Abstract Number: 0729 • ACR Convergence 2020
Morbidity of JIA-associated Uveitis: Half of Patients Despite Systemic Treatment Still Show Ocular Damage During a Long-term Follow-up
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is the most common extra-articular complication of juvenile Idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Due to its typical indolent and chronic course, children with this condition…Abstract Number: 0730 • ACR Convergence 2020
To Taper or Not to Taper in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Is There a Risk of Development of Uveitis Flares?
Background/Purpose: To determine the association between the occurrence of uveitis flares in patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and the de-intensification of immunosuppressive treatment.Methods: We…Abstract Number: 0731 • ACR Convergence 2020
Comparing S100 Proteins and Cytokine Levels in Tears Based on Uveitis Activity Laterality in Children with JIA-associated Uveitis and Non-JIA-U
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of pediatric uveitis remains unclear. Studies of biomarkers using aqueous humor (AqH) identified S100 proteins, cytokines, and chemokines as potential biomarkers of…Abstract Number: 0732 • ACR Convergence 2020
Changing Evidence over Time: Updated Meta-analysis Regarding Anti-TNF Efficacy in Childhood Chronic Uveitis
Background/Purpose: To summarize evidence regarding efficacy of anti-tumour necrosis factor-α (anti-TNFα) in childhood autoimmune chronic uveitis (cACU), refractory to common disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).Methods:…Abstract Number: 0733 • ACR Convergence 2020
Practice Patterns for Tapering Medications in the Treatment of JIA-associated Uveitis
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis (JIAU) is the most common extra-articular manifestation of JIA, and occurs in approximately 10% of affected children. Although there…Abstract Number: 0734 • ACR Convergence 2020
Differences and Similarities Between down Syndrome-associated Arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the New Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry
Background/Purpose: Down syndrome-associated arthritis (DA) is under-recognized with delay in diagnosis (1). The majority of those with DA present with polyarticular, rheumatoid factor (RF) and…Abstract Number: 0735 • ACR Convergence 2020
Paediatric Sarcoidosis: Phenotype of a Retrospective Cohort of Biopsy-proven Patients
Background/Purpose: Paediatric sarcoidosis is a multisystemic inflammatory condition characterised by the formation of non-caseating granulomata that may lead to end-organ damage. Diagnosis is challenging as…Abstract Number: 0736 • ACR Convergence 2020
Identification of Salient Resilience Domains Among Adolescents with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Their Parents
Background/Purpose: Adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) and their parents have been found to have low to moderate levels of resilience and resilience levels are…Abstract Number: 0737 • ACR Convergence 2020
“It’ll Go Away. There’s Nothing Wrong with you:” the Experience of Pain-Related Stigma Among Adolescents with Pain Amplification Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Chronic pain in adolescence is a complex and significant medical condition, with a reported prevalence of 11-38%.1 Pain amplification syndrome (PAS), which includes fibromyalgia,…Abstract Number: 0738 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systemic Administration of Novel Hydroxyl Dendrimers to Target Inflammation in Arthritic Tissues
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammation observed in arthritis and other autoimmune disorders is mediated primarily by pro-inflammatory reactive macrophages. Systemic administration of anti-inflammatory agents does not selectively…Abstract Number: 0739 • ACR Convergence 2020
Toll-like Receptor Inhibitor Peptide Improves the Clinical, Immunologic, and Pathologic Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a type of protein that plays a major role in the innate immune system. In recent years, several studies have…Abstract Number: 0740 • ACR Convergence 2020
Card9 Promotes Th17-mediated Arthritis and Spondylitis via Control of Acute Pathogenic Neutrophil Responses in SKG Mice
Background/Purpose: Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9 (CARD9) is an intracellular signal transduction molecule that mediates antimicrobial responses following activation of C-type lectin receptors (ie. Dectin-1) by…Abstract Number: 0741 • ACR Convergence 2020
Constitutive Inhibitor Kappa B (IκB) Kinase 2 (IKK2) Activation Induces an Inflammatory State in Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are key players involved in the production of inflammatory mediators that trigger joint tissue damage in inflammatory arthritis (IA). The most…Abstract Number: 0742 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effect of IA OnabotulinumtoxinA and Vanilloids on Substance P and Neurokinin 1 Receptor Expression in the Dorsal Root Ganglia of Mice with Monoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Neurotoxins are increasingly being proposed as analgesics for arthritis pain. Phase II and III clinical trials have shown efficacy but with potential toxicities such…Abstract Number: 0743 • ACR Convergence 2020
Higher Baseline Fine-Specificity ACPAs Predict Greater Treatment Response with Abatacept + MTX versus MTX Monotherapy in Seropositive RA: A Post Hoc Analysis
Background/Purpose: ACPAs are sensitive, highly specific markers of RA. Current tests cannot differentiate ACPA+ RA subtypes. Fine-specificity ACPAs (FS) can distinguish between ACPA+ RA subtypes…
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