Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 1002 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Survival and Years of Potential Life Lost in Connective Tissue Disease and Vasculitis; Data from the Norwegian Connective Tissue Diseases and Vasculitis Registry (NOSVAR)
Torhild Garen¹, Karoline Lerang¹, Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold², Helena Andersson¹, Øyvind Midtvedt¹, Karin Kilian¹, Ragnar Gunnarsson¹, Birgir Gudbrandsson¹, Gudrun Norby¹, Oyvind Molberg² and Øyvind Palm¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, OSLO, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Survival is decreased in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) and vasculitis, however few studies have compared the mortality between the specific diseases prospectively…
Abstract Number: 2121 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies As Biomarkers for the Identification of Pre-Clinical Stages of Autoimmune Diseases: Demonstration of Inflammatory and Fibrotic Activity in the Liver of Asymptomatic and Biochemically Normal Individuals with Anti-Mitochondria Antibodies
Danielle Baldo¹, Alessandra Dellavance¹, Maria Lucia Ferraz² and Luis Eduardo C. Andrade^3,4, ¹Research and Development Department, Fleury Medicine and Health Laboratories, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Gastroenterology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Immunology Division, Fleury Medicine and Health, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Circulating autoantibodies precede clinical onset of several autoimmune diseases. The characteristics of the so-called pre-clinical stage of autoimmune diseases are poorly understood. Anti-mitochondria autoantibodies…
Abstract Number: 1023 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Autoimmune Discovery Ichip Distinguishes Healthy Individuals (HC) from Those with SLE, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Scleroderma (SSc), Sjogren’s Syndrome (SS), and the Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome (APS)
Chaim Putterman¹, Armando Gabrielli², Alexandra Balbir-Gurman³, Pennina Safer⁴, Keren Jakobi-Brook⁴, Rachel Sorek⁴, Ilana Gluzman⁴, Steve Wallace⁵ and Irun R. Cohen^4,6, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, Bronx, NY, ²Istituto di Clinica Medica dell'Università di Ancona, Ancona, Italy, Ancona, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Haifa, Israel, ⁴ImmunArray Ltd., Rehovot, Israel, Rehovot, Israel, ⁵ImmunArray Inc., VA, USA, Richmond, VA, ⁶Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Rehovot, Israel
Background/Purpose: Current serological tests are not sufficiently accurate in differentiating between HC and those with autoimmune rheumatic diseases. We developed the iCHIP antigen microarray to…
Abstract Number: 2128 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Systematic Review of the Management of Patients with Preexisting Rheumatologic Diseases Receiving Checkpoint Inhibitors for Cancer
Noha Abdel-Wahab^1,2, Mohsin Shah¹, Maria A. Lopez-Olivo¹ and Maria Suarez-Almazor¹, ¹Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Houston, TX, ²Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt, Assiut, Egypt
Background/Purpose: The incidence and management of rheumatologic immune-related adverse events (irAEs) as a consequence of the checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy in patients with cancer has…
Abstract Number: 1064 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of Human Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells Generated with Protein Kinase C Inhibitor and Induction from Patients with Autoimmune Diseases
Hitoshi Hasegawa¹, Takuya Matsumoto¹, Endy Adnan², Jun Ishizaki¹, Koichiro Suemori¹ and Masaki Yasukawa¹, ¹Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan, ²Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
Background/Purpose: Tolerogenic dendritic cells (tDCs) are a promising therapeutic tool for specific induction of immunological tolerance. Human tDCs can be generated ex vivo using various…
Abstract Number: 2142 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies Recognizing Cytosolic 5’-Nucleotidase 1A Are Associated with More Severe Disease in Patients with Juvenile Myositis
Richard Yeker¹, Iago Pinal-Fernandez², Takayuki Kishi³, Ira N. Targoff⁴, Frederick W Miller³, Lisa G Rider³ and Andrew Mammen⁵, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴VA Medical Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Muscle Diseases Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies recognizing cytosolic 5’-nucleotidase 1A (NT5C1A) are present in the sera of adults with myositis and other autoimmune diseases. They are especially prevalent in…
Abstract Number: 1068 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of TNF Antagonist Treatment on the Gut Microbiome In Vivo
Odile Gabay¹, Jonathan Vicenty², Grant Wunderlin³, Linda Tiffany², Wells Wu⁴, Vahan Simonyan⁵ and Kathleen A Clouse⁶, ¹Office of Biotechnology Products /Center for Drug Evaluation and Research DBRRI, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ²Office of Biotechnology Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, DBRRI, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ³Center for Drug Evaluation and Research CDER DBRRI, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ⁴Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research OMPT, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ⁵Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, ⁶Office of Biotechnology Products /Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,DBRRI, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
Background/Purpose: Auto-immune diseases are in constant progression in the US. Biologic therapeutics have been used successfully to treat these diseases, but have presented some unique…
Abstract Number: 2454 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Real-World Consistency of Response to Adalimumab over Time in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the Corrona Registry
Dimitrios A. Pappas^1,2, George W. Reed^2,3, Chitra Karki⁴, Jenny Griffith⁵, Martha Skup⁵, Vishvas Garg⁵ and Joel Kremer^2,6, ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Corrona LLC, Southborough, MA, ³UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ⁵AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: Adalimumab (ADA) was approved in the US in 2002 for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and subsequently approved for the management of other inflammatory diseases such…
Abstract Number: 1171 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mycophenolate Mofetil May Improve Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features
Sara S. McCoy¹, Zubin Mukadam², Keith C. Meyer³, Emmanuel Sampene⁴, Jeffrey P. Kanne⁵, Christopher A. Meyer⁵, Maria D. Martin⁵, Scott W. Aesif⁶, Laurie Rice⁷ and Christie M. Bartels⁸, ¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, madison, WI, ³PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁶Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, madison, WI, ⁷Critical Care Medicine, SSM Health Dean Medical Group, madison, WI, ⁸Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: To assess the efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in treatment of adult patients with interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF). Methods: A retrospective medical…
Abstract Number: 2601 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Anti-Malarial Drug Derivative Inhibited Type I Interferon Production and Autoimmune Inflammation in SLE Patient PBMC and in Trex1-/- Mouse Spleen and Heart
Jie An¹, Weinan Lai^2,3, Joshua Woodward⁴, Xizhang Sun¹, Lena Tanaka¹, Tomikazu Sasaki⁵ and Keith B. Elkon⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Rheumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, ⁴Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Type I interferon (IFN-I) is strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) as well as rare monogenic ‘interferonopathies’ such as Aicardi-Goutieres…
Abstract Number: 1290 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preterm Birth Phenotypes in Women with Autoimmune Diseases
Kathleen D. Kolstad¹, Jonathan A. Mayo², Lorinda Chung³, Yashaar Chaichian⁴, Victoria M. Kelly⁵, Maurice Druzin⁶, David K. Stevenson⁷, Gary M. Shaw⁸ and Julia F Simard⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ²Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ³Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Medicine, Immunology & Rheumatology Division, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁵Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁷Pediatrics - Neonatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁸Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology and Developmental Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁹Division of Epidemiology, Health Research and Policy Department, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoimmune diseases expose patients to chronic inflammation, immune dysregulation, and vascular abnormalities; complications that can impact obstetric outcomes. The goal of this study…
Abstract Number: 2634 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevalence of Autoimmune Disease in Families of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). a Single Centre Study
Oseme Etomi¹, Andrea Cove-Smith², Ravindra Rajakariar³, Myles J. Lewis^2,4,5,6, Angela Pakozdi² and Debasish Pyne², ¹heumatology Department, Barth Health NHS foundation trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Barts Lupus Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Bart's Lupus Center, Barts Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Myles Lewis (myles.lewis@qmul.ac.uk), London, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology, Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Studies to date have reported that up to 30% of lupus patient have a first degree relative with an autoimmune disorder (AD). The most…
Abstract Number: 1328 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Dual ICOS/CD28 Antagonist ICOSL Variant Ig Domain (vIgDTM) Potently Suppresses Mouse Collagen-Induced Arthritis and Human Xenograft Graft Vs. Host Disease (GvHD)
Stacey Dillon¹, Katherine Lewis¹, Ryan Swanson², Lawrence Evans², Michael Kornacker³, Steve Levin², Martin Wolfson⁴, Erika Rickel², Susan Bort², Sherri Mudri¹, Aaron Moss¹, Michelle Seaberg¹, Janhavi Bhandari⁴, Sean MacNeil⁴, Joe Hoover⁴, Mark Rixon⁴ and Stanford Peng⁵, ¹Translational Sciences, Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA, ²Immunology, Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA, ³Protein Engineering, Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA, ⁴Protein Therapeutics, Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA, ⁵Clinical, R&D, Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Our proprietary variant Ig domain (vIgD) platform creates novel, therapeutically-applicable protein domains with tailored specificity and affinity. These vIgDs are created through directed…
Abstract Number: 2740 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cyclophosphamide Treatment Modulates Circulating Cell Populations in Patients with Vasculitis and Autoimmune Systemic Diseases
Martina Skácelová¹, Gabriela Gabčová², Pavel Horak³, Zuzana Mikulková², František Mrázek⁴, Eva Kriegová⁵ and Andrea Smržová⁶, ¹III. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ²Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ³III. Department of internal medicine, III. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ⁵Department of Immunology, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ⁶III. Department of Internal Medicine, III. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University of Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Although cyclophosphamide (CFA) remain the cornerstone for treatment of patients with severe manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases, the knowledge about the effect of CFA…
Abstract Number: 1407 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Huntingtin Interactin Protein 1 (HIP1) Regulates Invasiveness, Actin Filament and Lamellipodia Formation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes (FLS)
Teresina Laragione, Carolyn Harris, Erjing Gao and Percio S. Gulko, Medicine/Rheumatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Huntingtin-interacting protein 1 (Hip1) is an arthritis severity and joint damage gene recently discovered in rodent models of arthritis. Hip1 regulates fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS)…

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