Abstracts tagged "complement"

Abstract Number: 0471 • ACR Convergence 2024
Understanding the Role of the Complement System in Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jose Viotti-Serra¹, Maria Garcia-Gonzalez², Fuensanta Gomez-Bernal¹, Juan Carlos Quevedo-Abeledo³, Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay⁴ and ivan Ferraz-Amaro⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Canarias, SC Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de GC, Canarias, Spain, ⁴University of Cantabria, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
Background/Purpose: The complement (C) system has been associated with the etiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic syndrome are prevalent among RA…
Abstract Number: 2483 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy and Safety of Avacopan over 12 Months in Japanese Patients with MPA/GPA: A Single-center Study
Yusuke Ushio¹, Hiromi Shimada², taichi miyagi³, Koichi Sugihara⁴, Mao Mizusaki⁵, Rina Mino⁵, Hayamasa yamaguchi⁵, Naoto Manabe⁵, Shusaku Nakashima² and Hiroaki Dobashi², ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, kidagun, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan
Background/Purpose: Avacopan, an oral C5a receptor inhibitor, was demonstrated to be an alternative to glucocorticoids (GC) in the treatment of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)/granulomatosis with polyangiitis…
Abstract Number: 0497 • ACR Convergence 2024
Relationship Between the Complement System and Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Adrián Quevedo-Rodríguez¹, Marta Hernández-Díaz², Dara Rodríguez-González2², Fuensanta Gomez-Bernal³, Juan Carlos Quevedo-Abeledo⁴, Agustín F González-Rivero², Elena González López⁵, gonzalo Ocejo-Viñals⁵, Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay⁶ and ivan Ferraz-Amaro⁷, ¹Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Canarias, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de GC, Canarias, Spain, ⁵Department of Immunology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (HUMV), Santander, Spain, ⁶University of Cantabria, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) events and CV mortality. Carotid subclinical atherosclerosis is independently associated with incident…
Abstract Number: 2488 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patient Characteristics and Treatment Patterns Before and After Initiation of Avacopan in the United States: An Early View Based on a Claims Database Analysis
Sushmitha Inguva¹, Pallavi Rane¹, Darcy Trimpe¹, Sam Oh¹, Jasjit Multani², Hsiu-Ching Chang², Marie Yasuda², Chi-Chang Chen², Duvuru Geetha³, Peter Merkel⁴ and Zachary Wallace⁵, ¹Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ²IQVIA, Wayne, PA, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: The United States (US) Food and Drug Administration approved avacopan to treat adults with severe active granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis in October…
Abstract Number: 0608 • ACR Convergence 2024
Systematic Analysis Demonstrates the Added Value of CB-CAPs to SLE Diagnosis in a Large Validation Cohort
Andrew Concoff¹, Touba Warsi², Sepehr Taghavi², Sudha Kumar², Abigail Patalinghug², Christine Schleif², Brittany Partain³, Joseph Ahearn⁴, Chau-Ching Liu⁵, Nicole Wilson⁵, Susan Manzi⁵ and Tyler O'Malley⁶, ¹Exagen, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, ²Exagen, Carlsbad, CA, ³Exagen, Boston, MA, ⁴Allegheny Health Network, Wexford, PA, ⁵Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Exagen, Vista, CA
Background/Purpose: Cell bound complement activation products (CB-CAPs) including erythrocyte-bound C4d (EC4d) and B-lymphocyte C4d (BC4d) demonstrate increased diagnostic accuracy compared to conventional SLE markers (anti-dsDNA,…
Abstract Number: 2534 • ACR Convergence 2024
Deciphering Complement-dependent Macrophage Phenotypes in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Combined Computational-experimental Single-cell Omics
Juan Vargas¹, Ian Mantel², Jun Inamo³, Nirmal Banda¹, Anna Helena Jonsson³, Kevin Wei⁴, Deepak Rao⁵, Susan Goodman⁶, Kevin Deane⁷, Jennifer Seifert⁸, Jennifer Anolik⁹, Michael Brenner¹⁰, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹¹, Trent Woodruff¹², the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) RA/SLE Network¹³, Michael Holers¹⁴, Laura Donlin¹⁵ and Fan Zhang¹⁶, ¹The University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE, New York, NY, ³University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York 10025, NY, ⁷University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁸University of Colorado and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Aurora, CO, ⁹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ¹⁰Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹²University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ¹³AMP RA/SLE consortium, Aurora, CO, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ¹⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁶University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: The complement system is a major component of innate immunity and plays a vital role in experimental models of autoimmune disease pathogenesis. In patients…
Abstract Number: 0617 • ACR Convergence 2024
Hereditary C1q Deficiency Is Associated with Type 1 Interferon-pathway Activation and a High Risk of Central Nervous System Inflammation
Clément triaille¹, Neha Mohan Rao², Gillian Rice³, Luis Seabra⁴, Sutherland Fraser⁵, Vincent Bondet⁶, Darragh duffy⁶, Andrew Gennery⁷, Benjamin Fournier⁸, Brigitte Bader-Meunier⁹, Christopher Troedson¹⁰, Gavin CLeary¹¹, Helena Buso¹², Jacqueline Dalby-Payne¹³, Ranade Prajakta¹⁴, Katrien Jansen¹⁵, Lien De Somer¹⁶, Marie-Louise Fremond¹⁷, Pimple Pallavi¹⁴, Melanie Wong¹⁸, Russel Dale¹⁰, Carine Wouters¹⁶, PIERRE QUARTIER¹⁹, Raju Khubchandani²⁰ and Yanick Crow⁵, ¹Pôle de pathologies rhumatismales systémiques et inflammatoires, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, ²NH SRCC hospital, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Mumbai, ³Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester, ⁴Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation, Imagine Institute, INSERM UMR1163, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁵MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁶Translational Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁷: Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ⁸Paediatric Immunology-Hematology and Rheumatology Unit, Necker Hospital, APHP Centre, Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁰T. Y. Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, and University of Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia, ¹¹: Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ¹²Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Padova, Italy, ¹³Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia, ¹⁴NH SRCC hospital, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Mumbai, India, ¹⁵Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, ¹⁶Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, ¹⁷Paediatric Immunology-Hematology and Rheumatology Unit, Necker Hospital, APHP Centre, Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France, Paris, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Department of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, Westmead, Australia, ¹⁹Université Paris-Cite, IMAGINE Institute, Necker Children’s Hospital, Paris Cedex 15, France, ²⁰SRCC Childrens Hospital, Mumbai, India
Background/Purpose: To report on the largest cohort of C1Q deficient (C1QDef ) patients; to investigate the activation of Type 1 interferon pathway in the blood…
Abstract Number: 0629 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating the Concordance Between SRI4 and BICLA Using Placebo Data from Randomized Controlled Trials of Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Anca Askanase¹, Edward Vital², Oliver Meier³, Armando Turchetta⁴, Huiyan (Ashley) Mao⁴, Justine Maller⁵, Jorge A. Ross Terres⁶ and Maria Dall'Era⁷, ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ³F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Mississauga, Canada, ⁵Genentech, Inc,, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Genentech, Inc,, San Francisco, ⁷UCSF, Corte Madera, CA
Background/Purpose: British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG)-based Composite Lupus Assessment (BICLA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Responder Index 4 (SRI4) responses are the most common primary…
Abstract Number: 0669 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy of Belimumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study
buddhika Jayaratna¹, Pasan Serasinghe², Louise Nel³, Sahil Jain³, Shrish Sangle², Begona Lopez¹, Giovanni Sanna², Michelle Fernando¹ and David DCruz⁴, ¹Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, England, United Kingdom, ³Guys and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁴The Louise Coote Lupus Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multi-system autoimmune rheumatic disorder. Despite therapeutic advances, managing SLE remains challenging due to its complex pathogenesis and…
Abstract Number: 0578 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prospective Observational Study of Microvascular C5b-9 Deposition in Non-lesional Skin in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients and Its Correlation with Active Lupus Nephritis
Meghan Anderson¹, Cynthia Magro² and H Michael Belmont³, ¹New York University, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Tissue damage in LN is mediated by immune complex activation of the classic complement pathway (PMID 23929771). In a study of LN, renal C5b-9…
Abstract Number: 2311 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect on Lupus Outcomes of the Protective Allele at rs1876453 in the Complement Receptor 2 Gene
Ani Oganesyan¹, Rachel Sharp², Philip O’Neill³, Cynthia Aranow⁴, Laurent Arnaud⁵, Anca Askanase⁶, Sang-Cheol Bae⁷, Sasha Bernatsky⁸, Ian Bruce⁹, Jill Buyon¹⁰, Winn Chatham¹¹, Ann Clarke¹², Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau¹³, Mary Anne Dooley¹⁴, Paul R. Fortin¹⁵, Ellen Ginzler¹⁶, Dafna Gladman¹⁷, Caroline Gordon¹⁸, John G. Hanly¹⁹, Murat Inanç²⁰, David Isenberg²¹, Soren Jacobsen²², Andreas Jonsen²³, Kenneth Kalunian²⁴, Diane L. Kamen²⁵, S. Sam Lim²⁶, Anselm Mak²⁷, Eric Morand²⁸, Christine Peschken²⁹, Michelle Petri³⁰, Bernando A. Pons-Estel³¹, Anisur Rahman³², Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman³³, John Reynolds³⁴, Juanita Romero-Diaz³⁵, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza³⁶, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero³⁷, Kristjan Steinsson³⁸, Murray Urowitz³⁹, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁴⁰, Evelyne Vinet⁴¹, Alexandre Voskuyl⁴², Daniel Wallace⁴³, Susan Manzi⁴⁴, Kenneth L. Jones⁴⁵ and Susan A. Boackle⁴⁶, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁵University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁶Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁷Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Department of Rheumatology, Seoul, South Korea, ⁸Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁰NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹²University of Calgary, Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹³Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ¹⁴Raleigh Neurology Associates, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁵Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ¹⁶SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁷Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²⁰Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ²¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²²Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²³Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²⁵Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²⁶Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²⁷Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²⁸Monash University, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, ²⁹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³⁰Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ³¹Study Group of the Argentine Society of Rheumatology for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³²Centre for Rheumatology, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³⁴University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³⁵Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ³⁶Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ³⁷University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³⁸Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ³⁹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute; University of Toronto Lupus Clinic; Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴⁰Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴¹McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴²Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴⁴Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴⁵Bioinformatics Solutions, Sheridan, WY, ⁴⁶None, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a heterogenous autoimmune disease characterized by inflammatory damage to multiple organ systems. We have shown that the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)…
Abstract Number: 0599 • ACR Convergence 2023
Targeted Inhibition of Cathepsins Limits the Intracellular Complement Activation in Lupus Nephritis Podocytes
Ana Kunzler¹, Meenakshi Jha¹, Masataka Umeda², Rhea Bhargava², Maria Tsokos¹, George Tsokos² and Abhigyan Satyam², ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that leads to damage to several tissues and organs. Inflammation of the kidney is one…
Abstract Number: 2327 • ACR Convergence 2023
Hydroxychloroquine Improves Low Complement Levels
Michelle Petri¹, Rebecca Jacobson², Andrea Fava³ and Larry Magder⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Low complement is associated with clinical disease activity and future organ damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Prior studies from Japan, although…
Abstract Number: 0683 • ACR Convergence 2023
Remission, Glucocorticoid Toxicity, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Safety Outcomes in Patients with Renal Involvement in the Phase 3 Trial of Avacopan for the Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Duvuru Geetha¹, Frank Cortazar², Annette Bruchfeld³, alexandre Karras⁴, Peter Merkel⁵ and David Jayne⁶, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²New York Nephrology, Watervliet, NY, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴HEGP - APHP, Paris, France, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In the Phase 3 ADVOCATE trial comparing avacopan to a prednisone taper, 81% of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) had renal involvement based on…
Abstract Number: 2338 • ACR Convergence 2023
Results of Single-Arm, Phase 1b Study of Anti-C1q Treatment (ANX009) Show That the Classical Pathway Is a Key Driver of Complement Activation and Consumption in Patients with Active Lupus Nephritis
Maria Dall'Era¹, Juan Lichauco², Hsiang Chen³, Harold Gomez⁴, Michael Tee⁵, Caroline Arroyo⁶, Joung-Liang Lan⁷, Yao-Fan Fang⁸, Edmund Chang⁹, Noosha Yousefpour⁹, Julian Low⁹, Min Bao⁹, Qing Chang⁹, Jeannette Osterloh⁹, Ann Mongan⁹, Ted Yednock⁹, Dean Artis⁹, Yaisa Andrews-Zwilling⁹ and Henk-Andre Kroon⁹, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines, ³Tri-service General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, ⁴Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Pampanga, Philippines, ⁵Medical Center Manila and University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines, ⁶Iloilo Doctors Hospital, Iloilo City, Philippines, ⁷China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁸Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, ⁹Annexon Biosciences, Brisbane, CA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is an autoantibody-mediated disease involving glomerular deposition of immune complexes containing pathogenic anti-C1q antibodies, leading to C1q binding and activation of…

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