Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0378 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence of Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in Patients Treated for Chronic Back Pain in Chiropractic Clinics
Atul Deodhar¹, Sonam Kiwalkar², Kim Phung Nguyen³, Rose Quinn³, David Perham⁴, William Malatestinic⁵, Rebecca Bolce⁶, Theresa Hunter⁵, Pragya Khurana⁷ and Shireesh Bhalerao⁴, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR, ²Washington State University, Portland, OR, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴Private Practice, Portland, OR, ⁵Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷ICON plc, Blue Bell, PA
Background/Purpose: Patients with chronic back pain (CBP; back, buttock, or hip pain ≥ 3 months) where the underlying cause may be axSpA are usually first…
Abstract Number: 0637 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reduced IgG Sialic Acid Content: A Distinctive Characteristic of Symptomatic Anti-Nuclear Antibodies Positive Individuals
Carolina Munoz¹, Sindu Johnson², Zahi Touma¹, Zareen Ahmad², Dennisse Bonilla¹, Linda Hiraki³, Arthur Bookman² and Joan Wither⁴, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Currently the immune changes that lead to the transition from asymptomatic Anti-Nuclear Antibody (ANA) positivity to symptomatic disease are unknown. Studies in our laboratory…
Abstract Number: 0721 • ACR Convergence 2022
Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease and the Risk of Death Related to Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19): An Analysis of the UK Biobank with Stratification by Sex
Ashley Archer¹, Ruth Topless², Angelo Gaffo¹, Nicola Dalbeth³, Lisa Stamp⁴, Philip Robinson⁵ and Tony Merriman², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ³University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁵School of Clinical Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: There is increasing evidence that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a risk factor for death related to COVID-19, however data on the risk of death…
Abstract Number: 0781 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rituximab Treated Patients with Hypogammaglobulinemia Are Less Likely to Seroconvert Following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Supplemental Dose
Daniel Magliulo¹, Vasileios Kyttaris¹ and Emily Rose², ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, West Roxbury, MA
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) is a very effective treatment for autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRD). However, treatment increases risk of infections and impairs responses to vaccines. Prior…
Abstract Number: 0942 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluation of Ovarian Reserve Using Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels in Adolescents with Systemic Rheumatic Disease Compared to Healthy Controls
Alexandra Theisen¹, Kathleen Lane¹, Jodi Skiles¹, Amanda Saraf¹, Stacey Tarvin², Tamara Hannon¹, Marcia Shew¹ and Melissa Oliver¹, ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Medical evidence suggests decreased ovarian reserve in women with rheumatic disease; however, studies in adolescents are lacking. Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) levels in serum are…
Abstract Number: 1161 • ACR Convergence 2022
IL-36-receptor Antagonist-Antibodies in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Marie-Christin Hoffmann¹, Natalie Fadle¹, Evi Regitz¹, Klaus-Dieter Preuss¹, Marina Zaks², Elisabeth Stöger³, Vincent Zimmer⁴, Philipp Klemm⁵, Gunter Assmann⁶, Bernhard Thurner⁷, Claudia Pföhler⁸, Joerg Thomas Bittenbring¹, Christoph Kessel⁹ and Lorenz Thurner¹, ¹José Carreras Center for Immuno- and Gene Therapy and Internal Medicine I, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany, ²Department of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany, ³Evangelische Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH, Evangelische Huyssens-Stiftung Essen-Huttrop, Essen, Germany, Essen, Germany, ⁴Department of Medicine, Knappschaftsklinikum Saar, Püttlingen, Germany, Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany, ⁵Campus Kerckhoff of Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ⁶Klinik für Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Mühlenkreiskliniken, Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden, Minden, Germany, Minden, Germany, ⁷Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum Kempten, Kempten, Germany, ⁸Department of Dermatology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany, ⁹Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University Children’s Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, Münster, Germany
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis arthritis is known as a subtype of seronegative spondylarthritis. However, autoantibodies against the receptor antagonist at tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 and 2…
Abstract Number: 1349 • ACR Convergence 2022
Priority Educational Topics to Deliver Information About Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Patients with Cancer and a Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease
Maria A. Lopez-Olivo¹, Juan Ruiz², Gabrielle Duhon², Mehmet Altan³, Hussein Tawbi², Adi Diab⁴, Clifton O. Bingham III⁵, Cassandra Calabrese⁶, Natalia I. Heredia⁷, Robert J. volk² and Maria Suarez-Almazor⁸, ¹The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH, ⁷The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, ⁸MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have improved cancer outcomes but can cause severe toxicity and flares in cancer patients with pre-existing autoimmune disease. The objective…
Abstract Number: 1630 • ACR Convergence 2022
Single-cell Profiling of B Cell Repertoire and Gene Expression in the RA Synovium Reveals Tissue Specific Clonal Expansion
Aaron Wagner¹, Nida Meednu², Garrett Dunlap³, Fan Zhang⁴, Anna Jonsson⁵, Kevin Wei⁶, Ami Ben-artzi⁷, Lindsy Forbess⁸, Laura Geraldino-Pardilla⁹, Diane Horowitz¹⁰, Laura Hughes¹¹, Arthur Mandelin¹², Karen Salomon-Escoto¹³, Darren Tabechian¹⁴, Edward DiCarlo¹⁵, Ellen Gravallese¹⁶, Brendan Boyce¹⁷, Christopher Ritchlin¹⁸, James Lederer⁵, Mandy McGeachy¹⁹, Peter Gregersen²⁰, Paul Utz²¹, William Robinson²¹, Holden Maecker²¹, Judith James²², Joel Guthridge²², Harris Perlman²³, Joan Bathon⁹, Susan Goodman¹⁵, Gary S. Firestein²⁴, David Boyle²⁵, S. Louis Bridges, Jr.¹⁵, Kevin D Deane²⁶, V. Michael Holers²⁷, Larry Moreland²⁷, Andrew Filer²⁸, Costantino Pitzalis²⁹, Vivian Bykerk¹⁵, Laura Donlin¹⁵, Soumya Raychaudhuri⁵, Michael Brenner¹⁶, AMP RA/Lupus¹⁷, Deepak Rao⁵, Andrew McDavid¹ and Jennifer Anolik², ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, NY, ³Harvard University, Boston, MA, ⁴University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Ami Ben-Artzi, MD Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, ⁸Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹⁰Northwell Health, Jericho, NY, ¹¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹³University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ¹⁴URMC, Rochester, NY, ¹⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁷University of Rochester, Rochester, ¹⁸Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY, ¹⁹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁰The Feinstein Inst for Med Research, Larchmont, NY, ²¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²⁴University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²⁵UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ²⁶University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, ²⁷University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ²⁸University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²⁹Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Ectopic lymphoid structures can develop in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial tissue, but the precise pathways of B cell activation and selection are not well…
Abstract Number: 1841 • ACR Convergence 2022
To Combine or Not to Combine: Influence of Immunosuppressive Drug Combination in the Induction of Therapeutic Response in Non-infectious Uveitis
María Paula Álvarez Hernández¹, Alfredo Madrid-García², Alejandro Gómez Gómez³, Lara Borrego Sanz⁴, Rosalía Méndez Fernández⁴, Pedro Arriola Villalobos⁴, Esperanza Pato Cour⁵, David Díaz Valle⁴ and Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez⁵, ¹Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Infanta Sofia, Rheumatology, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Ophthalmology, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Non-infectious uveitides (NIUs) include a heterogeneous group of sight-threatening and incapacitating conditions. Their correct management sometimes requires the use of immunosuppressive drugs (ISDs), prescribed…
Abstract Number: 2184 • ACR Convergence 2022
CaMK4 Controls the Humoral Response via the T Follicular Helper Compartment and Regulates Autoimmunity
Marc Scherlinger¹, Hao Li², Wenliang Pan², Maria Tsokos¹ and George Tsokos², ¹BIDMC Harvard University, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by a dysregulated T cell compartment and production of autoantibodies leading to organ damage. We previously identified that…
Abstract Number: PP26 • ACR Convergence 2022
Chronically Catherine: A Sex and the City-Inspired Autobiographical Column for Disabled Young Adults on Subjects We Really Care About – Like Disabled Dating and How Hot Cheetos Saved My Life
Catherine Ames¹, Courtney Wells² and Kristine Carandang¹, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, ²University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: What if Carrie Bradshaw, sex advice columnist, fashionsta, and all around icon from Sex and the City were chronically ill? Or disabled? That's the…
Abstract Number: 0012 • ACR Convergence 2022
Role of Type L IFN Signaling on B Cell Pathogenicity in Early Sjögren’s Disease in Mouse Model
Merri-Grace Allred and Scott Lieberman, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Sjogren's disease is a chronic autoimmune disease autoimmune disease characterized by foci of inflammation of the lacrimal and salivary glands. As disease progresses, B…
Abstract Number: 0154 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-SMN Autoantibodies in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Are Associated with a Scleromyositis Phenotype
Hajar El Kamouni¹, Alexandra Albert², Sabrina Hoa³, Darya S. Jalaledin⁴, Josiane Bourre-Tessier⁵, Eric Rich⁵, Jean-Richard Goulet⁶, Martial Koenig⁷, Minoru Satoh⁸, Marvin Fritzler⁹, May Choi¹⁰, Yves Troyanov¹¹, Jean-Luc Senécal⁵ and Océane Landon-Cardinal⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Laval, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ³University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴Division of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Saint-Lambert, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Saint-Lambert, Canada, ⁷Division of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁸Department of Human, Information and Science, University of Occupational Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The survival of motor neuron (SMN) is a ubiquitous macromolecular complex, located in the Cajal body of mammalian nuclei, with an essential role in…
Abstract Number: 0443 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prognosis of Non-PR3 ANCA-Associated Vasculitis with Glomerulonephritis
Aurélien Chepy¹, Hélène Béhal², Alexandre Karras³, Xavier Puéchal⁴, Benjamin Terrier⁴, David Jayne⁵, Thomas Quéméneur⁶ and Mary-Jane Guerry⁷, ¹CHU Lille, Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-immunes Systémiques Rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest de France (CeRAINO), Lille, France, ²University of Lille, CHU Lille, ULR 2694 - METRICS: Évaluation des Technologies de Santé et des Pratiques Médicales, Lille, France, ³HEGP, Paris, France, ⁴National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁵University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶Valenciennes Hospital, Valenciennes, France, ⁷Department of Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes, Valenciennes., Valenciennes, France
Background/Purpose: Immunosuppressive treatments have improved the prognosis of anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), transforming these formerly fatal diseases into chronic conditions, with periods of…
Abstract Number: 0640 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immune Cell Heterogeneity in Lupus Nephritis Kidneys and Its Relation to Histopathological Features
Arnon Arazi¹, Joseph Mears², Thomas Eisenhaure³, Qian Xiao⁴, Paul Hoover⁴, Deepak Rao⁴, Celine Berthier⁵, Andrea Fava⁶, Siddarth Gurajala⁴, Michael Peters³, Tony Jones³, William Apruzzese⁴, Jennifer Barnas⁷, Richard Furie⁸, Anne Davidson⁹, David Hildeman¹⁰, Judith James¹¹, Joel Guthridge¹¹, Maria Dall'Era¹², David Wofsy¹³, Peter Izmirly¹⁴, H Michael Belmont¹⁵, Robert Clancy¹⁴, Diane Kamen¹⁶, Chaim Putterman¹⁷, Thomas Tuschl¹⁸, Maureen McMahon¹⁹, Jennifer Grossman¹⁹, Kenneth Kalunian²⁰, Michael Weisman²¹, Matthias Kretzler⁵, Michael Brenner²², Jennifer Anolik²³, Michelle Petri²⁴, Jill Buyon¹⁴, Soumya Raychaudhuri⁴, Nir Hacohen³, Betty Diamond⁹ and the Accelerating Medicines Partnership RA/SLE Network³, ¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Melrose, MA, ²Michigan University, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁸Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁰Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ¹¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹²University of California, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ¹³University of California San Francisco, SF, CA, ¹⁴NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ¹⁸Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ¹⁹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁰University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²¹Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²³University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is characterized by considerable variability in its clinical manifestations and histopathological findings. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this heterogeneity…

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