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Abstract Number: 2291 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Course of the Disease in Anti-Mi2 Patients: More Intense Muscle Weakness, Good Response to Treatment and Progressive Reduction of Autoantibody Titers
Iago Pinal-Fernandez^1,2, Katherine Pak³, Maria Casal-Dominguez^4,5, Wilson Huang⁴, Jemima Albayda⁶, Eleni Tiniakou⁷, Julie J. Paik¹, Christopher A. Mecoli⁸, Sonye K. Danoff⁹, Lisa Christopher-Stine⁹ and Andrew Mammen^3,10, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Muscle Diseases Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Center Tower Ste 5300, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies targeting the Mi-2 (Mi-2a and Mi-2b) nuclear antigen in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) were first described in 1985. However, little is known about…
Abstract Number: 373 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of an Intensive Controlled 6-Moth Exercise Program with Subsequent 6-Month Follow-up Period in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies – Preliminary Data
Maja Spiritovic^1,2, Sabina Oreska^2,3, Hana Storkanova^2,3, Barbora Hermankova^1,2, Petr Cesak⁴, Adela Rathouska², Katerina Kubinova^2,3, Martin Klein^2,3, Lucia Vernerova^2,3, Olga Ruzickova^2,5, Herman F Mann^2,6, Karel Pavelka^2,3, Ladislav Šenolt^2,3, Jiri Vencovsky^2,7 and Michal Tomcik^2,3, ¹Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Body Composition Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷Department Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Muscle inflammation and weakness, subsequent atrophy and permanent muscle damage in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) lead to impaired function, reduced muscle strength, endurance and…
Abstract Number: 377 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Validation of Rectus Femoris Muscle Ultrasound in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Patients
Erica McBride¹, Gulnara Mamyrova¹, Michael Harris-Love², Ahalya Premkumar³, Deloris Koziol⁴, Jianhua Yao³, Lawrence Yao³, Joseph Shrader², Minal Jain², Rodolfo Curiel¹, Frederick W. Miller⁵ and Lisa G. Rider⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ²Rehabilitation Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Department Biostatistics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Muscle ultrasound (MUS) offers a cost effective, accessible option for detection of muscle inflammation and atrophy in patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM). The…
Abstract Number: 379 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors of Venous Thromboembolism in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Julien Campagne¹, Thomas Moulinet², Jonathan Epstein³, Sabine Revuz⁴, Francois Maurier⁵, Marie-Hélène Schuhmacher⁶, Philippe Evon⁷, Alain Meyer⁸ and Roland Jaussaud², ¹Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ²Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France, ³Inserm, CIC-1433 Epidémiologie Clinique, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ⁴Médecine Interne, Hôpitaux Privés de Metz, Metz, France, ⁵Médecine interne, Hôpitaux Privés de Metz, Metz, France, ⁶Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Emile Durkheim, Epinal, France, ⁷Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Jeanne d'Arc, Bar-le-Duc, France, ⁸Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are heterogeneous disorders characterised by skeletal muscle weakness and muscle inflammation. IIM includes dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), antisynthetase syndromes (ASS),…
Abstract Number: 2140 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infections and Medications Associated with Onset of Myositis in Myovision, a National Myositis Patient Registry
Lisa G Rider¹, Payam Noroozi Farhadi¹, Nastaran Bayat¹, Jesse Wilkerson², Abdullah Faiq¹, John McGrath², Hermine I. Brunner³, Bob Goldberg⁴ and Frederick W Miller¹, ¹Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Social and Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, NC, ³Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴The Myositis Association, Alexandria, VA
Background/Purpose: Myositis is a rare systemic autoimmune disease with suspected environmental and genetic risk factors, but little is known about specific infections and medications that…
Abstract Number: 2141 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative Nailfold Video Capillaroscopy Parameters Correlate with Dermatomyositis Activity and Damage
Hans Prakash¹, Diego Song¹, Daniel Lichy¹, Pranay Rao², Mina Jain³, Joseph Shrader³, Frederick W Miller⁴, Adam Schiffenbauer⁵, Alexander Gorbach¹ and Lisa G Rider⁵, ¹National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, bethesda, MD, ³Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Environmental Autoimmunity Grp, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: To assess microvascular structure and function in patients with adult dermatomyositis (DM) and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), we have designed and built a mobile, high-resolution…
Abstract Number: 2147 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dysphagia in Inflammatory Myositis: A Study of the Structural and Physiologic Changes Resulting in Disordered Swallowing
Alba Azola¹, Tae Chung², Rachel Mulheren², Genevieve Mckeon², Lisa Christopher-Stine³ and Jeffrey Palmer², ¹Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Lutherville, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of dysphagia in patients with inflammatory myopathies has been reported to be as high as 60% (1). Aspiration pneumonia is one of…
Abstract Number: 2151 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Predictive Risk Factors for Opportunistic Infection during Treatment for Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Yumiko Sugiyama^1,2, Ryusuke Yoshimi^1,2, Maasa Tamura^2,3, Naoki Hamada^1,2, Hideto Nagai^1,2, Naomi Tsuchida^1,4, Yosuke Kunishita^1,2, Yutaro Soejima^1,2, Daiga Kishimoto^1,2, Reikou Kamiyama^1,2, Kaoru Minegishi^1,5, Yohei Kirino^1,2, Shigeru Ohno^1,6 and Hideaki Nakajima², ¹Y-CURD Study Group, Yokohama, Japan, ²Department of Stem Cell and Immune Regulation, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ³Y-CURD Study Group, Yokohma, Japan, ⁴Department of Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁵Rheumatic Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Center for Rheumatic Disease, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Although concomitant infectious diseases are the predominant causes of death in patients with polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM)-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD), intensive immunosuppressive treatment are…
Abstract Number: 2158 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA-DRB1*04:03/*04:06 As the Genetic Susceptibility to Dermatomyositis Positive for Anti-Transcriptional Intermediary Factor 1-γ Antibody in Japanese Population
Yukie Yamaguchi¹, Masataka Kuwana², Miwa Kanaoka¹, Tomoya Watanabe¹, Naoko Okiyama³, Takahisa Gono², Masanari Kodera⁴, Takeshi Kambara⁵, Yasuhito Hamaguchi⁶, Mariko Seishima⁷, Kazuhiko Takehara⁶, Manabu Fujimoto³ and Michiko Aihara¹, ¹Department of Environmental Immuno-Dermatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Dermatology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Japan Community Health care Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ⁵Department of Dermatology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Department of Dermatology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, ⁷Department of Dermatology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is characterized by inflammation of the skin and skeletal muscle, and is occasionally complicated by interstitial lung disease or concomitant malignancy. It…
Abstract Number: 2159 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dermatomyositis Acute Onset/Flares Following Ingestion of Isalean® Herbal Supplement: Clinical and Immunostimulatory Findings
Majid Zeidi^1,2, Peter B Chansky^1,2 and Victoria P Werth^3,4, ¹Department of Dermatology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, PHILADELPHIA, PA, ²Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania and the VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose : The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has gained popularity in the United States over the last few decades. Herbal supplements have…
Abstract Number: 2164 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prognostic Factors in Polymyositis/ Dermatomyositis Patients with Anti-Synthetase Antibodies
Masashi Taniguchi¹, Ran Nakashima¹, Nobuo Kuramoto¹, Kosaku Murakami¹, Motomu Hashimoto², Hajime Yoshifuji¹, Masao Tanaka², Koichiro Ohmura¹ and Tsuneyo Mimori¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ²Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies (Abs), which mainly consists of anti-Jo1, PL-7, PL-12, EJ, OJ and KS, are the most common myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs). It has…
Abstract Number: 2165 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Easily Obtainable Myositis Autoantibody Panel Predictive Factors
Jason Weiner¹, Ryan Jessee², Amanda M. Eudy³, Robert T. Keenan⁴, Michael Datto⁵ and Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Duke University Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Rheumatology, NYU-HJD, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Pathology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Myositis autoantibodies have diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic implications, but their utility in clinical practice is unclear. We aimed to describe our institutionÕs ordering practices…
Abstract Number: 2169 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Two-Center Experience with Rituximab in Patients with Primary Idiopathic Myositis and Overlap Myositis: A Retrospective Observational Study
Kimberly A. Rehberg¹, Morgan M. Brown², Anna K. Shmagel¹, Elie Gertner³ and Jerry A. Molitor¹, ¹Rheumatic & Autoimmune Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²HealthPartners Institute, St. Paul, MN, ³Section of Rheumatology, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have suggested the possible benefit of the anti-CD20 agent Rituximab (RTX) in autoimmune myositis (AIM). As AIM is a rare and heterogeneous…
Abstract Number: 2170 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Near Patient Detection of Anti-MDA5 Antibodies Using Photonic Ring Immunoassays
Makoto Miyara¹, Rémi Chieze², Yurdagul Uzunhan³, Jean- Luc Charuel⁴, Pascale Ghillani-Dalbin⁴, Sasi Mudumba⁵, Alice Wu⁵, Hilario Nunes³, Zahir Amoura⁶, Rufus Burlingame⁵ and Lucile Musset¹, ¹Department of immunology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France, ²department of Immunology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France, ³Pulmonary diseases department, Avicenne Hospital (AP-HP), Bobigny, France, ⁴Department of Immunology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France, ⁵Genalyte Inc., San Diego, CA, ⁶Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, UPMC Univ Paris 06 & French National Reference Center For Systemic Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The presence of anti-MDA5 antibody is associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis and/or rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease that can be fatal.In the latter case, it…
Abstract Number: 851 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies Predict Long Term Survival in Myositis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Silvia Martinez¹, Rohit Aggarwal^2,3 and Chester V. Oddis⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, UPMC, pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Medicine / Rheumtology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Unviersity of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality in adult polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). Myositis associated autoantibodies (MAA) are associated with…

Abstracts tagged "dermatomyositis"

Longitudinal Course of the Disease in Anti-Mi2 Patients: More Intense Muscle Weakness, Good Response to Treatment and Progressive Reduction of Autoantibody Titers

The Effect of an Intensive Controlled 6-Moth Exercise Program with Subsequent 6-Month Follow-up Period in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies – Preliminary Data

Preliminary Validation of Rectus Femoris Muscle Ultrasound in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Patients

Risk Factors of Venous Thromboembolism in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

Infections and Medications Associated with Onset of Myositis in Myovision, a National Myositis Patient Registry

Quantitative Nailfold Video Capillaroscopy Parameters Correlate with Dermatomyositis Activity and Damage

Dysphagia in Inflammatory Myositis: A Study of the Structural and Physiologic Changes Resulting in Disordered Swallowing

The Predictive Risk Factors for Opportunistic Infection during Treatment for Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

HLA-DRB104:03/04:06 As the Genetic Susceptibility to Dermatomyositis Positive for Anti-Transcriptional Intermediary Factor 1-γ Antibody in Japanese Population

Dermatomyositis Acute Onset/Flares Following Ingestion of Isalean® Herbal Supplement: Clinical and Immunostimulatory Findings

Prognostic Factors in Polymyositis/ Dermatomyositis Patients with Anti-Synthetase Antibodies

Easily Obtainable Myositis Autoantibody Panel Predictive Factors

A Two-Center Experience with Rituximab in Patients with Primary Idiopathic Myositis and Overlap Myositis: A Retrospective Observational Study

Near Patient Detection of Anti-MDA5 Antibodies Using Photonic Ring Immunoassays

Autoantibodies Predict Long Term Survival in Myositis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease