Abstract Number: 099 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is theorized to occur in a genetically susceptible individual as a response to an environmental trigger, leading to autoimmunity and inflammation.…Abstract Number: 112 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Prevalence and Relationship to Disease in Childhood-onset Lupus
Background/Purpose: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) measure traumatic experiences in childhood. ACEs are associated with epigenetic changes, are known to increase stress response and inflammation, and…Abstract Number: 034 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
STAT3 Gain-of-function Syndrome Mutations Are Susceptible to JAK Inhibition Despite a Spectrum of Potency
Background/Purpose: STAT3 gain-of-function (GOF) syndrome is a rare inborn error of immunity that leads to early-onset lymphoproliferation, autoimmune cytopenias, multi-solid organ autoimmunity, hypogammaglobulinemia, and short…Abstract Number: 065 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Relationship Between Arthritis and Uveitis Disease Activity in Children with JIA
Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled uveitis can lead to visual complications in 50% of children with JIA associated uveitis (JIA-U). While arthritis and uveitis are not considered to…Abstract Number: 078 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Periodic Fever Syndrome and Myelodysplastic Syndrome: Possible Connections Between Two Disorders
Background/Purpose: Background: associations between autoimmune, immunodeficiency and hematological disorders are well known as well as with autoinflammatory conditions. Modern genetic testing allows to link these…Abstract Number: L04 • ACR Convergence 2022
Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Subtypes Mediated by CD8 T Cells Are Phenocopied in a Novel Humanized Murine Model of Psoriasis and Arthritis
Background/Purpose: A pivotal clinical characteristic of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is disease manifestations in several domains (skin, entheses, joints, spine) and multiple domain involvement is prevalent,…Abstract Number: L10 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efgartigimod Prevents Necrosis and Allows for Muscle Fiber Regeneration in a Humanized Mouse Model of Immune-mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM)
Background/Purpose: Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a severe form of myositis characterized by muscle weakness and elevated creatine kinase levels in serum. The most frequent…Abstract Number: 0083 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Reasons for Hesitancy in a Large Rheumatology Practice Network
Background/Purpose: Sub-optimal COVID-19 vaccine uptake by patients with autoimmune conditions is an area of concern to many rheumatologists and other providers. It is important to…Abstract Number: 0202 • ACR Convergence 2022
Learning Needs Assessment for Patients with Cancer and a Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease Who Are Candidates to Receive Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have been extremely successful in the treatment of various malignancies. Patients with pre-existing autoimmune disorders and cancer are at risk…Abstract Number: 0578 • ACR Convergence 2022
Interleukin-6 Trans-Signaling Induces Synovial Fibroblast Invasiveness by Utilizing Ets2 Protein
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease with a complex interplay of synovial cells and soluble factors that create the signatures of chronic inflammation…Abstract Number: 0669 • ACR Convergence 2022
Understanding How Type I Interferon Modulates Langerhans Cell ADAM17 to Promote Photosensitivity in Lupus
Background/Purpose: Photosensitivity is a hallmark symptom of lupus erythematosus (LE), in which patients develop inflammatory skin lesions in response to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). In examining…Abstract Number: 0750 • ACR Convergence 2022
Quality Improvement Project to Increase the Rate of Vaccination with Pneumococcal Vaccines (PCV13 prime-PPSV23 Boost Strategy) Among Adult Patients with Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases (AIIRD) Within Nationwide Health Organization
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD) are susceptible for pneumococcal disease. Two vaccines against S. pneumoniae are currently recommended for use: a 23-valent…Abstract Number: 0805 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatic Fever and Streptococcal Cutaneous Infection: A Case-control Study in the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
Background/Purpose: Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) remain major public health problems in the South Pacific. Triggering by group A beta hemolytic…Abstract Number: 1049 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk Stratification of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in EUSTAR Using the Current and New Proposed Criteria
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major clinical challenge in systemic sclerosis (SSc). A new definition for precapillary PH is proposed. Risk stratification is…Abstract Number: 1217 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Problem of Pain in Rheumatology: Clinical Profiles Associated with Concomitant Diagnoses with Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions
Background/Purpose: The chronification of pain is heterogeneous in rheumatology. Chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs) such as fibromyalgia, endometriosis, migraine, and back pain may co-occur with…
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