Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 1494 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Effect of Belimumab on Steroid Use in Patients with SLE: Results from a Retrospective Observational Study of Real-World Data from a US Rheumatology Provider Network
Karen Worley¹, Scott Milligan² and Bernard Rubin³, ¹GlaxoSmithKline, US Value Evidence and Outcomes, Cincinnati, OH, ²Trio Health, Analytics, Louisville, CO, ³GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs and Immuno-inflammation, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: While oral CS (OCS) are the mainstay of SLE therapy, prolonged use is associated with organ damage and early mortality.1,2 Minimizing OCS use is…
Abstract Number: 1673 • ACR Convergence 2023
Immunomodulatory Treatment and Autoimmune Patient Responses to COVID-19 Booster Shots: Results from the Covid-19 VaccinE Response in Rheumatology Patients (COVER) Study
Amy S. Mudano¹, Gary Cutter², Ted R Mikuls³, Geoffrey Thiele⁴, Emily Holladay², Kevin Withrop⁵, Mark Law⁴, Bart Hamilton⁴, Monique Bastidas⁶, Michael Zikry⁶, Kelly Chun⁶, Michael George⁷ and Jeffrey Curtis², ¹Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Oregon Health & Science University, Schools of Medicine and Public Health,, Portland, OR, ⁶Labcorp, Calabasas, CA, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Given an increased risk of COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune conditions, we must better understand the immunogenicity and safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in people…
Abstract Number: 1871 • ACR Convergence 2023
Utility of Infrared Thermography in Patients with Digital Gangrene
Nidhish Chandra M, Puneet Kumar, Urmila Dhakad, Shweta Bhardwaj, Sanjay Pruthviraj Buddha, Parag Vijayvergia and Lily Singh, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Digital gangrene has been described as a complication of several Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases(AIIRD). Due to multiple underlying mechanisms causing digital gangrene in AIIRD…
Abstract Number: 1971 • ACR Convergence 2023
Muscle Pathology in Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Jose Cesar Milisenda¹, Iago Pinal-Fernandez², Katherine Pak², Maria Casal-Dominguez³, Yaiza Duque-Jaimez⁴, Gloria Garrabou¹, Sandra Muñoz-Braceras⁵, Mariona Guitart-Manpel¹, Jose Jiram Torres-Ruiz⁵, Ester Tobias⁴, Maria Dolores Cano⁴, Iban Aldecoa⁴, Josep Maria Grau¹ and Andrew Mammen³, ¹Muscle Research Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Muscle Disease Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic autoimmune liver disease that primarily affects middle-aged women. It is characterized by elevated serum alkaline phosphatase levels,…
Abstract Number: 2289 • ACR Convergence 2023
Short and Long Term Outcomes of Patients with Pure Membranous Lupus Nephritis Compared to Patients with Proliferative Disease
Fadi Kharouf¹, Juan Pablo Diaz Martinez², Dafna Gladman³ and Zahi Touma⁴, ¹University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
b>Background/Purpose: Patients with pure membranous lupus nephritis (LN) are known to have a different disease course than those with proliferative disease. The aim of this…
Abstract Number: 2515 • ACR Convergence 2023
Machine Learning-Based Stratification of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Using Immunophenotyping Data from Patients with Related Autoimmune Diseases
Shinji Izuka¹, Toshihiko Komai¹, Takahiro Itamiya¹, Mineto Ota², Saeko Yamada¹, Yasuo Nagafuchi², Hirofumi Shoda¹, Kosuke Matsuki³, Kazuhiko Yamamoto⁴, Tomohisa Okamura⁵ and Keishi Fujio¹, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Functional Genomics and Immunological Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ³Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yokohama City, Japan, ⁴Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo and Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan, ⁵Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo and Department of Functional Genomics and Immunological Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a heterogenous autoimmune disorder with overlapping clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polymyositis/dermatomyositis, and systemic sclerosis (SSc).…
Abstract Number: 0068 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-TNFR2 VHH Agonistic Antibodies Promote and Stabilize Treg Immunosuppressive Activity
Lee Kim Swee¹, Julia Knopf¹, Tomasz Próchnicki¹, Paul-Albert König¹, Alexander Kirchhoff¹, Laura Preiß¹, Ferdinand Huber¹, Annegrit Seifried¹, Olga Murawjew¹, Fabienne Baumann¹, Jessica Assis¹, Sonja Hennemann¹, Felix Kolbe¹, Helena Schnell¹, Thomas Orlik¹, Kevin Blanco Valle¹, Alissa Telling², Brian Sanchez², Anthony Opipari², Tobias Stuwe¹, Stephen Soisson³ and Luigi Franchi², ¹Odyssey Therapeutics GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ²Odyssey Therapeutics, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Odyssey Therapeutics, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Regulatory T cells (Treg) are a population of lymphocytes with immunosuppressive function. Activation and expansion of Treg is an attractive therapeutic approach for autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0134 • ACR Convergence 2023
Stressful Life Events in the Year Prior to Their Diagnosis Are Associated with Adult and Pediatric Systemic Rheumatic Diseases
Iazsmin Bauer Ventura¹, Maya Goldberg², Adam Schiffenbauer³, Min Shi⁴, Rita Volochayev⁵, Sharon H. Jackson⁶, Anna Jansen⁵, Nastaran Bayat⁷, Christine Parks⁸, Clarice R. Weinberg⁴, Angelo Picardi⁹, Frederick Miller¹⁰ and Lisa Rider³, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Biostatitstics & Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, ⁵Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Social Scientific Systems, DLH Holdings Corp, Silver Spring, MD, ⁸Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, ⁹Centre for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy, ¹⁰NIH, NIEHS, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Systemic rheumatic diseases (SRDs) are complex multi-organ immune-mediated disorders that arise from the interaction of environmental exposures in genetically predisposed individuals. Stressful life events…
Abstract Number: 0256 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nintedanib in Combination with Immunosuppressive Agents Improves Forced Vital Capacity in Connective Tissue Disease-associated PF-ILD: A Single-center Study
Yusuke Ushio¹, Risa Wakiya², Tomohiro Kameda², Shusaku Nakashima², Hiromi Shimada², Taichi Miyagi³, Koichi Sugihara⁴, Rina Mino⁵, Mao Mizusaki², Kanako Chujo⁶, Ryoko Kagawa⁷, Hayamasa Yamaguchi⁷ and Hiroaki Dobashi², ¹Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ²Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ³Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ⁴Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁵Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ⁶Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ⁷Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan
Background/Purpose: Japanese patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) are more likely to have interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) than those in Western countries and many CTD-ILDs…
Abstract Number: 0471 • ACR Convergence 2023
Knowledge and Misconceptions About Contraception Among Individuals with Inflammatory Arthritis and Lupus-like Diseases
Caroline Siegel¹, Medha Barbhaiya², Lucy Masto¹, Amaya Smole¹, Bessie Stamm¹, Jonah Levine¹, Sarah Lieber², Lisa Mandl², Michael Lockshin² and Lisa Sammaritano², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologists do not consistently provide contraceptive counseling for patients with systemic rheumatic disease (SRD). As contraception considerations may differ based on SRD, we compared…
Abstract Number: 0666 • ACR Convergence 2023
Troponin I Levels in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Myocardial Involvement
Eva Hoekstra¹, Sophie Liem¹, Nivine Levarht¹, Cynthia Fehres¹, Saad Ahmed¹, Nina Ajmone Marsan², Thomas Huizinga¹ and Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: As primary myocardial involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with worse prognosis, research on diagnostic tools for recognition is essential. Troponin I was…
Abstract Number: 0926 • ACR Convergence 2023
Single-cell Multi-Omic Evaluation of Differences in Immune Cell Populations in Progression Toward Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Aleksandra Bylinska, Miles Smith, Samantha Slight-Webb, Carla Guthridge, Caleb Marlin, Kevin Thomas, Christian Wright, Marci Beel, Susan Macwana, Wade DeJager, Judith James and Joel Guthridge, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Several groups of individuals are at higher risk for SLE, including those with African American ancestry (AA), lupus-associated autoantibodies (ANA+), or some clinical symptoms…
Abstract Number: 1066 • ACR Convergence 2023
Biologic Drug and Anti-Drug Antibody Monitoring: All 5 TNF-Inhibitors, Infliximab, Adalimumab, Golimumab, Etanercept, Certolizumab Pegol, in 63,930 Patient Samples
Kelly Chun and Jane Yang, Labcorp, Calabasas, CA
Background/Purpose: Biologic therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of TNF-inhibitor drug and anti-drug antibody provides patient-specific pharmacokinetic and immunogenic assessment. In suboptimal response, drug and anti-drug antibody…
Abstract Number: 1222 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Association Between Gingival Inflammation and Clinical Signs of Active Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)
Albert Chow¹, Hyun Song², Laurie Brenchley³, Nastaran Bayat⁴, Mary Eckert⁵, Sean Koester⁶, adam Schiffenbauer⁷, Rita Volochayev⁷, Pamela Gardner³, Peggy Lee⁸, Jeffrey McLean⁹, Susan Shenoi¹⁰, Lisa Rider¹¹, Anne Stevens¹² and Neelendu Dey¹³, ¹Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ²Department of Dentistry, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³Office of the Clinical Director, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Social Scientific Systems, DLH Holdings Corp, Silver Spring, MD, ⁵Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ⁶Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, ⁷Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹Department of Periodontics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰Seattle Childrens Hospital, Mercer Island, WA, ¹¹NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹²Janssen, Hansville, WA, ¹³Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: JDM is a rare vasculopathy of unknown etiology characterized by typical rashes and proximal weakness. JDM has been associated with gingivitis, which can be…
Abstract Number: 1498 • ACR Convergence 2023
First-in-Human Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics Study of DS-7011a, an Anti-TLR7 Antagonistic Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Giorgio Senaldi¹, Aparna Mohan¹, Li Zhang¹, Jun Tanaka², Grishma Pandya³, Sindee Grossman³, Sarah Urbina⁴, Steven Reynolds⁵ and Alan Hand⁴, ¹Daiichi Sankyo, Basking Ridge, NJ, ²Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ, ³Daiichi Sankyo Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ, ⁴Worldwide Clinical Trials, San Antonio, TX, ⁵Cenexel, Los Alamitos, CA
Background/Purpose: Toll-like receptor (TLR)7 is a pattern recognition receptor, whose ligands include nucleic acids and whose activation is part of the pathogenesis of systemic lupus…

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