Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0843 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rab4A Activation Predisposes to Hepatitis in Spontaneous and Pristane-Induced Mouse Models of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nick Huang¹, Akshay Patel¹, Zachary Oaks¹ and Andras Perl¹, ¹SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: HRES-1/Rab4 or Rab4A, a GTPase responsible for mitochondrial oxidative stress1 and activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin2, is overexpressed in T cells of…
Abstract Number: 1048 • ACR Convergence 2020
Reduced Decline in Forced Vital Capacity in Patients with Progressive Fibrosing Autoimmune Disease-Related Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILDs) Treated with Nintedanib
Eric Matteson¹, Oliver Distler², Jörg HW Distler³, Masataka Kuwana⁴, Janet Pope⁵, James Seibold⁶, Alexandra James⁷, Rozsa Schlenker-Herceg⁸, Klaus Rohr⁷ and Kevin Flaherty⁹, ¹Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester, MN, ²Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ³University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁶Scleroderma Research Consultants LLC, Aiken, South Carolina, USA, Aiken, SC, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA, Ridgefield, CT, ⁹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: In the randomized placebo-controlled INBUILD trial in patients with chronic fibrosing ILDs with a progressive phenotype, nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced…
Abstract Number: 1287 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence of Morbidity Prior to Diagnosis of Incident Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Danish Population
Julia Simard¹, Mikkel Faurschou², Soeren Jacobsen² and Renata Hansen², ¹Stanford Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Copenhagen Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE experience a high burden of various comorbidities at disease onset and during disease progression. Studies of excess morbidity prior to SLE…
Abstract Number: 1450 • ACR Convergence 2020
Integrative Analysis of DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Monocytes from Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Patients Identifies a Gene Expression Signature Associated with Their Atherothrombotic Phenotype
Carlos Pérez-Sánchez¹, M Angeles Aguirre², Alejandra Maria Patiño-Trives¹, Laura Pérez-Sanchez³, Maria Luque-Tevar¹, Iván Arias de la Rosa¹, María-Carmen Abalos-Aguilera¹, Pedro Segui⁴, Javier Rodriguez-Ubreva⁵, Esteban Ballestar⁵, Nuria Barbarroja¹, Eduardo Collantes-Estévez² and Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/ Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/ Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, ⁵Josep Carreras Institute (IJC), Badalona, Spain
Background/Purpose: 1. To develop integrated analyses of the genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression profiles in monocytes from APS patients and assess their involvement in…
Abstract Number: 1634 • ACR Convergence 2020
Etiologies and Management of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Is It Time for an Updated Protocol and Targeted Treatments?
Therese Posas-Mendoza¹, Cara McLeod¹, William Davis² and Robert Quinet², ¹Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Dept of Rheumatology, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare life-threatening disease characterized by immune-overstimulation and a hyperinflammatory response resulting in cytokine storm and multi-organ failure.1 Secondary HLH…
Abstract Number: 2046 • ACR Convergence 2020
Alterations in Circulating CD4+ T Cell Phenotypes in CCP+ Early RA and CCP+ At-risk Individuals by Mass Cytometry
Ye Cao¹, Joshua Keegan², Alessandra Zaccardelli², Gregory Keras³, Jennifer Seifert⁴, Elizabeth Bemis⁵, Marie Feser⁶, M Kristen Demoruelle⁷, Kevin D. Deane⁸, Jill Norris⁵, Michael Brenner⁹, James Lederer¹⁰, V Michael Holers⁶, Jeffrey Sparks¹¹ and Deepak Rao², ¹Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Littleton, CO, ⁵Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado, ⁷University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁸2 Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰BWH Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) autoantibody is a highly specific and predictive marker for the clinical diagnosis of RA. Elevation in CCP titers can be…
Abstract Number: 0014 • ACR Convergence 2020
Does the Type of Rheumatic Disease or Biologic Treatment Increase the Risk of Developing Severe COVID-19?
Fernando López-Gutierrez¹, Antía García-Fernández¹, Jesús Loarce-Martos¹, Laura Calvo-Sanz¹, Ivan Del Bosque-Granero², Veronica Garcia², Boris Blanco-Cáceres¹, Cristina Pijoan-Moratalla¹, Lourdes Villalobos-Sánchez³, Javier Bachiller-Corral¹ and Mónica Vázquez¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) have an increased risk for infection related to immunosuppression secondary to their disease, treatment and comorbidities. Nonetheless recent…
Abstract Number: 0300 • ACR Convergence 2020
Exposure to Topical Antimicrobials Reduces Inflammatory Gene Expression in Cutaneous Lupus Lesional Skin
Sirisha Sirobhushanam¹, Allison Billi², Alex Tsoi², Celine Berthier², Johann Gudjonsson³ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³University of Michigan, Ann ArborUniversity of Michigan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Lupus lesional skin has elevated interferon expression, is highly colonized with Staphylococcus aureus (50%) and has no FDA-approved treatment options. S. aureus is known…
Abstract Number: 0559 • ACR Convergence 2020
Low Frequency of ANA/DFS70 Pattern Positive Result in a Large Cohort of Autoimmune/autoinflammatory Diseases Compared with First Degree Relatives and Healthy Controls Evaluated in a Single Hospital from Colombia
Consuelo Romero-Sanchez¹, Omar-Javier Calixto², Veronica Romero², Diana Rincon Riano³, Julio Amador², Luis Castro², Pedro Lopez-Mojica⁴, Daniela Marin², Diana Àcero⁵, Monica Acevedo⁵, Wilson Bautista-Molano⁶ and Juan Manuel Bello-Gualtero⁷, ¹Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada / Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada /Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group -InmuBo-, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ²Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogota, Colombia, ³Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogota, Colombia, ⁴Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, BOGOTA, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ⁵Hospital Militar Central, Bogota, Colombia, ⁶University Hospital Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá and Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia, ⁷Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada/ Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune systemic rheumatic disease (SARD) diagnostic approach is complex and recently there are some diagnostic tools to rule-out autoimmune disease diagnoses. ANAS/DFS70 antibodies have…
Abstract Number: 0854 • ACR Convergence 2020
Mortality and Adverse Events of Special Interest in Adult Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Receiving Intravenous Belimumab: A Post Hoc Descriptive Summary of Serious Psychiatric Events
Saira Sheikh¹, Ricardo Acayaba de Toledo², Laura Geraldino-Pardilla³, Julia Harris⁴, Regina Kurrasch⁵, Andrew Liu⁴, Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon⁶, Holly Quasny⁷, David Roth⁵, Lilian Soto⁸ and Rajesh Punwaney⁵, ¹University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, ²Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, ⁶Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, ⁷GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, ⁸Facultad de Medicina, Clinical Hospital of Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Background/Purpose: Intravenous (IV) belimumab (BEL) is approved in patients ≥5 years of age with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Results of the BASE study (the…
Abstract Number: 1049 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effects of Nintedanib in Patients with Progressive Fibrosing Autoimmune Disease-related Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILDs) in the INBUILD Trial: Subgroups by HRCT Pattern
Paul Dellaripa¹, Martin Aringer², Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold³, Clive Kelly⁴, Shikha Mittoo⁵, Alexandra James⁶, Klaus Rohr⁶, Susanne Stowasser⁶ and Yoshikazu Inoue⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Medicine III, University Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁷Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: In the INBUILD trial, nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) over 52 weeks compared with placebo in patients with…
Abstract Number: 1296 • ACR Convergence 2020
Associations of Metabolic Syndrome and Adipokines in SLE
Diane Apostolopoulos¹, Fabien Vincent², Rachel Koelmeyer², Alberta Hoi¹ and Eric Morand³, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ²Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, ³Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a chronic pro-inflammatory and pro-thrombotic state associated with increased atherosclerosis, cardiovascular events and type 2 diabetes. It is diagnosed in…
Abstract Number: 1452 • ACR Convergence 2020
Transcriptomic Meta-analysis Reveals a Core Transcriptional Program in Murine B Cell Anergy and Implicates Immunometabolic Regulation as a Central Pathway in Maintaining Non-responsiveness of Autoreactive B-cells in Both Mouse and Man
Isaac Harley¹, Bergren Crute², Andrew Getahun² and John Cambier³, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, ³Univ, Aurora
Background/Purpose: The mechanisms self-tolerance loss that lead to autoantibody-mediated autoimmune disease remain underdefined. The rapid reversibility of peripheral B-cell tolerance in murine models suggests that…
Abstract Number: 1667 • ACR Convergence 2020
Development of Autoimmune Diseases and HLA Associations in Children with Neonatal Lupus and Their Unaffected Siblings
Amit Saxena¹, Aaron Garza Romero², Daniel Gratch³, Peter Izmirly⁴, Hannah Ainsworth⁵, Miranda Marion⁵, Carl Langefeld⁶, Robert Clancy⁷ and Jill Buyon⁸, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, ²Gonzaba Medical Group, San Antonio, ³NYU Langone Health, New York, ⁴Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, ⁶Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ⁷New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Neonatal Lupus (NL) is a model of passively acquired autoimmunity conferred by exposure to maternal anti-Ro antibodies with major manifestations being congenital heart block…
Abstract Number: PP03 • ACR Convergence 2020
Connecting with Rheumatology Professionals and Thought Leaders Inspired the Creation of a New Program Focused on Relapsing Polychondritis (“RP”), a Rare Rheumatic Disease: Participating at ACR Annual Meetings Has Provided Exceptional Opportunities to Learn and Build Relationships
Nancy Linn¹, Catherine Bammert², David Bammert³ and Michael Linn⁴, ¹Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, Palos Verdes Estates, CA, ²MD Anderson, Houston, TX, ³Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, Houston, TX, ⁴Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: In 2011, I was diagnosed with relapsing polychondritis ("RP"), a debilitating and sometimes fatal rheumatic disease that is characterized by inflammation of cartilage and…

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