Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0336 • ACR Convergence 2023
Core Signs Associated with the Subtypes of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus: Concept Elicitation Interviews with Dermatologists and Rheumatologists
victoria werth¹, Annegret Kuhn², Joseph F. Merola³, Joerg Wenzel⁴, Cristina Vazquez-Mateo⁵, Sanjeev Roy⁶, Erik Thomas⁵, Oliver Guenther⁷, Ying Sun⁷, Alexandra Lauer⁷, Almary Guerra Rodriguez⁸, Patricia Koochaki⁹ and Paul Kamudoni⁷, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Wynnewood, PA, ²Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and University of Münster, Münster, Germany, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁵EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ⁶Ares Trading SA, Eysins, Switzerland, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ⁷the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ⁸Laife Reply GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ⁹ICON Clinical Research LLC, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Greater understanding of cutaneous signs and symptoms is needed to comprehensively define and measure cutaneous disease activity in lupus erythematosus. Herein, we interviewed dermatologic…
Abstract Number: 0581 • ACR Convergence 2023
Performance Characteristics of a Novel, Fully Automated Multiplexed Immunoassay Microarray Prototype for the Serological Detection of Eleven IgG Autoantibodies Commonly Found in Connective Tissue Diseases
Daphne Bijlsma, Ewa Lukasik, Michael Hausmann, Gerber Gomez, Christine Ginocchio and Emmanuel Moreau, Quotient Suisse SA, Eysins, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Detection of autoantibodies is key for the identification and prognosis of patients with connective tissue diseases (CTD); however, some current testing methods are manual,…
Abstract Number: 0800 • ACR Convergence 2023
CD4+ CD96+ T Cells Are Pathogenic Effector Cells in Giant Cell Arteritis
Shozo Ohtsuki¹, Jose Morales², Yuki Sato², Chenyao Wang², Matthew Koster³, Kenneth Warrington³, Gerald J. Berry⁴, Jorg Goronzy³ and Cornelia M. Weyand⁵, ¹Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁵Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: In Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), granulomatous infiltrates occupy the vessel wall and elicit maladaptive vascular remodeling with intimal hyperplasia. The major cell types of…
Abstract Number: 1003 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Multidisciplinary Obstetric-Medicine/Rheumatology Specialty Clinic in the United States: A Five Year Analysis
Griffin Reed¹, Joyce Mathew¹, Kelsey Rigby², Mery Deeb³, Elena Cravens¹, Anthony Reginato⁴, Gofran Tarabulsi⁵ and Joanne Cunha⁶, ¹Brown University, Providence, RI, ²Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Falmouth, MA, ³Brown University, Warwick, RI, ⁴The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁵Women and Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁶The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Riverside, RI
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic disorders frequently affect women of childbearing age. These diseases and medications used to treat them can have adverse effects on fertility and fetuses.…
Abstract Number: 1141 • ACR Convergence 2023
COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Adverse Events Following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease (AIRD) Patients: A Single Center Experience
Vincent Luceño¹, Peter Paolo Daleon¹ and Sandra Navarra², ¹University of Santo Tomas Hospital, City of Manila, Philippines, ²University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Joint and Bone Center, Manila, Philippines
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) were associated with an increased risk for COVID-19 infection, worse clinical outcomes, and COVID-19- related deaths. Vaccines carry the…
Abstract Number: 1380 • ACR Convergence 2023
Synergistic Dose Effects of Extra X Chromosome in Development of Sjogren’s Syndrome in Klinefelter and Triple X Syndromes
Anna-Kay Palmer¹ and Irene Tan², ¹Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ²Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Background/Purpose: Immune-related genes located on the X chromosome are known to be important in the regulation of sex hormones and immune tolerance. It has been…
Abstract Number: 1607 • ACR Convergence 2023
Autoantibodies to Transcription Factor a Mitochondria Link Mitochondrial Damage and Thrombosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Eduardo Gomez-Banuelos¹, Alessandra Ida Celia², Maria Isabel Trejo Zambrano³, Merlin Paz³, Erika Darrah³, Daniel Goldman⁴, Michelle Petri⁴ and Felipe Andrade³, ¹The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²John Hopkins University of Medicine, Rome, Italy, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: Upon activation with interferon (IFN) and RNP-immune complexes, defective mitophagy in neutrophils results in the release of mtDNA in complex with transcription factor A…
Abstract Number: 1800 • ACR Convergence 2023
Factors Associated with an Electronic Health Record-Based Definition of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Naomi Patel¹, Xiaosong Wang², Yumeko Kawano², Abigail Schiff², Rathnam Venkat², Claire Cook¹, Kathleen Vanni², Grace Qian², Katarina Bade², Shruthi Srivatsan¹, Krishan Guzzo¹, Zachary Williams¹, Emily Kowalski², Alene Saavedra², Jeffrey Sparks³ and Zachary Wallace⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Immunosuppression for treatment of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) is associated with increased risk of severe acute COVID-19 due to blunted vaccine responses and…
Abstract Number: 1931 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-Ku Antibodies: A Case Series
Raquel Ugena García¹, Cristina Calomarde Gomez¹, Joan Climent² and Lourdes Mateo Soria², ¹Rheumatology department. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Anti-Ku antibodies (Abs) were initially described in patients with polymyositis and scleroderma. Subsequently, an association has been demonstrated with other systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs),…
Abstract Number: 2147 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety and Effectiveness in Cycling Between Non-Selective and Selective JAKi in a Multi-Center Registry of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Middle East
Rajaie Namas¹, Jawahir Alameri², Sarah Al Qassimi², Ha-Neul Yu³, Mohamed Elarabi², Hani Shatnawi⁴, Lara Memisoglu², Ahlam Al Marzooqi⁵, Asia Mubashir² and Eduardo Mysler⁶, ¹Medical Subspecialties Institute, Division of Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ²Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ³New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ⁴Princess Basma Teaching Hospital, Amman, Jordan, ⁵Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, ⁶Organización Medica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease. Strategies for addressing treatment failure with TNF inhibitors according to the recent EULAR recommendations include…
Abstract Number: 2442 • ACR Convergence 2023
Neutrophils Induce Contact-Dependent Expansion of Arthritogenic Th17 Cells and Are Necessary for Disease in Experimental Ankylosing Spondylitis
Hillary Struthers¹, Emily Vance¹, Kofi Asare-Konadu¹, Holly Rosenzweig² and Ruth Napier¹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients have irregular neutrophil responses, as indicated clinically by neutrophilia and increased neutrophil to lymphocyte ratios that positively associate with disease…
Abstract Number: 2574 • ACR Convergence 2023
Are Patients Classified as IPAF More Likely to Also Meet SLE Criteria by 2019 EULAR/ACR Than by SLICC?: An Abstract
Gabriela Martinez Zayas¹, David Karp¹ and Elena Joerns², ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) is a research classification proposed by the European Respiratory Society and American Thoracic Society Task Force for those…
Abstract Number: 0017 • ACR Convergence 2023
Xist Ribonucleoproteins Promote Female Sex-biased Autoimmunity
Diana Dou¹, Yanding Zhao¹, Julia Belk¹, Yang Zhao¹, Kerriann Casey², Derek Chen¹, Rui Li¹, Bingfei Yu¹, Suhas Srinivasan¹, Brian Abe¹, Katerina Kraft¹, Ceke Hellström³, Ronald Sjöberg⁴, Sarah Chang⁵, Allan Feng⁵, Daniel Goldman⁶, Ami Shah⁷, Michelle Petri⁶, Lorinda Chung⁸, David Fiorentino⁹, Emma Lundberg¹⁰, Anton Wutz¹¹, Paul Utz⁵ and Howard Chang¹, ¹Center for Personal Dynamic Regulomes and Program in Epithelial Biology, Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ³Autoimmunity and Serology Profiling, Division of Affinity Proteomics, Department of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SciLifeLab, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Protein Science, SciLifelab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ⁸Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Woodside, CA, ⁹Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Menlo Park, CA, ¹⁰Departments of Bioengineering and Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ¹¹Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect females more than males. The XX sex chromosome complement is strongly associated with susceptibility to autoimmunity. Xist long noncoding RNA…
Abstract Number: 0089 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pre-Clinical Characterization of MTX-101, a Novel Bispecific CD8 Treg Modulator with the Potential to Restore CD8 Treg Functions in Patients with Rheumatological Autoimmune Diseases
Daniel Patton, Meghan Maurer, Nadine Morgan, Minh Pham, Daniel Boster, Justin Huard, Cathy Tan, Rachael Fasnacht, Monica Childs, Gleda Hermansky, Alex Chen, Susan Julien, Jennifer Gardell, Cathy McMahan, Courtney Crane and Kristine Swiderek, Mozart Therapeutics, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: In healthy individuals, CD8 Treg activation leads to selective elimination of aberrantly activated self-reactive CD4 T cells to maintain immune balance. The CD8 Treg…
Abstract Number: 0220 • ACR Convergence 2023
Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir Plus Ritonavir) in Patients with Underlying Rheumatological Diseases, in Preventing COVID-19 Related Hospitalization and Death
Faiza Javed, Tony Mangino and Paramarajan Piranavan, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Background/Purpose: The benefits of antiviral therapy in the COVID-19 patients with underlying rheumatic disease with or without immunosuppression are not entirely clear. The goal of…

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