Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: PP11 • ACR Convergence 2020
“Knitting a Community of Hope”- Supporting, Empowering and Educating Those Living with Lupus, and Overlapping Conditions and Their Loved Ones via in Person and Virtual Support Groups That Include Art Therapy, and Wellness Techniques Is Key; Mental Health Is as Important as Physical Health
Juana Mata¹ and Ma. Estela Mata-Carcamo², ¹Looms for Lupus, La Puente, CA, ²Looms for Lupus, Baldwin Park, CA

Background/Purpose: Juana was Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in April 2009. In May 2009 she ended up in the hospital with a variety of symptoms and…
Abstract Number: 0087 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hemophagocytic Syndrome. Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of a Series of 30 Clinical Cases
César Antonio Egües Dubuc¹, Jaime Calvo-Alén², Andrea de Diego Sola³, Elizabeth Patricia Cabrera-Miranda⁴, Nerea Alcorta⁵, Luis Lopez Dominguez⁶, Olga Maiz⁵, Esther Uriarte Isacelaya⁶, Jorge Cancio Fanlo⁷, Jesus Alejandro Valero Jaimes⁶ and Joaquín Belzunegui¹, ¹Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebasti�n, Spain, ⁴Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, ⁵Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, ⁶Hospital Universitario Donostia, SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is classified into primary and secondary. The secondary form is mainly associated with hematological malignancies (HN) such as lymphomas, and autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0452 • ACR Convergence 2020
Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Study of 622 Patients
Tiphaine Lenfant¹, Elizabeth Kirchner², Rula Hajj-ali³, Leonard Calabrese³ and Cassandra Calabrese³, ¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Rocky River, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: The recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV) was FDA-approved in 2017 but patients with rheumatic diseases were excluded from initial pivotal trials because of theoretical…
Abstract Number: 0633 • ACR Convergence 2020
Vitamin D Serum Status in a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients
Alberto Sulli¹, Emanuele Gotelli¹, Sabrina Paolino¹, Andrea Casabella¹, Carmen Pizzorni¹, Elisa Alessandri¹, Vanessa Smith² and Maurizio Cutolo¹, ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genoa, Italy, ²Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, VIB Inflammation Research Centre Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D serum levels have been inversely associated with risk of pulmonary infections and autoimmune inflammatory disease activity and severity [1,2]. A possible role…
Abstract Number: 0991 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pathogenic, Glycolytic PD-1+ B Cells Accumulate in the Hypoxic RA Joint
Achilleas Floudas¹, Nuno Neto², Viviana Marzaioli³, Kieran Murray⁴, Barry Moran⁵, Michael Monaghan⁶, Candice Low⁷, Ronan Mullan⁸, Navin Rao⁹, Vinod Krishna⁹, Sunil Nagpal¹⁰, Douglas Veale¹¹ and Ursula Fearon³, ¹Molecular Rheumatology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA, ¹⁰Janssen Research & Development, Collegeville, PA, ¹¹EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often has a progressive and debilitating course, with significant impact on the patient’s quality of life. Despite the long-known association with…
Abstract Number: 1098 • ACR Convergence 2020
Anti-cortactin Autoantibodies Are Associated with Key Clinical Features in Adult Myositis but Are Rarely Present in Juvenile Myositis
Iago Pinal-Fernandez¹, Katherine Pak², Albert Gil-Vila³, Andres Baucells⁴, Benjamin Plotz⁵, Maria Casal-Dominguez⁶, Assia Derfoul⁷, Maria Angeles Martinez⁴, Albert Selva-O'Callaghan³, Sara Sabbagh⁸, Frederick W. Miller¹, Lisa G. Rider⁹, Lisa Christopher-Stine¹⁰ and Andrew Mammen⁶, ¹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁶NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Washington, DC, ⁹Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Garrett Park, MD, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: To define the prevalence and clinical phenotype of anti-cortactin autoantibodies in adult and juvenile myositis.Methods: In this longitudinal cohort study, anti-cortactin autoantibody tiers were…
Abstract Number: 1403 • ACR Convergence 2020
Differential Effect of Abatacept vs TNF Blockers, on the Frequency of Circulating Follicular Helper (Tfh) and Periperal Helper (Tph) T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis
María-José Santos-Bornez¹, Paula Fortea-Gordo¹, Laura Nuño¹, Alejandro Villalba¹, Diana Peiteado¹, Irene Monjo², Alejandro Balsa³ and Maria-Eugenia Miranda-Carus¹, ¹Hospital La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital- IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: CXCR5+PD-1hi follicular helper (Tfh) and CXCR5-PD-1hi peripheral helper (Tph) T cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) by providing…
Abstract Number: 1568 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on a Cohort of Patients with Rheumatic Complications of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Registry Survey Study
Nilasha Ghosh¹, Aidan Tirpack², Caroline Benson³, Gregory Vitone³, Karmela Kim Chan² and Anne Bass¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Background/Purpose: It is not known whether cancer patients being treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and/or immunosuppression are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 or more apt…
Abstract Number: 1838 • ACR Convergence 2020
Aerobic Exercise Improves Fatigue and Quality of Life in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Preliminary Analysis)
Marquis Chapman¹, Sarthak Gupta¹, Jun Chu¹, Mohammad Naqi¹, Zerai Manna², Mir Ali Mazhar¹, Adam Munday¹, Marybeth Stockman¹, Anam Ahmad¹, Gayle McCrossin¹, Bart Drinkard¹, Lisa Chin¹, Mariana Kaplan³, Randall Keyser¹, Leighton Chan¹ and Sarfaraz Hasni², ¹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Lupus Clinical Trials Unit, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease of female predominance. One of the most debilitating symptoms experienced by SLE-patients is persistent…
Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2020
Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Autoimmune Disease and Paraproteinemia Influence the Presentation of a Cohort of 150 Pernicious Anemia Patients Diagnosed in a Rheumatology Clinic
Michael Lovy¹, Norma Daniela Aguirre Vega¹ and Crystal Escobar¹, ¹Desert Oasis Healthcare, Palm Springs, CA
Background/Purpose: The most familiar presentation of pernicious anemia is an elderly Northern European woman with hematologic and neurologic manifestations. More recently the influence of Helicobacter…
Abstract Number: 0460 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lymphocyte Clonal Expansion Distinguishes Different Forms of Uveitis
Michael Paley¹, Lynn Hassman¹, Philip Ruzycki¹, Ekaterina Esaulova¹, Grace Paley¹, Jennifer Laurent¹, Luke Springer¹, Lacey Feigl¹, Maxim Artyomov¹ and Wayne Yokoyama², ¹Washington University, Saint Louis, ²Washington University, St Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Anterior uveitis is a form of ocular inflammation associated with rheumatologic disease and can be categorized as granulomatous or non-granulomatous. Whether different ocular manifestations…
Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rheumatology Patient Experience and Trends During the SARS-COV-2 Pandemic
Cuoghi Edens¹, Kichul Ko¹ and Kimberly Trotter¹, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic disease patients are counseled on the immunosuppressive aspect of their rheumatic disease treatment and their increased risk of infection. Little is known about…
Abstract Number: 0992 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of Selective Inhibitors of Nuclear Export on SLE Plasma Cells Is Modulated by the BM Microenvironment
Neha Nandedkar-Kulkarni¹, Nida Meednu², Jennifer Albrecht², Jennifer Barnas², Douglas Widman³ and Jennifer Anolik², ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, NY, ³Karyopharm Therapeutics, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disorder with heterogeneous disease presentation and a multi-pronged pathogenesis. Although autoreactive plasma cells play a key…
Abstract Number: 1130 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient Perspectives on Biobanking and Data-linkage for Rheumatic Disease Research
Abhishikta Dey¹, Marita Cross², Tom Lynch³, Carlos El-Haddad⁴ and Lyn March⁵, ¹NSW Rheumatology Advanced Trainee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ²Institute of Bone and Joint Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ³A3BC, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ⁴Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ⁵Institute of Bone and Joint Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Background/Purpose: The causes of arthritis and autoimmune conditions remain unknown. A complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors is thought to underlie these diseases. Prospective…
Abstract Number: 1404 • ACR Convergence 2020
Investigating the Dermatomyositis Skin Inflammatory Infiltrate Using Image Mass Cytometry
Jay Patel¹, Spandana Maddukuri², Yubin Li³, Christina Bax⁴ and Victoria Werth³, ¹University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Montville, NJ, ³University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting the skin and muscles, among other organs. The inflammatory infiltrate in skin has not been fully…

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