo,…
  • Abstract Number: 0562 • ACR Convergence 2023

    HDL-Cholesterol Efflux and the Complement System Are Linked in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Ivan Ferraz Amaro1, Maria García-González1, Fuensanta Gómez-Bernal1, Juan Carlos Quevedo-Abeledo2, Yolanda Fernández-Cladera1, Agustín F González-Rivero1 and Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay3, 1Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 2Hospital Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 3IDIVAL and School of Medicine, UC, Santander; Department of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Santander, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC), the ability of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol to accept cholesterol from macrophages, has been linked to cardiovascular events. Systemic lupus…
  • Abstract Number: 0568 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Comparison of Plasma Protein Profiles and Endothelial Function in Patients with Pediatric-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Healthy Controls

    Liyoung Kim1, Gabrielle Alonzi1, Marina Barguil Macedo2, Pamela F. Weiss3, Jane Newburger4, Karen Costenbader5, Christian Lood2 and Joyce Chang1, 1Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 3Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 4Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 5Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Patients with pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE) have elevated cardiovascular (CV) risk associated with accelerated atherosclerosis that begins in childhood. Endothelial dysfunction may be…
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