- Abstract Number: 0161 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Validation of Patient-reported Outcomes (PRO) Lung Questionnaires for Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA) Patients at Risk for Lung DiseaseBackground/Purpose: Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA) involves dysregulation of inflammation and innate immunity, and can cause life-threatening complications including lung disease (LD). However, there are…
- Abstract Number: 1063 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Spirulina Stimulates Inflammatory Cytokine Production Through the STING and TLR Pathways in Dermatomyositis in VitroBackground/Purpose: Spirulina, a popular herbal supplement, stimulates the immune system, as determined by in vitro and in vivo studies. Our recent epidemiologic data suggest that Spirulina…
- Abstract Number: 1578 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Rituximab Hypersensitivity in Rheumatic and Inflammatory Diseases: Role of Skin TestingBackground/Purpose: Infusion-related reactions have been reported with rituximab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the CD20 antigen on B cells, and may result in discontinuation of the…
- Abstract Number: 0162 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Identifying Sleep Problems in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA) Patients with Patient-reported Outcomes (PRO) QuestionnairesBackground/Purpose: Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA) can cause severe and chronic multisystem involvement. Medical therapies including high-dose corticosteroids can have significant side effects affecting sleep.…
- Abstract Number: 1152 • ACR Convergence 2020 - IL-18: A Biomarker That Reflects Disease Activity, Could It Be the Next Disease Activity Measure in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis?Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is a childhood arthritis with prominent innate immune activity. Disease presentation and flares could largely mimic infections with fever…
- Abstract Number: 1636 • ACR Convergence 2020 - 8 Years Follow-Up of a Novel Autoinflammatory Disease: CD59 Malfunction Causes Hemolytic Anemia, Recurrent Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Strokes in Pediatric Populations and Respond Well to Eculizumab and PozelimabBackground/Purpose: In 2013 we have described the first patients with a novel autoinflammatory disease manifested in 4 children with recurrent Guillain-Barre syndrome and hemolytic anemia…
- Abstract Number: 0164 • ACR Convergence 2020 - What’s in a Name? Patient and Family Perspectives on the Naming of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic ArthritisBackground/Purpose: The childhood inflammatory disorder systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) has historically had several names, including Still’s disease and systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. While its…
- Abstract Number: 1156 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Comparison of Immunological Biomarkers and Lung Histology in Patients with Elevated IL18 – Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis and Recurrent Macrophage Activation Syndrome (IL-18PAP-MAS) and Other Inflammatory Lung DiseasesBackground/Purpose: Recently, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and recurrent macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) have been reported in rare patients (pts) with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA)…
- Abstract Number: 1711 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Musculoskeletal Sarcoidosis Learning Module for Internal Medicine Trainees: Developing a Rheumatology CurriculumBackground/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a systemic, multi-organ disease frequently overlooked in the development of a differential diagnosis. Although typically considered a pulmonary disease, management decisions often fall to the Rheumatologist especially in the context of sarcoid-related arthritis or the initiation of immunosuppressive therapy. We…
- Abstract Number: 0171 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Interferon Response Gene Expression Differs in Whole Blood, Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, Monocytes, T Cells, B Cells, and NK Cells in Patients with the Autoinflammatory Interferonopathies, CANDLE and SAVIBackground/Purpose: The disease progression of patients (pts.) with type-I interferon (IFN)-mediated diseases undergoing treatment with JAK1 and JAK2 inhibitors is monitored in part by measuring…
- Abstract Number: 1157 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes in a Neonatal-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID) Cohort Followed for a Median of Fifteen YearsBackground/Purpose: Patients (pts) with NOMID have systemic inflammation and organ damage such as sensorineural hearing loss, hydrocephalus, optic nerve atrophy and growth plate defects. IL-1 blocking…
- Abstract Number: 1855 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Elevated Calprotectin Levels Reveal Loss of Vascular Pattern and Atrophy of Villi in Ileum Using Digital Chromo-endoscopy and Magnification Colonoscopy in Patients with Spondyloarthritis Without Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBackground/Purpose: Fecal calprotectin (FC) is a well bio-marker related to mucosal inflammation. Digital chromo-endoscopy (DCE) with magnification is a technique to identify microscopic inflammation. The…
- Abstract Number: 0172 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Early Treatment and IL1RN Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Affect Response to Anakinra in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic ArthritisBackground/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) represents 10-20% of all chronic arthritis during childhood. The interleukin 1 (IL-1) play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis…
- Abstract Number: 1158 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Clinical Features and Outcomes in STING-Associated Vasculopathy with Onset in Infancy (SAVI)Background/Purpose: STING-Associated Vasculopathy with Onset in Infancy (SAVI) is an autoinflammatory interferonopathy caused by gain-of-function mutations in STING1, characterized by peripheral vasculopathy and interstitial lung…
- Abstract Number: 1950 • ACR Convergence 2020 - Elevated Serum Gasdermin D N-terminal Implicates Macrophage Pyroptosis in Adult-onset Still’s Disease and Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic ArthritisBackground/Purpose: Elevation of serum IL-18 in adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) suggests involvement of one or more inflammasome in these…
