Abstracts tagged "cartilage"

Abstract Number: PP06 • ACR Convergence 2020
Only in My Dreams Can I Do the Things I Used to Do: Where There Is Research, There Is Hope
Dan Smith¹, Robert Smith¹ and Jillian Covault¹, ¹Canton, MI
Background/Purpose: In Mach 2020, I was diagnosed with relapsing polychondritis ("RP"), a multisystem, rheumatologic disease characterized by inflammation of cartilaginous structures including the ear, nose,…
Abstract Number: 0693 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effect of Physical Activity on Cartilage Degradation and Inflammation in Individuals with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Gustavo Almeida¹, Samannaaz Khoja², Lauren Terhorst³, Gwendolyn Sowa⁴, Sara Piva² and Michael Schneider², ¹Department of Physical Therapy, UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO, San Antonio, TX, ²Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Guidelines recommend 150 minutes a week in moderate-intensity physical activity (MPA) to improve health in individuals with chronic disease such as those with lumbar…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis (“RP”) and an Advocate Manufactured Custom Cloth Masks to Combat COVID-19: This Mask Project Provided a Sense of Purpose, Created Unity, Increased Awareness of RP, Facilitated Research, and Generated Hope
Isabel Bautista¹ and Michael Linn², ¹Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, Wilmington, CA, ²Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, New York, NY

Background/Purpose: In 2013, I was diagnosed with Relapsing Polychondritis ("RP"), a systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that can be fatal. The disease affects multiple…
Abstract Number: 0696 • ACR Convergence 2020
Femoral Cartilage Ultrasound Echo-Intensity Associates with Arthroscopic Cartilage Damage in People Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Matthew Harkey¹, Erin Little², Mikaela Thompson³, Ming Zhang⁴, Jeffrey Driban⁴ and Matthew Salzler³, ¹University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, ²Tufts Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, ⁴Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Over one-third of people will develop knee osteoarthritis within 10 years of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Ultrasound may be used to monitor…
Abstract Number: 0700 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lipoxin A4 Induces Lipid Class Switching and Inflammation Resolution at the Genomic Level in Human Osteoarthritis
Mandar Dave¹, Abul Islam², Akshat Parekh³, Jay Patel⁴, Arushi Chawla⁵ and Ashok Amin⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Pathology, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, ²Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ³Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, ⁴Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, ⁵Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gujarat, India, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Pathology, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Human OA-affected cartilage does not show the cardinal signs of inflammation (redness and swelling with heat and pain—rubor et tumor cum calore et dolor) because…
Abstract Number: 0704 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Murine Ear Wound Cartilage Superhealer Trait, Mediated by the Gut Microbiome, Is Transgenerationally Heritable Following Cecal Transplantation
Christopher Dunn¹, Cassandra Garman², Cassandra Velasco², Vladislav Izda², Jake Martin² and Matlock Jeffries², ¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: MRL/MpJ mice are substantially protected from developing post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA), a trait with strong correlation to the ability to heal ear wounds. We have…
Abstract Number: 0706 • ACR Convergence 2020
Adenosine A2A Receptor Activation Reduces Markers of Chondrocyte Senescence and Cartilage Inflammation Associated with Osteoarthritis
Benjamin Friedman¹ and Bruce Cronstein², ¹NYU Rheumatology, New York, NY, ²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis is an aging-associated disorder linked to dysfunctional metabolism, chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, and cellular senescence. Cellular senescence is associated with stable cell cycle…
Abstract Number: 1115 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Relation of MRI-Based Cartilage Lesions to Knee Replacement and Knee Pain Severity in Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Tuhina Neogi¹, David Felson¹, Kathy Bacon², James Torner³, Cora Lewis⁴, Michael Nevitt⁵ and S. Reza Jafarzadeh¹, ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Recently, the FDA has indicated that data supporting imaging biomarkers of relevance to clinically important outcomes, such as knee replacement (KR) may be considered…
Abstract Number: 1129 • ACR Convergence 2020
Discordance in Patient and Physician Assessment of Disease Activity in Relapsing Polychondritis
Emily Rose¹, Marcela Ferrada¹, Kaitlin Quinn², Wendy Goodspeed¹, Laurent Arnaud³ and Peter C. Grayson⁴, ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Washington, DC, ³Department of rheumatology, University Hospitals of Strasbourg and French National Reference Center for Rare Auto-immune diseases, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare chronic disabling inflammatory condition primarily affecting cartilage tissue. Self-reported patient outcome measures, which have not been evaluated in…
Abstract Number: 1491 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of a Leaky Gut but Not Microbial Dysbiosis with Obesity-related OA: A Translational Study
Richard Loeser¹, Liubov Arbeeva¹, Kathryn Kelley², Anthony Fodor³, Shan Sun³, Veronica Ulici⁴, Lara Longobardi², Yang Cui², Susan Sumner², Andrea Azcarate-Peril², Balfour Sartor², Ian Carrol² and Amanda Nelson¹, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, ⁴Brown University, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: To test the hypothesis that an altered gut microbiota (dysbiosis) plays a causal role in the obese OA phenotype (obesity with both hand and…
Abstract Number: 1565 • ACR Convergence 2020
Joint Cartilage Damage Evaluated by Ultrasound in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Takehisa Ogura¹, Ayako Hirata², Yuki Inoue², Takaharu Katagiri², Yuto Takakura² and Hideto Kameda³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Arthritis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is typically non-erosive, although some patients with SLE show erosive destruction or Jaccoud’s arthropathy. Previously we have confirmed…
Abstract Number: 0423 • ACR Convergence 2020
Defining Ear Chondritis: Data from 685 Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis
Marcela Ferrada¹, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau², Guillaume Moulis³, Nancy Linn⁴, Emily Rose¹ and Peter C. Grayson⁵, ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²APHP, Université de Paris, Paris, France, ³Toulouse University hospital, Toulouse, France, ⁴Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, Palos Verdes Estates, CA, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Ear chondritis is often considered the pathognomonic feature of relapsing polychondritis (RP). Although painful redness and swelling of the pinna and a resultant cauliflower…
Abstract Number: 1637 • ACR Convergence 2020
Comparison of Nation-wide Epidemical Study on 2009 and That on 2019 Revealed That Improvement of Disease Severity and Mortality Rate May Come from Progress of Proficient Management in Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis in Japan
Jun Shimizu¹, Yoshihisa Yamano¹, Kimito Kawahata² and Noboru Suzuki¹, ¹St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: We conducted a retrospective survey study in 2009 and collected clinical data of 239 patients with relapsing polychondritis (RP). Using the survey data, we…
Abstract Number: 0424 • ACR Convergence 2020
Anti-Collagen II Antibodies in Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis
Kristina Wells¹, Marcela Ferrada², Emily Rose², Keith Sikora³, Wendy Goodspeed², Kaitlin Quinn⁴ and Peter C. Grayson⁵, ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Washington, DC, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a highly heterogenous systemic inflammatory disorder that affects many organ systems, in particular, cartilaginous structures. Clinical presentations in RP are…
Abstract Number: 1759 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rheumatoid Arthritis Affects the Ossicular Joints: A Human Otopathologic Study
Melissa Castillo-Bustamante¹, Marc Polanik¹, Dhrumi Gandhi¹, Elliott Kozin¹ and Aaron Remenschneider¹, ¹Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Inflammation of synovial joints in small and large extremities is commonly seen in Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To date little is known about how this disease…

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