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Abstracts tagged "Environmental factors"

  • Abstract Number: 1023 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Rheumatic Diseases in Health Systems of the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network

    William Nowell1, Edward L. Barnes2, Nupur Parikh1, Shilpa Venkatachalam1, Michael Kappelman2, Jeffrey Curtis3, Peter Merkel4, Dianne Shaw5, Kalen Young5 and Michael George4, 1Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, 2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 3Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 5Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO

    Background/Purpose: Ensuring adequate representation of racial/ethnic minorities in research necessitates understanding the prevalence of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in these populations. We sought to evaluate…
  • Abstract Number: 1047 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Exposure to Industrial Pollutants and Mortality Due to Inmune-mediated Inflammatory Systemic Diseases (IMD) in Spain

    ana Perez1, Arturo Rodriguez Pérez2, Pablo Fernandez-Navarro3, Fernando Albarran4, Cristina Bohorquez4, Atusa Movasat4, Lucia Ruiz4, Paula Pretel4, elena Rabadan4, Valentina Emperiale4, Adrian abbasi5, julio suarez5, Lorena Montano4, emilio rico5, alfredo prieto2, melchor Alvarez de Mon5 and beatriz perez3, 1Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias. Rheumatology. Medicine Faculty. Alcala University Department., Madrid, Spain, 2Faculty of Medicine. Alcala University, Alcala de Henares, Spain, 3Department of Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases.National Center of Epidemiology/CIBERESP. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, 4Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Rheumatology Department, Alcala de Henares, 5Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Madrid, Spain

    Background/Purpose: The etiology of many IMD is largely unknown; however, available data suggest that environmental contaminants could play a role in their origin. Industrial facilities…
  • 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: 1800 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Association of Air Pollution with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity in the Central Valley of California

    Mosaab Mohameden1, Ali H.Ali2, Zi Ying Li2, Yabsira Abejie3, Ratnali Jain2 and Candice Reyes Yuvienco4, 1University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 2University of California San Francisco Fresno, Fresno, CA, 3Floyd B. Buchanan High School, Fresno, CA, 4University of California San Francisco Fresno, Clovis, CA

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex multisystem autoimmune disease that affects at least 300,000 people in the United States creating a substantial socioeconomic…
  • Abstract Number: 1813 • ACR Convergence 2020

    A Comprehensive Method to Study Environmental Chemicals in Serum in Patients with SLE

    Cristina Lanata1, Kim Taylor2, James Hurst-Hopf1, Laura Trupin1, Patricia Katz3, Jinoos Yazdany1, Maria Dall'Era4, Dimitri Abrahamsson1, Lindsey Criswell5 and Roy Gerona1, 1UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 2University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, 4Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 5Rosalind Russell/Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Environmental exposures may play a substantial role in the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), however it has been challenging to measure and capture…
  • Abstract Number: 2037 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Geographic Distribution and Environmental Triggers of Systemic Sclerosis in Massachusetts

    Anastasiya Muntyanu1, Bina Kassamali2, Ruth Ann Vleugels3 and Avery LaChance3, 1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune sclerosing disease with a 10-year survival rate of less than 65%. This rate has remained unchanged for…
  • Abstract Number: 0086 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Geographic Distribution of Eosinophilic Fasciitis Cases in Massachusetts and Associated Environmental Triggers

    Bina Kassamali1, Anastasiya Muntyanu2, Ruth Ann Vleugels3 and Avery LaChance3, 1Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare fibrosing disorder of the fascia characterized by induration progressing proximally along the upper and lower extremities. Given the…
  • Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Autoimmune Disease and Paraproteinemia Influence the Presentation of a Cohort of 150 Pernicious Anemia Patients Diagnosed in a Rheumatology Clinic

    Michael Lovy1, Norma Daniela Aguirre Vega1 and Crystal Escobar1, 1Desert Oasis Healthcare, Palm Springs, CA

    Background/Purpose: The most familiar presentation of pernicious anemia is an elderly Northern European woman with hematologic and neurologic manifestations.  More recently the influence of Helicobacter…
  • Abstract Number: 0495 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), an Etiologic Factor for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Interacts with SLE Risk Loci Through EBV-encoded Transcription Co-factors (co-TFs)

    Viktoryia Laurynenka1, Xiaoting Chen1, Sreeja Parameswaran1, Shruti Eswar2, Kenneth Kaufman3, Bahram Namjou4, Matthew Weirauch5, Leah Kottyan4 and John Harley6, 1Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 3Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center;US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 4Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 5Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati, 535 Terrace Ave, 6Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

    Background/Purpose: SLE affects millions worldwide. The etiology of this complex autoimmune disease is the consequence of both strong genetic and environmental components. Genome-wide association studies…
  • Abstract Number: 0757 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Sunlight Exposure, Sun-protective Behaviour, and Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibody Positivity: A General Population-based Study in Quebec, Canada

    Naizhuo Zhao1, Audrey Smargiassi2, Ines Colmegna3, Marie Hudson4, Marvin Fritzler5 and Sasha Bernatsky6, 1McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, 3The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, 4Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, 5Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 6The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Sunlight exposure has been associated with lower rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk, but to our knowledge, no one has ever studied sunlight exposure and anti-citrullinated…
  • Abstract Number: 0779 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Antibody Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus Are Altered in the Pre-Clinical Period of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Sabrina Fechtner1, Heather Berens2, Elizabeth Bemis3, M Kristen Demoruelle2, Carla J. Guthridge4, John Harley5, Judith James6, Jess Edison7, Kevin D. Deane8, Jill Norris9 and V. Michael Holers2, 1University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 3Colorado School of Public Health Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 4Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 5Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 6Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation;Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center;Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Edmond, OK, 7Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, 82 Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado, 9Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO

    Background/Purpose: Viral infections, including infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), have been suggested as environmental risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). EBV infections are known to…
  • Abstract Number: 0965 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Repetitive Inhalant Lipopolysaccharide Exposure in the Setting of Arthritis Induction Potentiates Pro-Fibrotic Inflammatory Lung Disease in Mice

    Madison Wolfe1, Ted Mikuls1, Geoffrey Thiele1, Amy Nelson1, Michael Duryee1, Rohit Gaurav1, Bryant England1, Debra Romberger1 and Jill Poole1, 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with several lung diseases. Various airborne exposures have been implicated as RA disease risk factors including cigarette smoke and…
  • Abstract Number: 1008 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Assessing Improved Risk Prediction of Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis by Environmental, Genetic, and Preclinical Plasma Metabolite Factors

    Karen Costenbader1, Jeffrey Sparks2, Elizabeth Karlson3, Kazuki Yoshida4, Jing Cui5, Susan Malspeis6 and Lilia Bouzit7, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 5Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 6Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 7Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Recent research has advanced the understanding of associations between environmental, genetic, and metabolic factors and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), introducing potential to improve risk prediction.…
  • Abstract Number: 1019 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Outdoor Air Pollution and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    George Stojan1, Anton Kvit2, Frank Curriero2 and Michelle Petri3, 1Johns Hopkins University, BALTIMORE, MD, 2Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, 3Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

    Background/Purpose: Understanding the role of environmental exposures in the development of SLE and their association with SLE activity may help identify modifiable risk factors and…
  • Abstract Number: 1037 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Relationship Between Air Quality and Sarcoidosis Inflammatory Activity

    Aaron Case1, Dustin Fraidenburg2, Israel Rubinstein2 and Christian Ascoli2, 1University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Division of Pulmonary,Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: African Americans [AA] and minorities in the lower socioeconomic strata of Chicago are disproportionately affected by pulmonary sarcoidosis, and regularly exposed to poorer air…
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