Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 826 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMID) Collectively Rank Among the Leading Causes of Death
Meifang Wu¹, Eric Yen ² and Ram Raj Singh ², ¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Almost every organ system can be affected by primary immune-mediated diseases characterized by inflammation and therapeutic response to immune-suppressive or anti-inflammatory drugs. These diseases…
Abstract Number: 2114 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases
Daisuke Kobayashi¹, Sayuri Takamura ², Yoko Wada ³, Takeshi Kuroda ⁴ and Ichiei Narita ¹, ¹Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata, Japan, ²Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, ³Niigata Rinko Hospital, Niigata, Niigata, Japan, ⁴Health administration office, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata, Japan
Background/Purpose: Intensive immunosuppressive treatment is often required for patients with autoimmune diseases, and those who are thus treated have a high risk of opportunistic infections.…
Abstract Number: 880 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Diseased Lupus Nephritis Kidneys Serve as a Primary Site of Systemic Autoimmune Development
Matthew Woodruff¹, Christopher Tipton ¹, Jennifer Hom ¹ and Iñaki Sanz ¹, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is an autoimmune destruction of the kidney glomeruli and loss of kidney function affecting almost half of lupus patients. Although the…
Abstract Number: 2150 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Frequency of Polyautoimmunity in a Tertiary Hospital
Elena Grau García¹, José Ivorra Cortés ¹, Jorge Juan Fragio Gil ¹, Roxana Gonzalez Mazarío ¹, Marta de la Rubia Navarro ¹, Cristóbal Pavez Perales ¹, Cristina Alcañiz Escandell ¹, Inmaculada Chalmeta Verdejo ¹, Luis González Puig ¹, Isabel Martínez Cordellat ¹, Rosa Negueroles Albuixech ¹, José Eloy Oller Rodríguez ², Francisco Miguel Ortiz-Sanjuán ¹, Elvira Vicens Bernabeu ¹, Carmen Nájera Herranz ¹, Inés Cánovas Olmos ¹, Samuel Leal Rodriguez ¹ and José Andrés Román Ivorra ¹, ¹Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, v, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: Polyautoimmunity (PAI) is the presence of more than one Autoimmune Disease (AID) in one patient. PAI have been reported in different AIDs as systemic…
Abstract Number: 1076 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Non-serious Infections Among Live Born Infants Born to Mothers Who Used Biologic Medications During Pregnancy for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
Christina Chambers¹, Yunjun Luo ², Diana L. Johnson ², Kenneth Lyons Jones ² and Ronghui Xu ², ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, ²University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Background/Purpose: In infants whose mothers were treated with biologic therapies during pregnancy, there has been a theoretical concern regarding potential risk of infections. Several recent…
Abstract Number: 2155 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Spectrum of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Autoimmune Diseases: Data of a 3-Year-Prospective Study from a Referral Center of Lung Transplantation
Sara Remuzgo-Martínez¹, Diana Prieto-Peña ², Mónica Calderón-Goercke ², Victor Manuel Mora Cuesta ³, David Iturbe Fernández ¹, Sonia M. Fernández Rozas ³, Jose Manuel Cifrian Martínez ³ and Miguel Angel González-Gay ⁴, ¹Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, IDIVAL; and Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, IDIVAL; and Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴Universidad de Cantabria and IDIVAL, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) occurs in approximately 15% of patients with autoimmune diseases (AD) [1]. Its presence is associated with an increased risk of…
Abstract Number: 1077 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Mediation of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Autoimmune Conditions by Pregnancy Complications
Christina Chambers¹, Gretchen Bandoli ², Namrata Singh ³, Jennifer Strouse ⁴, Rebecca Baer ⁵, Brittney Donovan ⁶, Sky Feuer ⁷, Nichole Nidey ⁶, Kelli Ryckman ⁶ and Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski ⁷, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, ²University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, ⁴University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, ⁵UCSD, La Jolla, ⁶UIOWA, Iowa City, ⁷UCSF, San Francisco
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune conditions are associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy complications and outcomes, suggesting that pregnancy complications may mediate the excess risk. We…
Abstract Number: 2296 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Assisted Reproductive Technology in Patients with Inflammatory and Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
Elisa Trujillo¹ and Erika Padrón ¹, ¹Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: Women with chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases increasingly solicit assisted reproductive techniques (ART) due to infertility, but there is little information about success rates…
Abstract Number: 1270 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness and Safety of Off-label Use of Tocilizumab in Refractory Autoimmune Diseases: A Multicenter Study
Martin Michaud¹, Thomas Sene ², Pascal Chazerain ², Geoffrey Urbanski ³, Frederique Retornaz ⁴, Boris Bienvenu ⁵, Laurent Chiche ⁴, Florian Catros ⁶, Laurent Sailler ⁷, Laurent Alric ⁸, Jean Thomas Giraud ⁹, Léo Caudrelier ¹⁰, Slim Lassoued ¹⁰, Sophie Ancellin ⁶, Olivier Lidove ² and Francis Gaches ⁶, ¹Joseph Ducuing Hospital, Toulouse, France, ²Hôpital Croix Saint Simon, Paris, France, ³CHU Angers, Angers, France, ⁴Hôpital Européen, Marseille, France, ⁵Hôpital Saint Joseph, Marseille, France, ⁶Hôpital Joseph Ducuing, Toulouse, France, ⁷University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁸CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁹Hôpital de Tarbes, Tarbes, France, ¹⁰Hôpital de Cahors, Cahors, France
Background/Purpose: There is increasing evidence of Tocilizumab (TCZ) efficacy in refractory auto-immune diseases. The present study aimed at evaluating the real-world experience of using TCZ…
Abstract Number: 2736 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Mucosal-associated Invariant T Cells Can Be Therapeutically Targeted in Lupus
Goh Murayama¹, Asako Chiba ², Tomohiro Mizuno ³, Atsushi Nomura ², Taiga Kuga ⁴, HIrofumi Amano ⁴, Ken Yamaji ⁴, Naoto Tamura ⁴ and Sachiko Miyake ², ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Rhumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Immunlogy, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate T cells that are restricted by the nonpolymorphic MHC-related molecule-1 (MR1) and express a semi-invariant TCRα chain:…
Abstract Number: 1295 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Otoferlin Is Increased in Muscle and PBMCs from Untreated Children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Possible Association with Decreased Circulating Natural Killer Cells
Lauren Pachman¹, Wil Marin ², Gabrielle Morgan ¹, Megan L. Curran ³, Kaveh Ardalan ⁴, Chiang-Ching Huang ⁵ and Eli Roberson ⁶, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, ²Ann and Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, ⁶Washington University at St.Louis, St.Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare inflammatory myopathy in which the immunoregulatory control is not well understood. Collaboration with A.R. French, MD/PhD, documented the…
Abstract Number: 2741 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Integration of Single Cells from Inflammatory Disease Tissues Reveals Common and Unique Pathogenic Cell States
Fan Zhang¹, Joseph Mears ¹, ilya Korsunsky ¹, Kevin Wei ², Anna Helena Jonsson ², Deepak Rao ¹, Edy Kim ³, Laura Donlin ⁴, Jill Buyon ⁵, Michelle Petri ⁶, Chaim Putterman ⁷, Thomas Tuschl ⁸, Nir Hacohen ⁹, Betty Diamond ¹⁰, Michael Brenner ¹¹ and Soumya Raychaudhuri ¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boton, MA, ⁴Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Rockefeller Research Laboratories, New York, ⁹Broad Institute, Cambridge, ¹⁰Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, ¹¹Brigham and Women’s Hospital:, Boston
Background/Purpose: Different autoimmune diseases can co-exist in an individual and share similar genetic associations, autoimmune signaling pathways, and clinical manifestations. However, autoimmune diseases present varied…
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…

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