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  • Abstract Number: 362 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Methods to Efficiently Recruit Minority Patients with Gout for Clinic-Based Registries

    Giovanni Adami1, Giovanna Rosas 2, Joshua Melnick 3, Jeffrey Foster 2, Elizabeth Rahn 2, Amy Mudano 4, Jeffrey Curtis 2, Tony Merriman 5, S Louis Bridges 4 and Kenneth Saag 2, 1University of Verona, Verona, Italy, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmimgham, AL, 4University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, 5University of Otago, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: Gout is frequently misdiagnosed and/or miscoded, making approaches to identifying eligible patients for observational and interventional studies more challenging. Ethnic and racial minorities are…
  • Abstract Number: 805 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in SLE Is Significant Early and Highlights Racial Disparities

    Shivani Garg1, Christie Bartels 1, Cristina Drenkard 2, Gaobin Bao 2 and S Sam Lim 2, 1University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 2Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    Background/Purpose: SLE is an independent risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) and afflicts African Americans (AA’s) 3 times more than whites. Two predominantly white…
  • Abstract Number: 1050 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Signatures in Classical Monocytes from African Ancestry Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

    Peter Allen1, Jena Wirth 2, Nathan Wilson 2, Jim Oates 3, Melissa Cunningham 2, Devin Absher 4 and Paula Ramos 2, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 3Division of Rheumatology & Immunology/Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 4HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare, fibrotic autoimmune disorder characterized by cutaneous and visceral fibrosis, immune dysregulation, and vasculopathy. It disproportionately affects individuals of…
  • Abstract Number: 1828 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Avascular Necrosis Is Associated with APOL1 Variants in African Americans with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Kevin Yip1, Elizaveta Efuni 2, Yingzhi Qian 1, Robert Clancy 3, Jill Buyon 2 and Ashira Blazer 1, 1New York University School of Medicine, New York City, 2New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 3New York University School of Medicine, New York

    Background/Purpose: African Americans (AA) with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) are at higher risk for both renal disease and avascular necrosis (AVN). The two Apolipoprotein L1…
  • Abstract Number: 1830 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Short- and Long-term Morbidity and Mortality Outcomes of African American Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease

    Elizabeth Volkmann1, Virginia Steen 2, Ning Li 3, Michael Roth 4, Philip Clements 3, Dinesh Khanna 5, Daniel Furst 6, Shervin Assassi 7, Grace Kim 3, Jonathan Goldin 3, Robert Elashoff 3 and Donald Tashkin 3, 1University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 2Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA, Georgetown, 3University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 4University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 5Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, 6University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 7Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Observational studies have demonstrated that African American (AA) patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have a more unfavorable prognosis compared with non-AA. However, no studies…
  • Abstract Number: 2217 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    DEXA Does Not Accurately Reflect FRAX Score in Patients with Autoimmune Disease on Corticosteroids

    Sima Terebelo1, Madina Abduraimova 1, Latoya Freeman-Beman 1, Naureen Kabani 2, Joshy Pathiparampil 1, Olga Dvorkina 2 and Ellen M Ginzler 3, 1SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 3State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

    Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis (OP) is a problem in the aging population.  Patients with autoimmune disease are at increased risk for OP given their history of steroid…
  • Abstract Number: 2769 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    A Single Center Experience of Temporal Artery Biopsies Performed in 30 African American Patients

    Ammar Haikal1, Garth Fraga2, Jason Springer1 and Mehrdad Maz3, 1Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Kansas City, KS, 2The University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kansas City, KS, 3Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

    Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis of large and medium-sized arteries mostly reported in Caucasians (CCs) over 50 y.o. There is limited…
  • Abstract Number: 281 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Development of an African American Lupus Community-Based Patient and Provider Education Program: Lupus Conversations

    Karen Mancera-Cuevas1, Courtnie Phillip2, Cianna Leatherwood3, Chase Correia4, James Brucker4, Elmer Freeman5, Gail Granville6, Kay Mimms7, Patricia Canessa8, Candace H. Feldman3 and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman9, 1Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 5Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 6Women of Courage, Inc., Boston, MA, 7Lupus Society of Illinois, Chicago, IL, 8Illinois Public Health Association, Springfield, IL, 9FSM, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: African Americans (AA) with lupus experience severe manifestations and outcomes, and a long journey to diagnosis and care. We developed and tested evidence-based, culturally…
  • Abstract Number: 1094 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Endogenous Ifnβ Production Is Required for Efficient BCR Crosslinking and Survival of SLE B Cells

    John D. Mountz1, Shanrun Liu2, PingAr Yang3, Qi Wu4, Bao Luo5, W. Winn Chatham6 and Hui-Chen Hsu4, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical center, Birmingham, AL, 2Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 5Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 6Medcine/Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: Increased type I interferon (IFN) has been shown to affect survival and activation of B cells in SLE. This study investigated novel mechanisms of…
  • Abstract Number: 1120 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Strong HLA and Novel Non-HLA Associations Identified By Auto-Antibody Subset Analysis of African Americans with Scleroderma from the Genome Research in African American Scleroderma Patients Cohort

    Pravitt Gourh1, Elaine F. Remmers2, Theresa Alexander3, Steven Boyden4, Nadia D. Morgan5, Ami A. Shah6, Maureen D. Mayes7, Ayo Doumatey2, Amy Bentley2, Daniel Shriner8, Robyn T. Domsic9, Thomas A. Medsger Jr.10, Virginia D. Steen11, Paula S. Ramos12, Rick Silver13, Benjamin D. Korman14, John Varga15, Elena Schiopu16, Dinesh Khanna17, Vivien Hsu18, Jessica K. Gordon19, Lesley Ann Saketkoo20, Heather Gladue21, Brynn Kron22, Lindsey A. Criswell22, Chris T. Derk23, S. Louis Bridges Jr.24, Victoria Shanmugam25, Kathleen D. Kolstad26, Lorinda Chung27, Reem Jan28, Elana J. Bernstein29, Avram Goldberg30, Marcin Trojanowski31, Suzanne Kafaja32, Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon33, Settara C Chandrasekharappa2, Adebowale Adeyemo2, Charles Rotimi2, Fredrick M. Wigley34, Francesco Boin35 and Daniel L. Kastner36, 1NIAMS-Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, 2National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 3National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 4National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, MD, 5Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 6Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 7Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 8National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 9Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 10University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 11Rheumatology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, 12Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 13Rheumatology, Medical University of SC, Charleston, SC, 14Division of Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology and Center for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, New York, USA, Rochester, NY, 15Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 16University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 17Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 18Rheumatology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 19Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 20Tulane, New Orleans, LA, 21Rheumatology, Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, 22University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 23Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 24Clinical Immunology & Rheum, Univ of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 25Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 26Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, 27Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 28Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 29Rheumatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 30NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, 31Boston University, Boston, MA, 32David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 33Rheumatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 34Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 35Rheumatology, University California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 36Inflammatory Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

    Background/Purpose: Anti-fibrillarin (nucleolar, AFA) and anti-topoisomerase I (ATA) autoantibodies are specific to systemic sclerosis (SSc) and are common in African Americans (AA). These autoantibodies define…
  • Abstract Number: 1292 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    HLA-B*58:01 Genotype and the Risk of Allopurinol-Associated Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions in a Predominately Black or African American Population with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

    Sarah Ford1, Pamela Kimball1, Gaurav Gupta1 and Nehal Shah2, 1Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2Medicine/Rheumatology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

    Background/Purpose: Allopurinol is the first line urate lowering drug used for treatment of gout. Its most feared side effect includes development of hypersensitivity drug reactions…
  • Abstract Number: 1842 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Implementation of an African American Popular Opinion Leader Model to Address Disparities in Lupus Knowledge and Care

    Courtnie Phillip1, Cianna Leatherwood2, Elmer Freeman3, Gail Granville4, Gayna Sealy5, Toni Wiley5, Chase Correia6, Karen Mancera-Cuevas7, Patricia Canessa8, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman9 and Candace H. Feldman2, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 4Women of Courage, Inc., Boston, MA, 5Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center, Dorchester, MA, 6Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 7Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 8Illinois Public Health Association, Springfield, IL, 9FSM, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects African American individuals. Community-based educational interventions that capitalize on rich social networks can be used…
  • Abstract Number: 1943 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Apolipoprotein L1 Risk Variants Associate with Poor Renal Outcomes, Damage Accrual, and Death: A Prospective Ghanaian SLE Cohort

    Ashira Blazer1, Ida Dzifa Dey2, Margaret Reynolds3, Festus Ankrah3, Nancyanne Schmidt4, Robert M. Clancy5 and Jill P. Buyon6, 1Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry,University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, 3Internal Medicine, The University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, 4Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 5NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, 6Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Two Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk variants (RV), G1 and G2, are enriched in ancestrally African populations due to a conferred superior resistance to Trypanosoma…
  • Abstract Number: 2733 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    From a Myth to a Menace: Increased Disease Severity and Poor Outcomes in an Urban Cohort of African-American Patients with ANCA-Associat­ed Vasculitis

    Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon1, Philip McCarthy2, Sandeep Soman3 and John McKinnon3, 1Rheumatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI, 3Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

    Background/Purpose: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a systemic inflammatory disorder frequently associated with significant disability and morbidity, which may lead to end-stage renal disease…
  • Abstract Number: 919 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    HLA Type Imputation in the Genome Research in African American Scleroderma Patients (GRASP) Cohort Reveals Strong Associations of African Ancestry MHC Class II Types with Scleroderma and Lack of Class I HLA Type Associations

    Elaine F. Remmers1, Pravitt Gourh2, Steven Boyden3, Nadia D. Morgan4, Ami A. Shah4, Adebowale Adeyemo1, Amy Bentley1, Mary A. Carns5, Settara C. Chandrasekharappa1, Lorinda Chung6, Lindsey A. Criswell7, Chris T. Derk8, Robyn T. Domsic9, Ayo Doumatey1, Heather Gladue10, Avram Goldberg11, Jessica K. Gordon12, Vivien M Hsu13, Reem Jan14, Dinesh Khanna15, Maureen D. Mayes16, Thomas A. Medsger Jr.17, Paula S. Ramos18, Marcin A. Trojanowski19, Lesley A. Saketkoo20, Elena Schiopu15, Victoria K. Shanmugam21, Daniel Shriner1, Richard M. Silver22, Virginia D. Steen23, Antonia Valenzuela24, John Varga25, Charles Rotimi1, Fredrick M. Wigley26, Francesco Boin27 and Daniel L. Kastner28, 1National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 2NIAMS-Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, 3National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, MD, 4Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 5Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Scleroderma Program, Chicago, IL, 6Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 7Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 8Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 9Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 10Rheumatology, Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, 11NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, 12Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 13University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey--Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 14Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 15University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 16University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 17Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 18Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 19Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20Rheumatology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 21Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 22Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 23Rheumatology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, 24Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 25Rheumatology and Dermatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Scleroderma Program, Chicago, IL, 26Rheum Div/Mason F Lord, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 27Rheumatology, University California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 28Inflammatory Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

    Background/Purpose: The Genome Research in African American Scleroderma Patients (GRASP) consortium was created to obtain a collection of African American (AA) scleroderma patients to facilitate…
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