Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0759 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immunogenicity of COVID-19 Vaccines in Patients with Autoimmune and Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases (AIIRD) on Immunomodulatory Therapies (IMT): An Updated Cohort Study
Gordon Lam¹, Andrew Laster¹, Heather Gladue¹, Ahmad Kashif¹, Erin Siceloff², Victoria Lackey¹, Cheryl Robertson¹, Ashley Toci¹, Maggie McCarter³ and Leonard Calabrese⁴, ¹Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ²Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Stallings, NC, ³University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: AIIRD patients may have a blunted immune response to the COVID-19 vaccines, but this is uncertain as these individuals were not included in clinical…
Abstract Number: 0814 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Correlation of Dense Fine Speckled (DFS) Pattern of ANA
Smarika Sapkota¹, Jerry Molitor², michael evans², Benjamin Kofoed³, Adam Lord³, Londyn Robinson³ and John crosson², ¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: The clinical significance of Dense Fine Speckled (DFS) pattern Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) by indirect immunofluorescence method (IIF) is unclear and has been inversely associated…
Abstract Number: 1108 • ACR Convergence 2022
Abnormal Baseline Chest CT Shows Increased Risk for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Associated Pneumonitis
Danielle Stahlbaum¹, Renea Jablonski¹, Mary Strek² and Pankti Reid¹, ¹University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized cancer therapy but can result in off-target toxicities known as immune-related adverse events (irAEs). With increased use of…
Abstract Number: 1223 • ACR Convergence 2022
Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Associates with Hand Pain in Older Adults in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Clement Tagoe¹ and Wanyi Wang², ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Elite Research, LLC, Irving, TX
Background/Purpose: Chronic hand pain is a prominent symptom of many forms of arthritis and autoimmune disease. It is often the initial presentation of diseases marked…
Abstract Number: 1493 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Delay of Treatment with Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Psoriatic Arthritis: Lessons from the CorEvitas PsA/SpA Registry
Philip J Mease¹, Miroslawa Nowak², Jiyoon Choi³, Tom Lehman², Antoine Sreih⁴, Taylor Blachley⁵, Blessing Dube⁵, Kaylee Ho⁵, Nicole Middaugh⁵ and Alexis Ogdie⁶, ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, ⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁶Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: There is evidence that a delay between psoriatic arthritis (PsA) symptom onset and diagnosis contributes to worse outcomes, yet the impact of delayed DMARD…
Abstract Number: 1723 • ACR Convergence 2022
CXCR4-targeted Functionally Selective Immunomodulator Shows Robust Efficacy in Pristane-induced Murine Lupus Model
Annegret Van der Aa¹, Simon Tessier¹, Jean-Philippe Herbeuval² and Joël Crouzet¹, ¹Ermium Therapeutics SAS, Paris, France, ²CBMIT, CNRS UMR 8601, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, heterogeneous autoimmune disease. There is still a high unmet need to improve current treatment options. The chemokine…
Abstract Number: 2021 • ACR Convergence 2022
Early Histopathological Changes of the Salivary Glands Associated with the Development of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Xiaomei Shan¹, Clara Reichardt¹, Jeeshan Singh¹, Anne Zeitler², Christine Schauer¹, Jasmin Knopf¹, Martin Herrmann¹, Gerhard Grossmayer¹, Georg Schett¹ and Luis Munoz¹, ¹Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting exocrine glands including salivary and lacrimal glands that leads to dry eyes and mouth…
Abstract Number: 2270 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evidence for Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Blood-derived Endothelial Colony Forming Cells Isolated from Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Lida Kabir, Robert Maughan, Koralia Paschalaki, Anna Randi, David Carling, Deepa Arachchillage, Justin Mason and Charis Pericleous, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The endothelium is a major target of pathogenic antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) found in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). It is well established that aPL…
Abstract Number: 0123 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increase of Serum Endothelin-1 Levels in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Autoimmune Diseases
Sara Remuzgo-Martinez¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, Veronica Pulito-Cueto¹, Fernanda Genre¹, Víctor M. Mora-Cuesta¹, David Iturbe-Fernández¹, Virgi Portilla¹, María Sebastián Mora-Gil¹, J Gonzalo Ocejo-Vinyals², Oreste Gualillo³, Alfonso Corrales¹, Santos Castañeda⁴, Raquel Lopez Mejias⁵, José M. Cifrián¹ and Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶, ¹Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS (Servizo Galego de Saude) and IDIS (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago), NEIRID Lab (Neuroendocrine Interactions in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), Research Laboratory 9, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) may occur in patients with a rheumatic autoimmune disease (AD), increasing their morbidity and mortality [1]. In this regard, the…
Abstract Number: 0261 • ACR Convergence 2022
Machine Learning and Computational Pathology Can Reveal Synovial Pathotypes in Mice and Humans
Richard Bell¹, Matthew Brendel², Justin Xiang³, AMP RA/SLE Consortium¹, Edward DiCarlo¹, Jennifer Anolik⁴, Laura Donlin¹, Dana Orange⁵, Edward Schwarz⁴, Lionel Ivashkiv¹ and Fei Wang², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weil Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ³Horace Grant High School, New York, NY, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁵The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Synovial pathotyping is a critical step in understanding the etiology of inflammatory arthritis as different pathotypes have differential response to therapy. Determining these pathotypes…
Abstract Number: 0589 • ACR Convergence 2022
Restoration of NAD+ Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis with NAD+ Boosters as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Resolve Acute Inflammation
Carlos Pérez-Sánchez¹, Adrián Llamas Urbano², Tomás Cerdó², Laura Muñoz-Barrera¹, Ismael Sánchez-Pareja², Luz Marina Sánchez-Mendoza³, Nuria Barbarroja¹, María Carmen Ábalos-Aguilera⁴, Juan Antonio Moreno⁵, María isabel Burón⁶, José Antonio González-Reyes⁵, Pilar Font¹, Jerusalem Calvo-Gutierrez², Marta Rojas-Gimenez¹, Eduardo Collantes¹, Alejandro Escudero-Contreras², José Manuel Villalba-Montoro⁶ and Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, ¹IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ³Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, ceiA3, Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴Imibic/ University of Córdoba/ Reina Sofía Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, ceiA3, Córdoba, Spain, ⁶Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, ceiA3, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to: 1- Evaluate the levels of NAD+ and gene transcripts involved in its metabolism in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients. 2- Analyse…
Abstract Number: 0705 • ACR Convergence 2022
Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Breakthrough Infections in Patients with Rheumatic Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases and Healthy Controls: Data from a Prospective Cohort Study
Laura Boekel¹, Yaëlle Besten¹, Femke Hooijberg¹, Rosa Wartena¹, Maurice Steenhuis², Erik Vogelzang³, Maureen Leeuw¹, Sadaf Atiqi¹, Sander Tas⁴, Willem Lems⁵, Marieke van Ham², Filip Eftimov³, Eileen Stalman³, Luuk Wieske³, Taco Kuijpers³, Alexandre Voskuyl⁶, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁷, Martijn Gerritsen¹, Charlotte Krieckaert¹, Theo Rispens², Maarten Boers⁸, Michael Nurmohamed⁹ and Gertjan Wolbink¹, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Amsterdam University Medical Center, Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with substantially lower hospitalization rates compared with previous variants of SARS-CoV-2 (i.e., Wildtype, Alpha [B.1.1.7] and…
Abstract Number: 0760 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence of Autoimmune Conditions in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Starting Checkpoint Inhibitors
Alexandra Ladouceur¹, Marina Amaral De Avila Machado², Marie Hudson¹, Cristiano Moura³ and Sasha Bernatsky³, ¹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Research Institute of McGill University Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Since patients with pre-existing autoimmune conditions are commonly excluded from clinical trials with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), we aimed to describe the characteristics of…
Abstract Number: 0828 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Hospitalization on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease-associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Navneet Kaur¹, Xianhong Xie², Anna Korogodina³, Krystal L. Cleven⁴, Bibi Ayesha⁵ and Anand Kumthekar⁶, ¹Touro University Medical Group, Sacramento, CA, ²Department of Epidemiology & Population Health/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁵Montefiore Medical Center, Tarrytown, NY, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with connective tissue disease (CTD). The aim of our study…
Abstract Number: 1111 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sarcoidosis Rates in BCG-Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Young Adults: A Danish Register-Based Study
Matthew Baker¹, Emese Vágó², Suzanne Tamang³, Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó² and Henrik Sørensen², ¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Redwood City, CA
Background/Purpose: The inciting factor or antigen exposure that initiates sarcoidosis remains unknown. However, an infectious trigger such as Mycobacterium spp. or Propionibacterium acnes infection may…

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