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Abstract Number: 1404 • ACR Convergence 2020
Investigating the Dermatomyositis Skin Inflammatory Infiltrate Using Image Mass Cytometry
Jay Patel¹, Spandana Maddukuri², Yubin Li³, Christina Bax⁴ and Victoria Werth³, ¹University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Montville, NJ, ³University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting the skin and muscles, among other organs. The inflammatory infiltrate in skin has not been fully…
Abstract Number: 1405 • ACR Convergence 2020
Evaluating the Cellular Composition of Anti-synthetase Syndrome and Dermatomyositis Skin Lesions Using Image Mass Cytometry
Jay Patel¹, Adarsh Ravishankar¹, Spandana Maddukuri², Christina Bax³ and Victoria Werth⁴, ¹University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Montville, NJ, ³University of Pennsylvania, Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia, ⁴University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Antisynthetase syndrome (AS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by the presence of anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies, myositis, interstitial lung disease (ILD), mechanics hands, and…
Abstract Number: 1406 • ACR Convergence 2020
LAG-3+ T Cells Are Diminished in Active Psoriatic Arthritis Patients and Their Restoration in Vitro Is Mediated by TNF Inhibitors
Smadar Gertel¹, Ari Polachek², Victoria Furer³, David Levartovsky³ and Ori Elkayam⁴, ¹Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel, ³Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. Aberrant T cell regulation has been implicated in the process of inflammation in…
Abstract Number: 1407 • ACR Convergence 2020
Resolvin D5 Modulates Th17/Treg Cell Differentiation and Suppresses Osteoclastogenesis
Hirotaka Yamada¹, Jun Saegusa², Sho Sendo³, Yo Ueda⁴, Takaichi Okano¹, Yoshikazu Fujikawa⁵, Yuzuru Yamamoto⁶, Takumi Nagamoto¹, Yoshihide Ichise¹, Ikuko Naka¹, Kengo Akashi⁷, Akira Onishi⁷, Masakazu Shinohara¹ and Akio Morinobu⁷, ¹Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, ²Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ³Kobe University, Kobe, ⁴Kobe UniversityRheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ⁵Kobe University, Kobe city, Japan, ⁶Kobe University, Kobe-city, Japan, ⁷Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Over the last two decades, it has become increasingly clear that resolution of acute inflammation is not a passive process, but requires active modulation.…
Abstract Number: 1408 • ACR Convergence 2020
Metabolic Reprogramming in Memory CD4+ T Cells Is Associated with Immune Cell Dysfunction During Aging
Yuling Chen¹, Yuanchun Ye², Hao Wu³, Pierre-Louis Krauß¹, Pelle Löwe¹, Moritz Pfeiffenberger¹, Lisa Ehlers¹, Thomas Buttgereit⁴, Paula Hoff⁵, Frank Buttgereit⁶ and Timo Gaber¹, ¹Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Berlin, Germany, ³Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Institut für Systemimmunologie, Würzburg, Germany, ⁴Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Dermatology, Venerology, and Allergology, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Endokrinologikum Berlin, Rheumatologie, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Inflamm-aging is a chronic, sterile, low-grade inflammatory status, characterized by an increase of proinflammatory cytokines which participate in the development of most age-related diseases…
Abstract Number: 1409 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lack of Conventional Acinar Cells in the Salivary Gland Following Anti PD-L1 and anti-PD-1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
Sarah Pringle¹, Bert van der Vegt¹, Xiaoyan Wang¹, Nico van Bakelen¹, Arjan Vissink¹, Frans Kroese² and Hendrika Bootsma², ¹UMCG, Groningen, ²University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Salivary glands (SGs) can be damaged by immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. In patients with ICI-induced SG dysfunction, 60% progress to fulfill the ACR-EULAR…
Abstract Number: 1410 • ACR Convergence 2020
Resident Memory T Cells Persist in Joints of Anakinra-Treated Mice in Spontaneous Arthritis Model
Anais Levescot¹, Margaret Chang², Alexandra Wactor¹, Rachel Blaustein¹, Nathan Nelson-Maney¹, Robert Fuhlbrigge³ and Peter Nigrovic⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis is characterized by chronic inflammation of joints which can be suppressed with immunomodulatory therapy. However, two-thirds of patients will have an arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1411 • ACR Convergence 2020
CD8+ T Cell Subsets and Immune Checkpoint Profiles in Ankylosing Spondylitis Implicate Dysregulation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTL)
Michael Tang¹, Zoya Qaiyum², Melissa Lim¹ and Robert Inman², ¹UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, TORONTO, Canada, ²University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is characterized by chronic inflammation which underlies the pain and precedes spinal ankylosis. The strongest genetic association with AS is the…
Abstract Number: 1412 • ACR Convergence 2020
A T Cell Intrinsic Role for Nod2 in Suppression of Th17-Mediated Experimental Arthritis and Uveitis: Implications for Blau Syndrome
Ruth Napier¹, Ellen Lee¹, Emily Vance¹, Sydney Lashley², Luke Uebelhoer³, Christina Lancioni³, Richard Vehe⁴, Bryce Binstadt⁴, Rachel Caspi⁵ and Holly Rosenzweig¹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University and VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ²VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, ⁴University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Mutations in nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) cause Blau syndrome, an inflammatory disorder characterized by uveitis, dermatitis, and polyarthritis. The antimicrobial functions of NOD2 are…
Abstract Number: 1413 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Imbalance Between Regulatory and Inflammatory T Cell Subsets Distinguishes Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Patients from Asymptomatic ANA+ Individuals
Emma Vanlieshout¹, Rashi Gupta¹, Dennisse Bonilla², Michael Kim³, Sindhu Johnson², Earl D. Silverman⁴, Linda Hiraki⁵, Zareen Ahmad⁶, Zahi Touma⁷, Arthur Bookman² and Joan Wither², ¹Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Centre for Prognosis Studies in Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Insitute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Translational Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Centre for Prognosis Studies in Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network; Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The anti-nuclear antibody (ANA)-associated systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are characterized by a prolonged preclinical phase in which ANAs are produced in the absence…
Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR Convergence 2020
Highly Polyfunctional Metabolically Altered Pathogenic T Cells Accumulate in the Synovial Tissue of RA Patients and Arthralgia Subject but Not Healthy Control Synovial Tissue
Achilleas Floudas¹, Barry Moran², Nuno Neto³, Michael Monaghan⁴, Vinod Krishna⁵, Sunil Nagpal⁶, Phil Gallagher⁷, Conor Hurson⁸, Douglas Veale⁹ and Ursula Fearon¹⁰, ¹Molecular Rheumatology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland, ³Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA, ⁶Janssen Research & Development, Collegeville, PA, ⁷St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁰Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Effective treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is achievable within a short window of opportunity following diagnosis. Identification of pathogenic immune mechanisms at a…
Abstract Number: 1415 • ACR Convergence 2020
Murine Roseolovirus Induces Autoimmune Disease and Development of Autoreactive T Cells and Autoantibodies
Tarin Bigley¹, Jose Saenz², Li-Ping Yang², Jason Mills² and Wayne Yokoyama², ¹Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ²Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Murine roseolovirus (MRV) is a recently sequenced beta-herpesvirus that is a natural murine pathogen and is genetically highly related to HHV6 and HHV7. The…
Abstract Number: 1416 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients Living with Vasculitis
Shubhasree Banerjee¹, Michael George², Kalen Young³, Shilpa Venkatachalam⁴, Jennifer Gordon⁵, Cristina Burroughs⁶, David Curtis⁷, Marcela Ferrada⁸, Kelly Gavigan⁹, Peter C. Grayson¹⁰, Joyce Kullman¹¹, Jeffrey R Curtis¹², Dianne Shaw³, William Nowell¹³ and Peter Merkel², ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, ⁵Temple University, Philadelphia, ⁶University of South Florida, Tampa, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, ⁸Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ¹⁰Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, ¹²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to impact how patients with vasculitis interact with health care systems due to concerns about infections. This study…
Abstract Number: 1417 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Relapse of ANCA-associated Vasculitis in Patients of 75 Years and Older: A Retrospective Study
Sara Thietart¹, Guillaume Beinse², Perrine Smets³, Alexandre Karras⁴, Carole Philipponnet⁵, Jean-François Augusto⁶, Khalil El Karoui⁷, Rafik Mesbah⁸, Dimitri Titeca Beauport⁹, Mohamed Hamidou¹⁰, Pierre-Louis Carron¹¹, Julien Campagne¹², Karim Sacre¹³, Pascal Cohen¹, Eric Liozon¹⁴, Claire Blanchard-Delaunay¹⁵, Alex Kostianovsky¹⁶, Christian Pagnoux¹⁷, Luc Mouthon¹, Loïc Guillevin¹⁸, Benjamin Terrier¹ and Xavier Puéchal for the French Vasculitis Study Group¹, ¹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France, ²Inserm UMR 1138, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Clermont-Ferrand Hôpital Gabriel-Montpied, Clermont Ferrand, France, ⁴Department of Nephrology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Nephrology, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand, France, ⁶Department of Nephrology-Dialysis-Transplantation, CHU Angers, Angers, France, ⁷Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Hôpital Universitaire Henri-Mondor, Creteil, France, ⁸Department of Nephrology, CH Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France, ⁹Department of Nephrology, Amiens University Medical Center, Amiens, France, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Hôtel-Dieu, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France, ¹¹Department of Nephrology-Dialysis-Transplantation, CHU Grenoble-Alpes, Grenobles, France, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpitaux Privés de Metz, Metz, France, ¹³Département de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Limoges University Hospital, Limoges, France, ¹⁵Department of Internal Medicine, CH, Niort, France, ¹⁶Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno", Buenos Aeres, Argentina, ¹⁷Vasculitis Clinic, Canadian Network for Research on Vasculitides (CanVasc), Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Department of Internal Medecine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) frequently occurs among older patients, with different clinical presentations than the younger. Little is known on the outcome of older patients…
Abstract Number: 1418 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Presentations and Follow-up Results of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: An Analysis of 8 Years Clinical Experience with 220 Patients from a National Referral Center
Seyed Behnam Jazayeri¹, Farzaneh Kianifar², Samira Alesaeidi², Soheil Tavakolpour³, Amir Teimourpour⁴ and Sasan Dabiri², ¹Tehran university of medical scienses, Tehran, Iran, ²Tehran university of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran, ³Dana-faber cancer institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Department of epidemiology and bio-statistics, Tehran university of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a rare and life-threatening autoimmune disease. Due to the extremely low prevalence of GPA, monitoring of clinical characteristics and…

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