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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: 2308 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Association Between Poverty and SLE Disease Burden: Experiences from a Saint Lucian Cohort
Amanda King¹, Catherine Brown², Cleopatra Altenor¹, Timothy Niewold³ and Ashira Blazer³, ¹Bay Medical Centre, Castries, Saint Lucia, ²The University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Poverty increases non-communicable disease risk, however its influence on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) burden is poorly understood. Non-White racial/ethnic groups, particularly of African origin,…
Abstract Number: 2236 • ACR Convergence 2023
Guselkumab Provides Rapid Clinically Meaningful Improvements in Clinical and Patient Reported Outcomes and Sustained Disease Control of Psoriatic Arthritis
Jeffrey R Curtis¹, Atul Deodhar², Enrique Soriano³, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁴, May Shawi⁵, Natalie shiff⁶, Marcie Strauss⁷, Chenglong Han⁸, William R Tillett⁹ and Dafna Gladman¹⁰, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and University Institute Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴McGill University, Department of Pediatrics / JSS Medical Research, Scientific Affairs, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Immunology, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Titusville, NJ, ⁶Immunology, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC / Adjunct, Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Horsham, PA, ⁷MEDASOURCE, Medical Group, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸Immunology, Janssen Global Services, LLC, Malvern, PA, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS) has demonstrated robust efficacy across key PsA domains at Week (W) 24, with effects sustained or further enhanced through 2 years. Timing…
Abstract Number: 2182 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mitochondrial Alterations in Primary Sjögren´s Syndrome
Pavlina Javorova¹, Johannes Fessler¹, Melanie Zeiler¹, Angelika Lackner¹, Josef Hermann², Sabine Zenz³, Jens Thiel⁴ and Martin Stradner¹, ¹Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ²Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ³Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁴University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by lymphocytic infiltrations in exocrine glands. T-cells are considered major players in the pathogenesis…
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: 2284 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of Air Pollutant Exposure on Disease Activity of Systemic Lupus Erythematous: A Prospective Longitudinal Study from Korea
Ji-Hyoun Kang¹, Hyemin Jeong², Sung-Eun Choi², Dong-Jin Park², Han Joo Baek³, Hyo-Jin Choi⁴, Jae Hyun Jung⁵ and Shin-Seok Lee², ¹Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, ²Chonnam National University Medical School & Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, ³Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Inchon, South Korea, ⁴Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea, ⁵Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan-si, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Exposure to air pollutants is associated with an increased risk of pulmonary and cardiovascular disease and death. Because few studies have investigated the effects…
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: 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: 2186 • ACR Convergence 2023
Neurological Complications in Sjögren’s: Occurrence & Impact on Patient Quality of Life
Matt Makara, Janet Church and Katherine Hammitt, Sjögren’s Foundation, Reston, VA
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's is a serious and systemic autoimmune disease that affects the entire body, including the nervous system. This study aimed to better understand the…
Abstract Number: 1766 • ACR Convergence 2023
Inflammatory Priming of the Joints via Pre-activation of Macrophages by Anti-MAA Antibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marcelo Afonso¹, Jitong Sun¹, Koji Sakuraba¹, Anca Catrina¹, Aase Hensvold², Caroline Grönwall¹ and Bence Réthi¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet. Center for Rheumatology, Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that certain malondialdehyde/acetaldehyde modified protein binding autoantibodies (anti-MAA), obtained from the inflamed joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, induced osteoclast…
Abstract Number: 1772 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis-Specific Rheumatoid Factors Develop in Some COVID-19 Patients
Adam Titi¹, Ryan Adyniec², Nat Murren¹ and Miriam Shelef¹, ¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid factors (RFs), antibodies canonically known to bind two conformational epitopes of IgG Fc, are a hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but also can…

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