Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 1339 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Risk of Immunotherapy Related Toxicity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elizaveta Efuni ¹, Samuel Cytryn ², Patrick Boland ² and Sabina Sandigursky³, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, ³NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have changed the therapeutic landscape in oncology leading to cures in some cancer types. However, patients with pre-existing autoimmune diseases…
Abstract Number: 2780 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Identification of SLE Subgroups at Risk for Poor Outcomes After Hydroxychloroquine Taper or Discontinuation
Celline C. Almeida-Brasil ¹, Evelyne Vinet ², Christian Pineau ² and Sasha Bernatsky¹, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The risks and benefits of long-term hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), versus tapering or stopping, remain uncertain. We aimed to identify predictors of…
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…
Abstract Number: 1644 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effects of Nintedanib in Patients with Diffuse and Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis and Interstitial Lung Disease: Subgroup Analysis of the SENSCIS Trial
Masataka Kuwana¹, Kristin Highland ², Martina Gahlemann ³, Christopher Denton ⁴, Aryeh Fischer ⁵, Maureen Mayes ⁶, Virginia Steen ⁷, Dinesh Khanna ⁸, Yannick Allanore ⁹, Mannaig Girard ¹⁰, Margarida Alves ¹¹, Susanne Stowasser ¹¹ and Oliver Distler ¹², ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, OH, ³Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁷Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA, Georgetown, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, ⁹Dept. of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Boehringer Ingelheim France S.A.S., Reims, France, Reims, France, ¹¹Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) are at greater risk of developing interstitial lung disease (ILD) than patients with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis…
Abstract Number: PP09 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improved Quality of Life and Decreased Symptoms of Lupus with Diet, Exercise, and Functional Medicine
Marisa Zeppieri-Caruana, Lupus Chick, New York, NY
Background/Diagnosis: Like most people who live with a chronic illness and/or autoimmune disease, my story started long before I realized. Symptoms came and went throughout…
Abstract Number: PP10 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Using a Mobile App to Facilitate Patient-Doctor Discussions to Make Informed Decisions Regarding ‘Painsomnia’
Shelley Fritz¹, Kristine Carandang² and Dawn Gibson³, ¹ArthritisPower Patient Partner: CreakyJoints/Global Healthy Living Foundation, Tampa, FL, ²Chan Division of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Founder #SpoonieChat; CreakyJoints/Global Healthy Living Foundation Patient Partner, Upper Nyack, NY
Background/Diagnosis: As a patient with AS, Dawn founded #SpoonieChat to provide a space on twitter for people living with chronic diseases to support each other.…
Abstract Number: 9 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Integration of Cytokine Profiles with Distinct B-Cell Functions Reveals a Specific Micro-Environmental Framework in Autoimmune Diseases
Quentin Simon¹, Alexis Grasseau², Bénédicte Rouvière², Laetitia Le Pottier², Divi Cornec³, Maria Orietta Borghi⁴, Rocio Aguilar Quesada⁵, Yves Renaudineau^2,6, Marta Alarcón-Riquelme⁷, Jacques-Olivier Pers¹ and Sophie Hillion^2,6, ¹U1227, Université de Brest, Inserm, Labex IGO, CHU de Brest, Brest, France, ²U1227, Lymphocytes B et Autoimmunité, Université de Brest, Inserm, Brest, France, ³Hopital La Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ⁴University of Milan, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ⁵Biobanco Del Sistema Sanitario Publico de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain, ⁶CHU de Brest, Brest, France, ⁷Medical Genomics, Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain
Background/Purpose: The functional duality of B cells is central to balance immune homeostasis by regulating or promoting the immune response. However, the mechanisms by which…
Abstract Number: 126 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Direct Interaction between Autoreactive B Cells and Endothelial Colony Forming Cells Induces Cytokine Production from B Cells through B Cell Receptor and IL-6-JAK2-STAT3 Signaling Pathway, Suppressing Proliferation of Endothelial Colony Forming Cells in Systemic Sclerosis
Takemichi Fukasawa¹, Ayumi Yoshizaki¹, Satoshi Ebata¹, Kouki Nakamura¹, Yoshihide Asano¹, Yutaka Kazoe², Kazuma Mawatari², Takehiko Kitamori² and Shinichi Sato¹, ¹Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disorder that is characterized by fibrosis and vascular damage in the skin and other visceral organs, with…
Abstract Number: 843 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Localization of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel 1.7 in Peripheral Monocytes Contributes to Activation of BAFF Signaling in Monocytes of Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Keiko Yoshimoto, Yumi Ikeda, Katsuya Suzuki and Tsutomu Takeuchi, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: In our previous study, we have reported that IL-6 production was robustly increased in BAFF-stimulated peripheral monocytes of patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS)…

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