Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0641 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cohort of Rheumatic Patients Treated with Rituximab and COVID-19: Does Rituximab Treatment Increases the Severity of SARS-COV2 Infection?
Antía García-Fernández¹, Fernando López-Gutiérrez¹, Jesús Loarce-Martos¹, Ivan Del Bosque-Granero², Laura Calvo-Sanz¹, 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: There are very few studies reporting COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases, without clear evidence supporting more frequent or severe disease in these patients.…
Abstract Number: 0993 • ACR Convergence 2020
N-linked Glycosylation of the Immunoglobulin Variable Domain Affects Antigen Binding and Autoreactive B Cell Activation
Theresa Kissel¹, Changrong Ge², Lise Hafkenscheid¹, Linda Slot¹, Marco Cavallari³, Joanneke Kwekkeboom⁴, Manfred Wuhrer¹, Thomas Huizinga¹, Hans Scherer¹, Michael Reth³, Rikard Holmdahl² and René Toes¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, ³University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁴Leiden Univeristy Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies, the hallmarking autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), are characterized by N-linked glycans in the variable domain (V-domain). The occurrence of these…
Abstract Number: 1133 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient Perceptions of Diagnosis, Tests, Treatments, Adherence and the Impact on Their Disease Understanding and Participation in Research Studies
Viviana Marzaioli¹, Mary Canavan¹, Siobhan Wade², Alexander Fraser³, Sinead Harney⁴, Alex Donnelly⁵, Arthritis Ireland Charity⁶, Douglas Veale⁷ and Ursula Fearon¹, ¹Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³University College Limerick, Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ⁴University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, ⁵Patient Advocate Arthritis Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Arthritis Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory arthritis has been transformed largely by the development of drugs that target specific molecules of the immune system.…
Abstract Number: 1405 • ACR Convergence 2020
Evaluating the Cellular Composition of Anti-synthetase Syndrome and Dermatomyositis Skin Lesions Using Image Mass Cytometry
Jay Patel¹, Adarsh Ravishankar¹, Spandana Maddukuri², Christina Bax³ and Victoria Werth⁴, 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, Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia, ⁴University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Antisynthetase syndrome (AS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by the presence of anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies, myositis, interstitial lung disease (ILD), mechanics hands, and…
Abstract Number: 1570 • ACR Convergence 2020
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment in Cancer: Immunomodulator Use and Evaluation by Rheumatology
Amy Cunningham-Bussel¹, Jiaqi Wang¹, Lauren C. Prisco², Lily Martin², Lydia Gedmintas¹, Lindsey Macfarlane¹, Nancy Shadick¹, Mark Awad³, Osama Rahma³, Nicole LeBoeuf³, Ellen Gravallese¹ and Jeffrey Sparks¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ³Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are used to treat an expanding number of cancers. Many cancer patients treated with ICI develop immune-related adverse events (irAE)…
Abstract Number: 1887 • ACR Convergence 2020
Spinal Mobility and Function: How Closely Do They Associate in Axial Spondyloarthropathy?
Sinead Maguire¹, Phil Gallagher² and Finbar O'Shea¹, ¹St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA) is a form of inflammatory arthritis affecting the axial skeleton. Persistent disease activity can result in restricted spinal mobility over time,…
Abstract Number: 147 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Familial Clustering of Immune-mediated Diseases in Children with Abrupt-onset OCD
Avis Chan ¹, Tiffany Phu ¹, Bahare Farhadian ², Theresa Willett ³, Melissa Silverman ¹, Paula Tran ¹, Margo Thienemann ³ and Jennifer Frankovich⁴, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, ²Stanford Immune Behavioral Health Clinic and PANS Research Program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, ³Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, ⁴Stanford
Background/Purpose: Recent epidemiologic studies have reported increased rates of immune-mediated comorbidities among first-degree relatives of patients with OCD and tic disorders.(Mataix-Cols et al., Mol Psychiatry…
Abstract Number: L19 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Ianalumab (VAY736), a Dual Mode of Action Biologic Combining BAFF Receptor Inhibition with B Cell Depletion, for Treatment of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Results of an International Randomized, Placebo Controlled Dose Range Finding Study in 190 Patients
Simon Bowman¹, Robert Fox ², Thomas Dörner ³, Xavier Mariette ⁴, Athena Papas ⁵, Thomas Grader-Beck ⁶, Benjamin A. Fisher ⁷, Filipe Barcelos ⁸, Salvatore De Vita ⁹, Hendrik Schulze-Koops ¹⁰, Robert J. Moots ¹¹, Guido Junge ¹², Janice Woznicki ¹³, Monika Sopala ¹², Wen-Lin Luo ¹³ and Wolfgang Hueber ¹², ¹University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Scripps Memorial Hospital and Research Institute, La Jolla, California, ³Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin and DRFZ, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Université Paris Sud, INSERM, Paris, France, ⁵Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Massachusetts, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ⁷University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Nova Medical School, Hospital Cuf Descobertas, Instituto Português de Reumatologia,, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁹Rheumatology Clinic, Udine University Hospital, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, ¹¹Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ¹²Novartis Pharma AG, basel, Switzerland, ¹³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, New Jersey
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) is a multi-organ autoimmune disease primarily affecting excretory glands and characterized by B-cell hyperactivity. No approved systemic treatments are available.…
Abstract Number: 1628 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Lung Function Decline in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease in the SENSCIS Trial: Subgroup Analysis by Time Since First Non-Raynaud Symptom
Aryeh Fischer¹, Oliver Distler ², Dinesh Khanna ³, Yannick Allanore ⁴, Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold ⁵, Gabriele Valentini ⁶, Toby Maher ⁷, Martin Aringer ⁸, Leslie Meng ⁹, Margarida Alves ¹⁰, Martina Gahlemann ¹¹, Manuel Quaresma ¹⁰ and Masataka Kuwana ¹², ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ³Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, ⁴Dept. of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, II Policlinico U.O. Reumatologia, Napoli, Italy, Napoli, Italy, ⁷National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK and National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Facility, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, University Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany, ⁹Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, USA, Ridgefield, ¹⁰Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ¹¹Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ¹²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common and usually early manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Decline in lung function in patients with SSc-ILD is…
Abstract Number: 2841 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial of a Novel Toll-Like Receptor 7/8/9 Antagonist (IMO-8400) in Dermatomyositis
Yoo Jung Kim¹, Elena Schiopu ², Katalin Dankó ³, Tahseen Mozaffar ⁴, Srinivas Chunduru ⁵, Kirstin Lees ⁶, Namita Goyal ⁴, David Fiorentino ⁷ and Kavita Sarin ⁷, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, ²Department of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³Department of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ⁴Department of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, ⁵Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁶Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, ⁷Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare inflammatory disease of skin and muscle associated with characteristic skin findings, muscle weakness, interstitial lung disease, pruritus, and malignancies.…
Abstract Number: 62 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Human Gingiva-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Are Therapeutic in Lupus Nephritis Through Targeting of CD39-CD73 Signaling Pathway
Song Guo Zheng¹, Julie Wang ², Junlong dang ³, Nancy Olsen ⁴ and Wael Jarjour ¹, ¹Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, ²Ohio State University, columbus, ³Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ⁴Penn State University, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: Cell specific and cytokine targeted therapeutics have underperformed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in spite of numerous targets examined and clinical trials conducted. Mesenchymal…
Abstract Number: 1636 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effect of Anti-Topoisomerase I Antibody Status on Decline in Lung Function in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Data from the SENSCIS Trial
Maureen Mayes¹, Kristin Highland ², Martina Gahlemann ³, Aryeh Fischer ⁴, Ganesh Raghu ⁵, Mannaig Girard ⁶, Margarida Alves ⁷, Susanne Stowasser ⁷, Jörg Distler ⁸, Marco Matucci-Cerinic ⁹, Elizabeth Volkmann ¹⁰, Masataka Kuwana ¹¹ and Oliver Distler ¹², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, OH, ³Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Seattle, ⁶Boehringer Ingelheim France S.A.S., Reims, France, Reims, France, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹University of Florence, Department of Medicine, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ¹⁰University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ¹¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The presence of anti-topoisomerase I antibody (ATA) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been associated with a greater risk of developing interstitial lung…
Abstract Number: 102 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Serine Arginine-Rich Splicing Factor 1 (SRSF1) Restrains IFN-γ and IL-17 Inflammatory Cytokine Production and Its Selective Deficiency in T Cells Exacerbates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) and Nephrotoxic Nephritis (NTN)
Takayuki Katsuyama¹, Kotaro Otomo ¹, Hao Li ², Michihito Kono ³, Nobuya Yoshida ¹, George Tsokos ¹ and Vaishali R. Moulton ¹, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, ³Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Background/Purpose: CD4 T helper 1 (Th1) and Th17 cells producing IFN-γ and IL-17 are aberrantly increased and contribute to inflammatory responses in autoimmune diseases including…
Abstract Number: 1643 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Nintedanib in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Subgroup Analysis of the SENSCIS Trial by Corticosteroid Use
Madelon Vonk¹, Oliver Distler ², Daniel Furst ³, Eric Hachulla ⁴, Sindhu Johnson ⁵, Shervin Assassi ⁶, Leslie Meng ⁷, Manuel Quaresma ⁸, Margarida Alves ⁸, Emmanuelle Clerisme-Beaty ⁸ and Wim Wuyts ⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ³University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Dept. of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Claude Huriez, University of Lille, Lille, France, Lille, France, ⁵Toronto Scleroderma Program, Department of Medicine, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, USA, Ridgefield, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁹Unit for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: In the SENSCIS trial in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD), nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC)…
Abstract Number: 103 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Serine Arginine-rich Splicing Factor 1 (SRSF1) Is Indispensable for Homeostasis and Function of Regulatory T Cells
Takayuki Katsuyama¹ and Vaishali R. Moulton ¹, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are pivotal in enforcing immune tolerance to prevent and protect from autoimmunity. Defects in Tregs lead to unchecked immune cell…

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