Abstracts tagged "Brain"

Abstract Number: 1711 • ACR Convergence 2025
Dysfunctional Neurobiology Of The Insula Characterizes Fatigue In Psoriatic Arthritis
Andrew McGucken¹, Flavia Sunzini², Kristian Stefanov¹, Joel Parkinson¹, Salim Al-Wasity¹, John McLean¹, Gordon Waiter³, Stefan Siebert¹ and Neil Basu⁴, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²Glasgow University, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ³University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ⁴Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is a pervasive and burdensome symptom for people with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The mechanisms underlying PsA related fatigue are unknown. In other clinical…
Abstract Number: 1384 • ACR Convergence 2025
Systematic Review of Therapies for Central Nervous System Manifestations in Sjögren’s Disease
Ghaith Noaiseh¹, Arun Varadhachary², Katherine Hammitt³, Julie Frantsve-Hawley³, Paula Barreras Cortes⁴, Shamik Bhattacharyya⁵, E. Sherwood Brown⁶, Drew Carey⁷, Robert Fox⁸, Brent Goodman⁹, Thomas Grader-Beck¹⁰, Janet Lewis¹¹, Stephen Maitz¹², Steven Mandel¹³, Jenifer McCombe¹⁴, Astrid Rasmussen¹⁵, George Sarka¹⁶, Daniel Wallace¹⁷, Frederick Vivino¹⁸, Rochelle Zak¹⁹, Nancy Carteron²⁰, R Hal Scofield¹⁵ and Steven Carsons²¹, ¹University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ³Sjogren's Foundation, Reston, VA, ⁴Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Malden, MA, ⁶UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Rheumatology Clinic, San Diego, CA, ⁹HonorHealth, Scottsdale, AZ, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins, Reisterstown, MD, ¹¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ¹²U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Coatesville, PA, ¹³Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, ¹⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁶Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Laguna Hills, CA, ¹⁷Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹⁸University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr, PA, ¹⁹UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ²⁰University of California, Berkeley & San Francisco, Angwin, CA, ²¹NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s disease is recognized as a multifaceted autoimmune disease impacting almost any organ or body system. Of particular importance is the central nervous system…
Abstract Number: 1378 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence of Central Nervous System Manifestations in Sjögren’s Disease
Arun Varadhachary¹, Ghaith Noaiseh², Katherine Hammitt³, Julie Frantsve-Hawley³, Paula Barreras Cortes⁴, Shamik Bhattacharyya⁵, E. Sherwood Brown⁶, Drew Carey⁷, Robert Fox⁸, Brent Goodman⁹, Thomas Grader-Beck¹⁰, Janet Lewis¹¹, Stephen Maitz¹², Steven Mandel¹³, Jenifer McCombe¹⁴, Astrid Rasmussen¹⁵, George Sarka¹⁶, Daniel Wallace¹⁷, Frederick Vivino¹⁸, Rochelle Zak¹⁹, Nancy Carteron²⁰, R Hal Scofield¹⁵ and Steven Carsons²¹, ¹Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ³Sjogren's Foundation, Reston, VA, ⁴Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Malden, MA, ⁶UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Rheumatology Clinic, San Diego, CA, ⁹HonorHealth, Scottsdale, AZ, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins, Reisterstown, MD, ¹¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ¹²U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Coatesville, PA, ¹³Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, ¹⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁶Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Laguna Hills, CA, ¹⁷Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹⁸University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr, PA, ¹⁹UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ²⁰University of California, Berkeley & San Francisco, Angwin, CA, ²¹NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s disease is a systemic autoimmune disorder with diverse clinical manifestations affecting multiple organ systems. While dry mouth, dry eyes, fatigue and pain are…
Abstract Number: 1295 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neuropsychiatric Lupus in Children and Adolescents: Understanding Current Practices and Barriers to Care Perceived by Pediatric Rheumatology Clinicians in North America
Martha Rodriguez¹, Ekemini Ogbu², Ashley Danguecan³, Marietta De Guzman⁴, Alexandra Theisen⁵, Lawrence Ng⁶, Andrea Knight³ and Ryann Kammeyer⁷, ¹Riley Hospital For Children at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁵University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Neuropsychiatric involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (NPSLE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly among children who are still developing neurologically. Despite…
Abstract Number: 0766 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effects of Walking During the 6-Minute Walk Test on Cognition in Adults with Knee Replacement
Christine Pellegrini¹, Jongwon Lee¹, Chih-Hsiang Yang¹, Scott Jamieson², Clare Kennerley¹ and Sara Wilcox¹, ¹University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, ²The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Background/Purpose: The majority of adults with knee replacement remain physically inactive after surgery and are at high risk for Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD). This…
Abstract Number: 1854 • ACR Convergence 2025
Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis Revealed Altered Functional Connectivity Associated with Fatigue in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Yujie Song¹, Nobuya Abe¹, Yuichiro Fujieda², Kodai Sakiyama¹, Yuta Inoue¹, Kenichi Miyamoto¹, Kazuro Kamada¹, Yotaro Oki¹, Maria Tada¹, Shuhei Takeyama¹, Ryo Hisada², Michihito Kono² and Tatsuya Atsumi², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is one of the most frequent constitutional symptoms in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), usually accompanied with impaired quality of life. Resting-state functional magnetic…
Abstract Number: 0643 • ACR Convergence 2024
Using FDG PET Brain Scans and Deep Learning Analyses to Identify a Specific Network Correlated with Cognitive Impairment in SLE
Nha Nguyen¹, An Vo¹, Chris Tang¹, Erik Anderson², Cynthia Aranow², Betty Diamond³, David Eidelberg¹ and Meggan Mackay⁴, ¹Feinstein Institutes, Manhasset, NY, ²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, New York, NY, ³The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Cognitive impairment (CI) is a debilitating, untreatable problem for up to 80% of individuals with SLE and human and mouse data suggest multiple SLE-related…
Abstract Number: 1279 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cerebrovascular Accidents in Pediatric and Adult Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Comparison of Epidemiology and Outcomes
Ekemini Ogbu¹, Jareen Meinzen-Derr², Michael Wagner², Rashmi Sahay², Dhriti Sharma², J Michael Taylor², Sudhakar Vadivelu³, Mekibib Altaye² and hermine brunner¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are one of the most devastating neurologic manifestations of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). The spectrum of CVA in cSLE (CVAcSLE)…
Abstract Number: 1560 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changes of Cerebral Structure and Perfusion Vary in Different Subtypes of Systemic Sclerosis: A Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Xinyu Tong¹, Huilin He², Shihan Xu², Zihan Ning¹, Rui Shen¹, Xiaofeng Zeng³, qian wang⁴, Dong Xu⁵, Xihai zhao¹ and Zuoxiang He¹, ¹Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, ²Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Beijing, China, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China 2National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Ministry of Science & Technology, Beijing, China, ⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: The characteristics of brain impairment in different subtypes of systemic sclerosis (SSc) (dcSSc, diffuse cutaneous SSc; lcSSc, limited cutaneous SSc) remain unclear. This study aimed to characterize cerebral structure and perfusion…
Abstract Number: 1776 • ACR Convergence 2024
Animal Models of Pediatric MOGAD
Yike Jiang¹, Elliot Lin², Estefany Reyes², Devon DiPalma², Sundar Khadka², Heather Van Mater² and Mari Shinohara², ¹Duke Univerisity, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a devastating demyelinating disease that disproportionally affects children. Discovered in 2018, MOGAD is now internationally recognized as…
Abstract Number: 2251 • ACR Convergence 2024
Stress-Related Neural Activity Measured with FDG-PET/CT Is Associated with Articular Disease Activity, Systemic Inflammation, and Treatment-associated Change in Arterial Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jon Giles¹, Joan Bathon², Katherine Liao³, Pamela Rist⁴, Shady Abohashem⁵, Michael Osborne⁵, Giovani Civieri⁵, Zahi Fayad⁶, Daniel Solomon³ and Ahmed Tawakol⁷, ¹Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard University, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University, Boston, MA, ⁶Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The amygdala, a limbic structure of the brain’s salience network, links chronic external stressors with downstream effects on the HPA axis and hematopoietic tissues…
Abstract Number: 0280 • ACR Convergence 2023
Immunosuppression in the Treatment of Susac Syndrome: A Retrospective Evaluation of the Largest Cohort of Susac Syndrome
Adam Brown¹, Robert Rennebohm², Ghulam Abbas Kharal², Devon Conway², Sunil Srivastava³, Sumit Sharma², Careen Lowder², Leonard Calabrese⁴ and Rula Hajj-Ali², ¹Cleveland Clinic Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cleveland Clinic / Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Susac Syndrome is a rare autoimmune condition causing microvascular occlusions in the brain, retina and inner ear leading to the characteristic triad of encephalopathy,…
Abstract Number: 0312 • ACR Convergence 2023
Frontal Lobe Activation and Gait Alterations During Single- and Dual-task Walking in People with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study
Soyoung Lee, Meryem Yücel, Claudio Ferre, Baekdong Cha, Ehyun Kim and Deepak Kumar, Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Altered gait patterns, including high variability or muscular co-contraction, can increase fall risk and worsen disease progression in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However,…
Abstract Number: 0653 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association Between Systemic Sclerosis and Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-Analysis
Christina Flourou¹, Andreas Liampas¹ and Konstantinos Parperis², ¹Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus, ²University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by significant vascular abnormalities due to microvascular damage and intimal proliferation in the small arterioles.…
Abstract Number: 0837 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled, Clinical Trial of Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Matthew Baker¹, Sarah Kavanagh², Stanley Cohen³, Alan Matsumoto⁴, Ara Dikranian⁵, John Tesser⁶, Alan Kivitz⁷, Konstantinos Alataris⁸ and Mark Genovese⁹, ¹Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ²Kavanagh Statistical Consulting, LLC, Apex, NC, ³Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Wheaton, MD, ⁵Cabrillo Center for Rheumatic Disease, San Diego, CA, ⁶Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ⁷Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁸Nēsos, Menlo Park, CA, ⁹Stanford University, Sunnyvale, CA
Background/Purpose: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has emerged in recent decades as a potential therapy for RA.We have previously shown that auricular VNS produced an average…

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