Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 034 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
STAT3 Gain-of-function Syndrome Mutations Are Susceptible to JAK Inhibition Despite a Spectrum of Potency
Herda Ona¹, Justin Branch², Isabella Osuna¹, Priscilla vasquez², Anaid Reyes¹, Phillip Baker¹, Michael Clowers¹, Stephanie Wood¹ and Tiphanie Vogel¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: STAT3 gain-of-function (GOF) syndrome is a rare inborn error of immunity that leads to early-onset lymphoproliferation, autoimmune cytopenias, multi-solid organ autoimmunity, hypogammaglobulinemia, and short…
Abstract Number: 065 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Relationship Between Arthritis and Uveitis Disease Activity in Children with JIA
Meghana Karumuri¹, Megan Quinlan-Waters², Alexandra Duell², Kelly Rogers², Sheila Angeles-Han³ and Patricia Vega-Fernandez², ¹Michigan State University, Novi, MI, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled uveitis can lead to visual complications in 50% of children with JIA associated uveitis (JIA-U). While arthritis and uveitis are not considered to…
Abstract Number: 078 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Periodic Fever Syndrome and Myelodysplastic Syndrome: Possible Connections Between Two Disorders
Ivanna Romankevych¹, Nicole Torres², Imani Sanders¹, Laurent King¹ and Pedro Garcia Rodriguez¹, ¹Jackson Health System, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ²University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Background/Purpose: Background: associations between autoimmune, immunodeficiency and hematological disorders are well known as well as with autoinflammatory conditions. Modern genetic testing allows to link these…
Abstract Number: 099 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Tresa Ambooken¹, Sangati Kadakia¹, Tara Lozy¹, Brianna Bulbin², Suhas Ganguli³, Dawn Wahezi⁴ and Sivia Lapidus¹, ¹Department of Pediatrics, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ²Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, ³Department of Pediatrics, K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune City, NJ, ⁴Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is theorized to occur in a genetically susceptible individual as a response to an environmental trigger, leading to autoimmunity and inflammation.…
Abstract Number: 112 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Prevalence and Relationship to Disease in Childhood-onset Lupus
Olivia Hendrikx¹, Stephanie Fevrier¹, Ibrahim Mohamed¹, Chelsea DeCoste², Paris Moaf¹, Lawrence Ng¹, Deborah Levy¹, Linda Hiraki¹, Alene Toulany¹ and Andrea Knight¹, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada
Background/Purpose: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) measure traumatic experiences in childhood. ACEs are associated with epigenetic changes, are known to increase stress response and inflammation, and…
Abstract Number: L04 • ACR Convergence 2022
Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Subtypes Mediated by CD8 T Cells Are Phenocopied in a Novel Humanized Murine Model of Psoriasis and Arthritis
Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez¹, Javier Rangel-Moreno¹, Ananta Paine², Soumyaroop Bhattacharya³, Jeffrey Fox⁴, Ernest Meyer⁵, Brian Isett⁵, Riyue Bao⁶, Tullia Bruno⁶ and Christopher Ritchlin⁷, ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²ORNA Tx, Southborough, MA, ³Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁴CMSR, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁵UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: A pivotal clinical characteristic of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is disease manifestations in several domains (skin, entheses, joints, spine) and multiple domain involvement is prevalent,…
Abstract Number: L10 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efgartigimod Prevents Necrosis and Allows for Muscle Fiber Regeneration in a Humanized Mouse Model of Immune-mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM)
Sarah Julien¹, Emma Briand¹, Bas van der Woning², Leentje de ceuninck³, Rachid zoubari¹, olivier benveniste⁴, laurent drouot¹ and olivier boyer⁵, ¹INSERM U1234, PAn’THER FOCIS Center of Excellence, Rouen, France, ²argenx, Boston, MA, ³argenx, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Paris, France, ⁵INSERM U1234, PAn’THER FOCIS Center of Excellence; Rouen University Hospital, Department of Immunology and Biotherapy, Rouen, France
Background/Purpose: Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a severe form of myositis characterized by muscle weakness and elevated creatine kinase levels in serum. The most frequent…
Abstract Number: 0006 • ACR Convergence 2022
Oral Administration of a Novel Pyrrolopyrimidine Derivative That Inhibits BAFF Signaling Suppresses B Cell Differentiation and Production of Autoantibody in Autoimmune Model Mice
Keiko Yoshimoto¹, Katsuya Suzuki², Yumi Ikeda¹, Tsutomu Takeuchi³ and Yuko Kaneko⁴, ¹Div. of Rheumatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Div. of Rheumatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan, ³Keio University and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: We reported that the expression level of a BAFF receptor (BR3) was upregulated in peripheral monocytes of patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) and…
Abstract Number: 0136 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sarcoidosis Incidence After mTOR Inhibitor Treatment
Matthew Baker¹, Emese Vágó², Yuhan Liu¹, Rong Lu¹, 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: Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors are effective in animal models of granulomatous disease, but their benefit in patients with sarcoidosis is unknown. We…
Abstract Number: 0351 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Effect of Belimumab to Achieve Low Disease Activity or Remission Based on SLE-DAS in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Single-center Retrospective Study
Yasuhiro Hasegawa¹, Yoshiyuki Arinuma², Yu Matsueda¹, Kenji Oku³ and Kunihiro Yamaoka⁴, ¹Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ²Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan, ³Kitasato University, Chigasaki, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: Low disease activity (LDA) and remission in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can reduce organ damage accrual and improve prognosis. We investigated the…
Abstract Number: 0622 • ACR Convergence 2022
Commensal Reactive T-cells Display Diverse Phenotype in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Sumbul Afroz¹, Lea Williams¹, Ruozhang Xu¹, Joshua F. Baker², Anupama Shahane² and Laura F. Su³, ¹Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Past studies have shown a critical link between alteration in human commensal microbiota and development of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), however how CD4+ T-cell responses…
Abstract Number: 0716 • ACR Convergence 2022
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Patients During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
Jack Ellrodt¹, Emily G Oakes¹, Laura Kubzansky², Karestan Koenen², Hongshu Guan¹ and Karen Costenbader¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a complex psychiatric disorder that can result from experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, such as an accident, assault, or…
Abstract Number: 0770 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immune Related Adverse Events in Checkpoint Inhibitor Treated Cancer Patients Increased in Patients with Underlying Autoimmune Disease and Positive Autoantibodies
Amarah Baluch¹, Katerina Warda², Taylor Middleton², Kiersten Kennedy², Andras Perl³ and Jihad Ben Gabr¹, ¹SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²SUNY Upstate Medical Unviersity, Syracuse, NY, ³SUNY, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune check point inhibitors (ICIs) boost the patient's immune system by blocking intrinsic down-regulators of immunity by signaling through cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4),…
Abstract Number: 0874 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Tale of Many Canadas: Associations of Ethnicity with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Categories and Disease Severity at Presentation in a Multicultural Universal Healthcare Setting: Results from ReACCh-Out
Stephanie Wong¹, Lori Tucker², Kristin Houghton³, David Cabral⁴, Mercedes Chan², Ross Petty³, Andrea Human², Kimberly Morishita³, Rae Yeung⁵, Kiem Oen⁶, Ciaran Duffy⁷, Roberta Berard⁸, Gaelle Chedeville⁹, Thomas Loughin¹⁰, Matthew Berkowitz¹⁰ and Jaime Guzman¹¹, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³University of British Columbia - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Manitoba, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁸London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹¹University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The distribution of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) categories and disease severity at presentation vary across countries, however it is unclear how much of this…
Abstract Number: 1138 • ACR Convergence 2022
Whole-Blood DNA Methylation Analysis Reveals Respiratory Environmental Traits Involved in COVID-19 Severity Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Common Molecular Signatures with Autoimmune Diseases
Guillermo Barturen¹, Elena Carnero-Montoro¹, Manuel Martinez-Bueno¹, Silvia Rojo-Rello², Beatriz Sobrino³, Clara Alcántara-Domínguez⁴, David Bernardo⁵ and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹, ¹Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain, ³Hospital Regional de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, ⁴Lorgen G.P., SL, Granada, Spain, ⁵Universidad de Valladolid-CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
Background/Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 causes a severe inflammatory syndrome (COVID-19) leading, in many cases, to bilateral pneumonia, severe dyspnea and in ~5% of these, death. DNA methylation…

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