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  • 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…
  • Abstract Number: 0684 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Report on Twelve Patients with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the Phase 3 Trial of Avacopan for the Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

    Ulrich Specks1, David Jayne2 and Peter Merkel3, 1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: Although respiratory tract involvement in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is frequent and associated with increased mortality, studies focusing on diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) in AAV…
  • Abstract Number: 2370 • ACR Convergence 2023

    C5 as a Genetic Marker for Discriminating Between IgA Vasculitis and IgA Nephropathy?

    JOAO CARLOS BATISTA LIZ1, Vanesa Calvo Río2, María Sebastián Mora-Gil1, Belén Sevilla-Pérez3, María Teresa Leonardo4, Ana Peñalba4, María Jesús Cabero4, Javier Narvaez5, luis martin penagos6, Emilio Rodrigo6, Lara Belmar-Vega6, Cristina Gomez-Fernandez7, Luis Caminal-Montero8, Paz Collado9, Antonio Fernandez-Nebro10, gisela Díaz-Cordovés11, Maryia Nikitsina12, Esther Vicente Rabaneda13, secundino Cigarrán14, jesús Calviño15, carmen cobelo15, Manuel León Luque16, Esteban Rubio16, Juan María Blanco-Madrigal17, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa18, Santos Castañeda19, Ricardo Blanco20, Verónica Pulito-Cueto1 and Raquel López-Mejías1, 1Rheumatology Department, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, 2Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, 3Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, 4Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 5Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, 6Division of Nephrology, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-DIVAL, Santander, Spain, 7Division of Dermatology,Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, 8Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain, 9Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, 10Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, 11Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain, 12Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 13Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 14Division of Nephrology, Hospital da Costa Burela, Lugo, Spain, 15Division of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, 16Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, 17Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, 18Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, 19Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 20Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Immunoglobulin-A vasculitis (IgAV) and IgA nephropathy (IgAN) are inflammatory conditions that share pathophysiological mechanisms1,2. Similar features are also described between IgAV nephritis (IgAVN) and…
  • Abstract Number: 1135 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Urine Proteomics Implicate Complement C3 and Factor I in Lupus Nephritis Patients with Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy

    Shudan Wang1, Anna Broder2, Daming Shao3, Vartika Kesarwani4, Brianna Lally5, Masako Suzuki6, J. Michelle Kahlenberg7, Jennifer Aguilan6 and Simone Sidoli6, 1Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, 2Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, 3Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 4University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, 5University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI, 6Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 7University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: The complement system has an important and underrecognized role in mediating tubulointerstitial disease in lupus nephritis (LN). The omics big data allows for identifying…
  • Abstract Number: 1442 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Role of Platelet-bound Complement Activation Product (PC4d) in Predicting Risk of Future Thrombotic Events in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Anca Askanase1, John Conklin2, Michelle Petri3, Vasileios Kyttaris4, Yevgeniya Gartshteyn5, Wei Tang1, Anja Kammesheidt6 and Roberta Alexander2, 1Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 2Exagen, Inc., Vista, CA, 3Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, 4Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 5Columbia University Medical Center, Glen Rock, NJ, 6self, Laguna Beach, CA

    Background/Purpose: Platelet-bound complement activation products (PC4d) are associated with a history of thrombosis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (Gartshteyn al., 2021; Petri et al., 2017).…
  • Abstract Number: 1697 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Measurements of Specific Activation Through the Lectin -or Classical Pathway of Complement in Patients with SLE

    Anne Troldborg1, Mads Lamm Larsen1, Erik J.M. Toonen2, Lisa Hurler3, Zoltan Prohaszka3, László Cervenak3, Annette Gudmann Hansen4 and Steffen Thiel4, 1Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, 2Hycult Biotech, Arnhem-Nijmegen, Netherlands, 3Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, 4Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Background/Purpose: In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the complement system is activated and commonly thought to occur through the classical pathway (CP) [1]. However, our previous…
  • Abstract Number: 1733 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Granzyme K Elicits a New Pathway for Complement Activation in RA Synovium

    Anna Jonsson1, Carlos Donado2, Emma Gomez-Rivas1 and Michael Brenner3, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: T cells are major drivers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. Most research has focused on CD4 T cells, but we have found that CD8+…
  • Abstract Number: 2096 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Role of Cell-Bound Complement Fragments as Biomarkers to Determine Disease Activity in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Marcela Muñoz Urbano1, Diana C. Quintero-González1, Mauricio Rojas2, Joaquín Rodelo1, Alba Luz León Álvarez1, Luis Gonzalez1 and Gloria Vásquez3, 1Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, 2Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética, GICIG, and Unidad de citometría de flujo, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, 3Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética, GICIG and Grupo de Reumatología, Universidad de Antioquía, Medellín, Colombia

    Background/Purpose: The prompt identification of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at risk of or in flare strongly influences the prognosis of the disease. Cell-bound…
  • Abstract Number: 0144 • ACR Convergence 2022

    The Association of Hypocomplementemia with Organ Involvement and Serum IgG4 in IgG4-related Disease

    Guy Katz1, Amelia S. Cogan1, Grace McMahon1, Sebastian Perez-Espina1, Ana Fernandes1, Cory Perugino1, Zachary Wallace1, John Atkinson2, Alfred Kim2 and John Stone3, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 3Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic immune-mediated disease that can affect nearly every organ in the body. Hypocomplementemia is common in some patients with…
  • Abstract Number: 0317 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Full Characterization of the Three Pathways of Complement System in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Relation to Disease Expression

    Ivan Ferraz Amaro1, maría García-González2, carmen Ferrer-Moure2, Fuensanta Gómez-Bernal2, Antonia De Vera-González2, Alejandra González Delgado2, Agustín Francisco González-Rivero2, Yolanda Fernández-Cladera2, Juan Carlos Quevedo Abeledo3 and Federico Díaz-González4, 1Division of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Spain., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 3Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 4Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Background/Purpose: Activation of the classical complement (C) pathway by immune complexes is a characteristic of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Accelerated consumption outstrips synthesis…
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