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Abstract Number: PP08 • ACR Convergence 2023
Finding Gratitude in Adversity: The Impact of Finding the Right Rheumatologist
Yaideliz Acevedo, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Newark, NJ
Background/Purpose: I recall sitting in the doctor's office with my one-month-old baby in his stroller, hearing the words "You have rheumatoid arthritis." At 21, I…
Abstract Number: PP01 • ACR Convergence 2023
You Can’t Get This from a Doctor: The Role of Support Groups for Adults Aged 25-55 Living with Arthritis
Eileen Davidson, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Living with a rheumatic condition comes with unique concerns specific to mental and social health like struggling with fatigue, anxiety, depression, and isolation, all…
Abstract Number: PP14 • ACR Convergence 2023
Putting Lived Experience into Action: Flipping the Script on Living with a Chronic Disease
Natasha Trehan¹ and Naomi Abrahams², ¹University of Ottawa, Take a Pain Check Foundation, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Naomi was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) at the age of 18, after enduring 3 years of misdiagnoses. Similarly, Natasha received a diagnosis…
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: PP09 • ACR Convergence 2023
Practicing Mindfulness to Improve Quality of Life
Vanessa Patino-Lydia, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Hallandale, FL
Background/Purpose: I’ve been living with symptoms of PSA and fibromyalgia for over 15 years. Four years ago, after flareup that severely impacted my mobility where…
Abstract Number: PP03 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lupus with Slime: Improve QOL and Increase ROM in SLE with Slime
Amanda Greene, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: In 1983, over forty years ago, I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). I was immediately prescribed high dose corticosteroids. My body and…
Abstract Number: 2327 • ACR Convergence 2023
Hydroxychloroquine Improves Low Complement Levels
Michelle Petri¹, Rebecca Jacobson², Andrea Fava³ and Larry Magder⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Low complement is associated with clinical disease activity and future organ damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Prior studies from Japan, although…
Abstract Number: 2316 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of SARS-CoV2 Infection on Disease Flares in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case-control Study
Chi Chiu Mok¹, Chris Cheung², Chi Hung To³, Kar Li Kelly Chan⁴ and SAU MEI TSE⁵, ¹Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²Rutonjee Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Pok Oi Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁴Tuen Mun Hospital, Shatin, China, ⁵Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Background/Purpose: To study the effect of SARS-CoV2 infection on disease flares in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Methods: Patients who fulfilled the ACR or SLICC…
Abstract Number: 2330 • ACR Convergence 2023
Disease-Related Outcomes of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Randomized Control Trial for Youth with Childhood-onset SLE: A Secondary Analysis
Natoshia Cunningham¹, Michelle Adler¹, Ashley Danguecan², Mallet Reid¹, Samantha Ely³, Mathew Reeves⁴, Lawrence Ng², Paris Moaf², Tala El Tal⁵, Sarah Mossad², Luana Flores Pereira², Deborah Levy², Linda Hiraki², Jennifer Stinson², Sara Ahola Kohut², khalid abulaban⁶, Elizabeth Kessler⁷, Stacy Allen⁸, Tamar Rubinstein⁹, Evin Rothschild¹⁰, Natalie Rosenwasser¹¹, Kabita Nanda¹², Susan Canny¹³, Emily Smitherman¹⁴, Livie Huie¹⁵, James Birmingham¹⁶, Ekemini Ogbu¹⁷, Hermine Brunner¹⁸, Dhriti Sharma¹⁹, Allison Thompson²⁰, Janel Thompson²¹, Miranda Moyer²⁰, Emily Nguyen²⁰, Angela Chapson²⁰ and Andrea Knight², ¹Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ⁴Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, ⁵Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Ada, MI, ⁷Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, ⁸Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Caledonia, MI, ⁹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, White Plains, NY, ¹⁰Albert Einstein Medical Center, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ¹¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ¹²Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ¹³Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ¹⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL, ¹⁶Self, Ada, MI, ¹⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁸Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²⁰Patient Co-Investigative Team, n/a, ²¹Patient Co-Investigative Team, Revere, PA
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) is associated with symptoms such as fatigue, pain, and depressive symptoms that contribute to poor health-related quality of life.…
Abstract Number: 2482 • ACR Convergence 2023
Preinflammatory Mesenchymal (PRIME) Cell Signature Genes Enrichment Predicts Treatment Response and Joint Prognosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Takayuki Fujii¹, Dana Orange², Caryn Hale², Koichi Murata¹, Hideo Onizawa¹, Akira Onishi¹, Masao Tanaka³, Akio Morinobu⁴ and Shuichi Matsuda⁵, ¹Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ²Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ³Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁵Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to determine predictors of treatment response and radiographic progression following the initiation of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic medications (bDMARDs) in patients with…
Abstract Number: 2333 • ACR Convergence 2023
Dapirolizumab Pegol Impacts Important Immunologic Pathways in SLE: Pharmacodynamic Analysis of B Cell and Type I Interferon Pathways from a Phase 2b Trial
Ioana Cutcutache¹, Alex Powlesland¹, Andrew Skelton¹, Yunyun Sun¹, Matthew Page¹, George Stojan², Peter Lipsky³, Ania Skowera¹ and Christian Stach⁴, ¹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ²UCB, Baltimore, MD, ³AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: The pivotal role of CD40-CD40L interactions in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis stems from the orchestration of a range of immune and inflammatory responses…
Abstract Number: PP13 • ACR Convergence 2023
My Four Pillars of Wellness: How Sleep, Diet, Exercise and Stress Reduction Enable Me to Define My Life and not let Sjögren’s Define Me
Lisa Rubenstein, Sjögren's Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

Background/Purpose: Being diagnosed with Sjögren’s has been a life changing event for me.I was diagnosed in 2013 after suffering from various odd ailments. Ultimately, extreme…
Abstract Number: 2478 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of Conventional and Biologic Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs on the Antibody Response to Four Doses of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in Children with Autoimmune and Rheumatic Diseases
Janna Shapiro¹, Florence Choi², Amy Xu³, Trang Duong⁴, Anne-Claude Gingras⁵, Sasha Bernatsky⁶, Susanne (Susa) Benseler⁷ and Rae Yeung⁸, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Children with rheumatic and autoimmune diseases are often treated with conventional or biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (cDMARDs and bDMARDs) to control disease. While effective,…
Abstract Number: 2205 • ACR Convergence 2023
Disease Activity and Widespread Pain Are the 2 Key Drivers of Global Health in Axial Spondyloarthritis, with Similar Findings in Different Patient Populations: An Analysis of 4 Databases and 6064 Patients
Juliette Drouet¹, Clementina López Medina², Benjamin Granger¹, Bruno Fautrel³, Anna Molto⁴, Cécile Gaujoux Viala⁵, Uta Kiltz⁶, Maxime Dougados⁷ and Laure Gossec⁸, ¹Sorbonne Université, INSERM, and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital; INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris; Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba / IMIBIC / University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ³Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France, ⁴HOPITAL COCHIN AP-HP, Service de Rhumatologie, Paris, France, ⁵IDESP Univ Montpellier, INSERM, Rheumatology, CHU Nîmes, Montpellier, France, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital; INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris, Paris, France, ⁸Sorbonne Université and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting global functioning and health (GH). GH, a concept linked to health-related quality of life, is…
Abstract Number: 1804 • ACR Convergence 2023
Plant-based Diet Quality and the Risk of Gout: Results from Two Prospective Cohort Studies of US Men and Women
Sharan Rai¹, Frank Hu¹, Molin Wang¹, Hyon K. Choi² and Qi Sun¹, ¹Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Plant-based diets are growing in popularity due to their health benefits for selected cardiometabolic diseases as well as favorable environmental impact. However, the limited…

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