Abstracts tagged "Arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1152 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
“Doctor, a Storm Is Coming and My Joints Hurt”: Evaluating Associations between Weather Changes and Arthritis Symptoms
Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, Shuo Yang¹, Cassie Clinton¹, Lang Chen¹, W. Benjamin Nowell², Huifeng Yun¹ and David Curtis³, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Arthritis symptoms reported by patients have been anecdotally associated with weather changes, but large-scale, systemic evaluations are few in number. A variety of parameters…
Abstract Number: 2429 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Outcome of Children Born to Mothers with Chronic Arthritis and Exposed to TNF-Inhibitors during Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study
Laura Andreoli¹, Maria Chiara Gerardi², Chiara Bazzani³, Matteo Filippini³, Micaela Fredi², Roberto Gorla³, Maria Grazia Lazzaroni², Cecilia Nalli², Marco Taglietti³, Andrea Lojacono⁴, Sonia Zatti⁴, Mario Motta⁵ and Angela Tincani², ¹Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁵Neonatology and NICU, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Treatment with tumor necrosis factors inhibitors (TNFi) during pregnancy may be required to control maternal disease which can be a threat for maternal-fetal well-being.…
Abstract Number: 62 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CCR6+CD4+ T Cells Drive IL-23R Signaling-Dependent Progression of Antigen-Induced Arthritis
W Razawy¹, N Salioska², P Asmawidjaja³, A Otten-Mus⁴, N Kops⁵, M Oukka⁶, V Kuchroo⁷ and Erik Lubberts³, ¹Rheumatology and Immunology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology and Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Orthopedics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ⁷Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Institute of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The IL-23/IL-17A immune pathway is important for the progression of T cell-mediated arthritis. However, it is not known where IL-23R+ T cells locate during…
Abstract Number: 1212 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Superiority of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) over Clinical Examination Regarding Detection of Arthritis in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Daria Feldmann¹, Reinhard Voll², Florian Kollert³ and Stephanie Finzel¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Arthralgia is frequent in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, correct clinical assessment of arthritis remains a challenge especially in patients with severe soft…
Abstract Number: 2498 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association of Vitamin D with the Lipid Profile in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Interplay Among Genetic Polymorphisms, DHCR7 Levels and Seasonality
Javier Rodríguez-Carrio^1,2,3, Mercedes Alperi-López⁴, Manuel Naves-Díaz^2,3, Adriana Dusso^2,3, Patricia López¹, Francisco Javier Ballina-García⁵, Jorge B. Cannata-Andía^2,3 and Ana Suárez¹, ¹Area of Immunology, Department of Functional Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, ²Bone and Mineral Research Unit, Instituto Reina Sofía de Investigación Nefrológica, REDinREN del ISCIII, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ³Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Asturias, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency is a common hallmark of rheumatic diseases, and some controversy exists about its effect on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), in particular about…
Abstract Number: 84 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ACPA-Positive Risk-RA Subject without Subclinical Arthritis Are in High Risk for Later Arthritis Onset, Especially Carriers of HLA-SE Risk-Gene
Aase Hensvold^1,2, Yogan Kisten^1,2, Monika Hansson¹, Alexandra Cîrciumaru¹, Meng Sun¹, Hamed Rezaei³, Erik af Klint¹, Guozhong Fei², Aleksandra Antovic² and Anca I. Catrina^1,2, ¹Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Stockholm Health Services, Academic Specialist Center, Center for Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are predictive markers with pathological effects in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development. Previous studies of ACPA-positive patients with musculoskeletal complaints (mainly…
Abstract Number: 1236 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Peripheral-Blood B-Cell Subset Disturbances in Whipple’s Disease
Maelle Le Goff¹, Divi Cornec², Dewi Guellec¹, Thierry Marhadour¹, Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec¹, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin¹, Marion Herbette¹, Jean-Michel Cauvin³, Clara Le Guillou³, Yves Renaudineau⁴, Jacques-Olivier Pers⁵ and Alain Saraux¹, ¹Rheumatology, CHU Brest, Brest, France, ²Rheumatology and UMR1227, Lymphocytes B et Autoimmunité, CHU Brest, Brest, France, ³CDC, CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁴U1227, Université de Brest, inserm, Labex IGO, CHU de brest, Brest, France, ⁵U1227, Université de Brest, Inserm, Labex IGO, CHU de Brest, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Whipple’s disease (WD) is a rare, systemic, disease caused by the intracellular Gram-positive bacterium Tropheryma whipplei (TW). This ubiquitous commensal organism is transmitted among…
Abstract Number: 2943 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Helping a Non-Urban Community Walk with Ease: A Feasibility Pilot Study of an Arthritis Activity Intervention
Amanda Perez¹, Brock Polnaszek², Douglas White³, Lee Walraven⁴, Chelsea Barnes⁴ and Christie M. Bartels¹, ¹Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, ²Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ³Gundersen Lutheran - Onalaska Clinic, Onalaska, WI, ⁴La Crosse Area Family YMCA, La Crosse, WI
Background/Purpose: An estimated 54 million US adults have arthritis, and more than half are not receiving the recommended physical activity (MMWR, 2018). Walk With Ease…
Abstract Number: 136 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Alpn-101, a Dual ICOS/CD28 Antagonist, Potently Suppresses Disease in Multiple Mouse Models of Autoimmunity
Stacey Dillon¹, Katherine Lewis¹, Lawrence Evans², Ryan Swanson², Jing Yang³, Martin Wolfson⁴, Michelle Seaberg¹, Kayla Susmilch⁵, Sherri Mudri¹, Mark Rixon⁴, Stanford Peng⁶ and Kristine Swiderek⁷, ¹Translational Sciences, Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA, ²Immunology, Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA, ³Clinical, R&D, Alpine Immune Sciences, SEATTLE, WA, ⁴Protein Therapeutics, Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA, ⁵Translational Sciences, Alpine Immune Sciences, SEATTLE, WA, ⁶Clinical, R&D, Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA, ⁷Research, Alpine Immune Sciences, SEATTLE, WA
Background/Purpose: CD28 and Inducible T-cell Costimulator (ICOS) are two related costimulatory molecules within the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) expressed on T cells and interacting with CD80/CD86…
Abstract Number: 1237 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is the Value of Synovial Biopsies for the Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis?
Bastien Ouvrard^1,2, Géraldine Bart¹, Christelle Darrieutort¹, Aurélie Najm¹ and Benoit Le Goff¹, ¹CHU Nantes, Nantes, France, ²INSERM UMR1238, nantes, France
Background/Purpose: Synovial biopsies are increasingly performed for research purposes but also in clinical practice. The development of US guided procedure has made this procedure simpler.…
Abstract Number: 2972 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis (1980-2017): A Rare Disease, Commonly Associated with Malignancy and Autoimmunity
Avneek Singh Sandhu¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², David Wetter³, Gavin McKenzie⁴ and Ashima Makol¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ³Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (MRH) is a systemic disease characterized by papulo-nodular skin eruptions and progressive, deforming arthritis. We aimed to examine the clinical correlates and…
Abstract Number: 359 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of Lymphoid Cells in Synovial Fluid from Cancer Patients with Immunotherapy-Induced Arthritis
Sang Kim¹, Jean Tayar¹, Huifang Lu¹, Jennifer Wang², Don Gibbons³, Guillermo Garcia-Manero⁴, Patrick Hwu⁵, Adi Diab⁵ and Roza Nurieva⁶, ¹General Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁵Melanoma Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁶Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are revolutionizing cancer treatment; however, ICI therapy is associated with immune-related adverse events (irAEs). irAEs can be life-threatening and/or severely impair…
Abstract Number: 1267 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association between Clinically Suspect Arthralgia and Adipokines in Obese Patients
Taskin Senturk¹, Reyhan Kose¹, Gokhan Sargin¹, Songul Cildag², Mustafa Unubol³, Burçin İrem Abas⁴ and Cigdem Yenisey⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Adnan Menderes University Medical School, Aydin, Turkey, ²Allergy and Immunology, Adnan Menderes University Medical School, Aydin, Turkey, ³Endocrinology and Metabolism, Adnan Menderes University Medical School, Aydin, Turkey, ⁴Biochemistry, Adnan Menderes University Medical School, Aydin, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Obesity is a moderate low-grade chronic inflammatory condition. Also, it has been reported to be a risk factor for inflammatory rheumatic diseases, seronegative inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 375 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Only a Minor Proportion of Individuals with Anti-Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Autoimmunity Presents with the Clinical Picture of “Antisynthetase-Syndrome”
Johannes Knitza, Hannah Schenker, Georg Schett and Jörg Distler, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Antisynthetase Syndrome is a rare and severe autoimmune inflammatory disease that is associated with autoimmunity against aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and clinical signs of arthritis, myositis…
Abstract Number: 1448 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Impact of Articular Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Follow-up of Patients with Polyarthritis
Justine Lafleur-Careau¹, François Taschereau¹, Artur J de Brum-Fernandes², Alessandra Bruns³, Gilles Boire⁴ and Ariel Masetto⁵, ¹Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: It is well established in the literature that musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is more sensitive than clinical examination in the detection of synovitis. MSUS can…