Abstracts tagged "Environmental factors"

Abstract Number: 1814 • ACR Convergence 2023
Silica and Other Exposures from Jobs and Hobbies Are Associated with Myositis Phenotype in a National Myositis Registry
Christine Parks¹, Jesse Wilkerson², Payam Noroozi Farhad³, Nastaran Bayat⁴, Adam Schiffenbauer⁵, Hermine Brunner⁶, Robert Goldberg⁷, Frederick Miller⁸ and Lisa Rider⁵, ¹Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²NIEHS/NIH, Durham, NC, ³Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Social Scientific Systems, DLH Holdings Corp, Silver Spring, MD, ⁵NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Myositis Foundation, Alexandria, VA, ⁸NIH, NIEHS, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Growing evidence suggests that environmental factors may contribute to disease phenotype among patients diagnosed with the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM),…
Abstract Number: 1817 • ACR Convergence 2023
Geographic Variability of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Related Mortality, 1999-2019; CDC WONDER
Saleha Aziz¹, Anum Akhlaq¹, Sana Gurz² and Yousaf Zafar¹, ¹University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Background/Purpose: The United States makes a significant contribution to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) related disease burden worldwide. However, data on geographic variability of IBD related…
Abstract Number: 122 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Juvenile Arthritis in Minnesota: Geospatial Variability and Environmental Exposures in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Colleen Correll¹, Austin Rau² and Jesse Berman², ¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Background/Purpose: It is widely accepted that juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, but the potential environmental triggers…
Abstract Number: 0024 • ACR Convergence 2022
Exposure to Pollutants with Endocrine Disrupting Properties Is Associated with Early Cartilage Defects and Chondrocyte Inflammatory and Oxidative Activation
Sabryne Berkani¹, Inés Kouki², Sylvie Babajko³, Audrey Pigenet⁴, padmaja Natarajan⁵, Philip Ordoukhanian⁶, Xavier Houard⁴, Martin Lotz⁷, Barbara Demeneix⁸, Jean-Baptiste Fini⁸, Francis Berenbaum⁹, Jérémie SELLAM¹⁰ and Alice Courties¹¹, ¹Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMR 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique , Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, Paris, ²Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMR 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique , Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Paris, France, Paris, ⁴Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMR 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, Paris, ⁵Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics and Genomics Core, Scripps Research, La Jolla, California, USA, La Jolla, ⁶Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics and Genomics Core, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Scripps Research, La Jolla, ⁸UMR 7221, Phyma, CNRS-Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France., Paris, ⁹Sorbonne University - Saint-Antoine hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁰Sorbonne Universite, AP-HP, Saint-Antoine hospital, Paris, France, ¹¹Service de Rhumatologie, AP-HP Hopital Saint-Antoine, Sorbonne Universite, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Humans are exposed to pollutants with endocrine disruptors (ED) properties from their in utero life. Among them, a mix of 15 pollutants (perfluorinated compounds,…
Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Area-Level Heat and Social Vulnerability with Recurrent Hospitalizations Among Individuals with Rheumatic Conditions
Leah Santacroce, Paul Dellaripa, Karen Costenbader, Jamie collins and Candace Feldman, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The neighborhood where a person lives influences health behaviors, access, and outcomes, and contributes to disparities. The relationship between susceptibility to the effects of…
Abstract Number: 0196 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Barometric Pressure Waves on Connective Tissue Disorders
Fehmida Zahabi¹ and Kevin Kerr², ¹Texas Rheumatology Care, Plano, TX, ²Chimera Innovations LLC, Allen, TX
Background/Purpose: Pain is a disabling, depressing state which reduces an individual's productivity. Weather changes have been vaguely attributed to cause pain. Previous studies have had…
Abstract Number: 0340 • ACR Convergence 2022
Birth Order Is a Risk Factor for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nicole Shammas¹, Priya Ramani², Christopher Aston³, Ana Quintero-Del-Rio⁴, Judith James⁵, John Harley⁶, Isaac Harley⁷ and Hal Scofield⁵, ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Tampa Rheumatology, Tampa, FL, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴OU Children's Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Birth order effects have been described in several immune and non-immune disease states. While some studies have found an increased risk of developing autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0601 • ACR Convergence 2022
Occupational Inhaled Agents Constitute Major Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Particularly in the Context of Genetic Predisposition and Smoking
Bowen Tang¹, Qianwen Liu², Anna Ilar³, Pernilla Wiebert², Sara Hägg¹, Leonid Padyukov², Lars Klareskog², Lars Alfredsson² and Xia Jiang², ¹Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³The National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The lung is recognized as a primary site in the induction of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our study aims to assess the effect of common…
Abstract Number: 0631 • ACR Convergence 2022
Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Community Vulnerability: Associations with Lupus-Related Autoantibodies and Disease
Emily Vara, Dulaney Wilson, John Pearce, Jim Oates and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of persistent organic pollutants found in nonstick products, water repellant fabrics, fire-retardant foams, and food packaging. Highly stable,…
Abstract Number: 0680 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Environmental Risk Factors with Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Thrombosis in 1199 International Patients Referred for Suspected Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Medha Barbhaiya¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah, DrPH, MSPH¹, Jonah Levine¹, Karen Costenbader² and Doruk Erkan¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Whether environmental risk factors induce antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) positivity and increase the risk of arterial thrombosis (AT) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in aPL-positive patients…
Abstract Number: 0802 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is There Any Relationship Between Helicobacter Pylori and Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Hui Wu, Hanmei Yuan and Chao Wu, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shen zhen, China
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint damage. Recently, several studies suggest that gut microbiota could promote RA progression. Helicobacter…
Abstract Number: 1138 • ACR Convergence 2022
Whole-Blood DNA Methylation Analysis Reveals Respiratory Environmental Traits Involved in COVID-19 Severity Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Common Molecular Signatures with Autoimmune Diseases
Guillermo Barturen¹, Elena Carnero-Montoro¹, Manuel Martinez-Bueno¹, Silvia Rojo-Rello², Beatriz Sobrino³, Clara Alcántara-Domínguez⁴, David Bernardo⁵ and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹, ¹Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain, ³Hospital Regional de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, ⁴Lorgen G.P., SL, Granada, Spain, ⁵Universidad de Valladolid-CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
Background/Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 causes a severe inflammatory syndrome (COVID-19) leading, in many cases, to bilateral pneumonia, severe dyspnea and in ~5% of these, death. DNA methylation…
Abstract Number: 1772 • ACR Convergence 2021
Autologous EBV-specific Cytotoxic T Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Innovative Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial
Antoine Enfrein¹, Beatrice Clemenceau², Soraya Saiagh³, Céline Bressollette⁴, Zahir Amoura⁵, Henri Vie² and Mohamed Hamidou¹, ¹Médecine interne, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, ²Inserm U1232, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France, ³Unité de Thérapie Cellulaire et Génique, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁴Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁵Médecine interne, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) has been suggested as a potential environmental factor in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) onset and disease activity. Here, we report the…
Abstract Number: 0739 • ACR Convergence 2021
Contextual Factors Should Complete the Assessment of Functioning in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA)
Uta Kiltz¹, Eerik Ahomaa², Björn Buehring¹, Xenofon Baraliakos¹, David Kiefer¹, Jaclyn-Dalisay Leicht¹ and Jürgen Braun¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²St. Franziskus-Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cologne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Functioning of axSpA patients (pat.) is influenced by many factors, but how contextual factors influence functioning isn’t well studied. According to the International Classification…
Abstract Number: 0988 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk Prediction Models for Incident Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using Lifestyle/Environmental Risk Factors and a Genetic Risk Score
Jing Cui¹, Susan Malspeis¹, May Choi², Bing Lu³, Jeffrey Sparks⁴, Kazuki Yoshida⁴ and Karen Costenbader⁵, ¹Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Belmont, MA
Background/Purpose: The identification of lifestyle/environmental and genetic factors, influencing SLE risk introduces the potential to develop risk prediction models. We examined SLE risk prediction incorporating…

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