Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0732 • ACR Convergence 2022
Application of Natural Language Processing to Identify Varicella Zoster Infection in Clinical Notes
Austin Ho¹, Zara Izadi², Gabriela Schmajuk³, Jinoos Yazdany⁴, Suzanne Tamang⁵ and Milena Gianfrancesco⁶, ¹University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Redwood City, CA, ⁶University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection can be associated with significant morbidity in immunosuppressed individuals. However, infections of VZV are often documented in unstructured fields…
Abstract Number: 0788 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of Autoantibodies and Their Association with Flare-ups of Rheumatic Diseases in Adult Patients with Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases (AIIRD) and the General Population Following BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination – Results of 1-year Prospective Follow-up Study
Tal Gazitt¹, Jacqueline Shear², Joy Feld³, Amir Haddad⁴, Muna Elias⁵, Nizar Hijazi⁶, Idit Lavi¹, Tali Eviatar⁷, Victoria Furer⁸, Hagit Peleg⁹, Ori Elkayam¹⁰ and Devy Zisman¹, ¹Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ²The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ³Carmel and Zvulun Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ⁵Carmel Medical Center, Rheumatology Unit, Haifa, Israel, ⁶Carmel medical centre1Carmel Medical Center, Rheumatology Unit, Haifa, Israel, ⁷Tel Aviv Sourasky medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁹Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, ¹⁰Tel Aviv Medical Center, Rheumatology, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Little is known regarding autoantibody generation and clinically manifest autoimmunity following BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination. Our objective was to investigate the development of autoantibodies following…
Abstract Number: 0948 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fertility and the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Perceptions, Thoughts and Experiences of Men and Women with Rheumatic Disease
Emily Peninger¹, Molly Leavitt¹, Cuoghi Edens¹ and Shilpa Venkatachalam², ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases have fewer biologic children than those without for a number of reasons, including infertility. Patients with rheumatic diseases may therefore…
Abstract Number: 1176 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immunoglobulins G from Systemic Sclerosis Patients May Alter the Secretome of Dermal Fibroblasts
Aurélien Chepy¹, Marie Duhamel², Solange Vivier³, lucile Guilbert³, Eric Hachulla⁴, Sylvain Dubucquoi³, David Launay³, Michel Salzet² and Vincent Sobanski³, 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, ²Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1192 - Protéomique Réponse Inflammatoire Spectrométrie de Masse - PRISM, Lille, France, ³Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286 - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Lille, France, ⁴University of Lille, LILLE, France
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies (Aab) are frequent in systemic sclerosis (SSc).Recently, it has been shown that immunoglobulins G (IgG) from SSc promoted a proinflammatory and profibrotic phenotype…
Abstract Number: 1361 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Medication-Free Remission in Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Harneet Ghumman¹, Asra Firdous¹, Megan Quinlan-Waters¹, Amy Cassedy², Angela Merritt¹, Hermine Brunner³, Alexei Grom¹, Daniel Lovell¹ and Sheila Angeles-Han¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ³Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is characterized by symmetric proximal muscle weakness, distinct rash, and a risk for calcinosis and multi-organ involvement. Treatment with systemic immunosuppression…
Abstract Number: 1652 • ACR Convergence 2022
Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Anifrolumab in Adult Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled 3-year TULIP Extension Study
Kenneth C. Kalunian¹, Richard A. Furie², Eric F. Morand³, Ian N. Bruce⁴, Susan Manzi⁵, Yoshiya Tanaka⁶, Kevin Winthrop⁷, Gabriel Abreu⁸, Ihor Hupka⁹, Lijin Zhang¹⁰, Shanti Werther¹¹, Micki Hultquist¹², Raj Tummala¹⁰ and Catharina Lindholm¹¹, ¹UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ³Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁷Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁸AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden, ⁹AstraZeneca, Warsaw, Poland, ¹⁰AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ¹¹AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ¹²AstraZeneca, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Anifrolumab is a fully human IgG1 κ monoclonal antibody that binds to the type I IFN receptor and inhibits type I IFN signaling.1 In…
Abstract Number: 1845 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mortality Prognostic Factors of Critically Ill Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Admitted in a Medical Intensive Care Unit: A 20-year Cohort Study
Pamela Doti¹, Ana Luisa Cunha², Armin Quispe Cornejo³, Ángela Nieto González¹, Andre Matos¹, Pedro Guevara Hernández¹, Pedro Castro Rebollo¹ and Gerard Espinosa Garriga¹, ¹Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Porto, Portugal, ³Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: To describe the clinical characteristics of a 20-year cohort of patients with systemic autoimmune diseases (SAD) admitted to a medical intensive care unit (ICU)…
Abstract Number: 2185 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of a Novel Regulatory T Cell-Based Therapy for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anne-Renee van der Vuurst de Vries¹, Kathryn Hooper¹, Jonathan Graf², Katie Tuckwell¹ and Joshua Beilke¹, ¹Sonoma Biotherapeutics, South San Francisco, CA, ²Ucsf, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory condition with persistent unmet medical need despite significant treatment advances. The pathogenesis of RA is initiated…
Abstract Number: 0014 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Expanded CD21 Low B Cell Subpopulation in Ankylosing Spondylitis Consists Mainly of Antigen-Inexperienced Cells
Rick Wilbrink¹, Linda van der Weele², Anneke Spoorenberg¹, Niek De Vries², Frans Kroese¹ and Gwenny Verstappen¹, ¹University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The role of B cells in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) remains relatively understudied. Nevertheless, available evidence shows presence of B cells at…
Abstract Number: 0157 • ACR Convergence 2022
Brepocitinib for the Treatment of Dermatomyositis: Pharmacologic and Clinical Rationale
Rohit Aggarwal¹, Brendan Johnson², Jolie Feldman³, Austin Gromatzky⁴ and Paul N Mudd Jr.², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Priovant Therapeutics, Durham, NC, ³Priovant Therapeutics, New York, NY, ⁴Priovant Therapeutics, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Brepocitinib is a novel, orally available, TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor in Phase 3 development for the treatment of dermatomyositis (DM), a chronic immune-mediated disease of the…
Abstract Number: 0506 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immunophenotypic Categorization of Systemic Immune-mediated Diseases
Shinji Izuka¹, Toshihiko Komai¹, Takahiro Itamiya¹, Mineto Ota², Saeko Yamada¹, Yasuo Nagafuchi², Hirofumi Shoda¹, Kosuke Matsuki³, Kazuhiko Yamamoto⁴, Tomohisa Okamura² and Keishi Fujio¹, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Department of Functional Genomics and Immunological Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan, ³Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kamakura, Japan, ⁴Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic immune-mediated diseases are heterogeneous, and the pathogenesis varies among and within each disease. Some studies tried to stratify patients with immune-mediated diseases into…
Abstract Number: 0645 • ACR Convergence 2022
Lupus Fibroblasts from Non-lesional Skin Exhibit Exaggerated Responses to Inflammatory Cytokines and Upregulate Pro-fibrotic Collagens in Patients with Scarring Lesions
Suzanne Shoffner-Beck, Lisa Abernathy-Close, Stephanie Lazar, Amy Hurst, Craig Dobry, Deepika Pandian, Rachael Wasikowski, Kelly Arnold, Johann Gudjonsson, Lam Tsoi and J. Michelle Kahlenberg, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is a manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that can cause significant patient distress and disfiguration secondary to scar. Scarring…
Abstract Number: 0740 • ACR Convergence 2022
Real-World Demographics, Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment Patterns of Patients Treated with Emapalumab for Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in the United States: The REAL-HLH Study
Carl Allen¹, Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan², Michael Jordan³, Jennifer Leiding⁴, Abiola Oladapo⁵, Priti Pednekar⁶, Kelly Walkovich⁷ and John Yee⁸, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB, Boston, MA, ⁶PRECISIONheor, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Sobi - North America, Waltham, MA
Background/Purpose: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare, life-threatening, hyperinflammatory syndrome caused by overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines, e.g., interferon gamma (IFNγ). Secondary HLH (sHLH), a subtype…
Abstract Number: 0790 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sustainability of Immunogenicity of BNT162b2 Vaccine in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease, a Retrospective Comparative Study
Omar Alsaed, Masautso Chaponda, Eman Satti, Hadil Ashour, Muna Almaslamani and Samar Al emadi, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Background/Purpose: The sustainability of the immunogenicity of BNT162b2 anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) receiving immunomodulators…
Abstract Number: 0987 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Phase 1 Study in Healthy Adult Volunteers of the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of ALPN-303, a Potent Dual BAFF/APRIL Antagonist for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Autoantibody-Associated Diseases
Stacey Dillon¹, Pille Harrison², Jason Lickliter³, Kristi Manjarrez¹, Alina Smith¹, Mary Lessig¹, Lori Blanchfield¹, Russell Sanderson¹, Allison Chunyk¹, Tiffany Blair¹, Amanda Enstrom¹, Martin Wolfson¹, Mark Rixon¹, Hany Zayed⁴, Rupert Davies¹ and Stanford Peng¹, ¹Alpine Immune Sciences, Seattle, WA, ²Alpine Immune Sciences, Taunton, United Kingdom, ³Nucleus Network, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Alpine Immune Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: B cell activating factor (BAFF) and a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) are tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily members that bind TACI (transmembrane activator and CAML…

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