Abstracts tagged "Environmental factors"

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…
Abstract Number: 187 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Epidemiology of JIA-Associated Uveitis: Environmental Factors and Disease Characteristics of a JIA-Associated Uveitis Cohort
Theresa Hennard ¹, Najima Mwase ², Amy Cassedy ³, Joseph McDonald ⁴, Virginia Utz ⁵ and Sheila Angeles-Han⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ⁵Division of Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cinicinnati
Background/Purpose: JIA-associated uveitis (JIA-U) is the most prevalent extra-articular manifestation of JIA and the most common type of uveitis in children. To date, environmental factors…
Abstract Number: 693 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Hair Chemicals and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case-Control Study
Jessica English¹, Trevor Faith ², Dulaney Wilson ¹ and Diane Kamen ³, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ³Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA., Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex chronic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. Previous studies of beauty products as potential triggers of SLE development…
Abstract Number: 1106 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren’s Syndrome in the Agricultural Health Study: Lower Risk Associated with Childhood Farm Residence and Raising Livestock
Christine Parks¹, Stuart Long ², Laura Beane-Freeman ³, Hofmann Jonathan ³ and Sandler Dale ¹, ¹National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, ²Westat, Research Triangle Park, NC, ³National Cancer Institute, Bethesda
Background/Purpose: Prior research suggests that growing up on a farm and contact with livestock may confer protection against developing systemic autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 2084 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Why so Fast? A Focus on Reasons for an Increase in Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation Trends, 2002-2017
Kristina Theis¹, Michael Boring ² and Ross Wilkie ³, ¹Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, ²Johnson Consulting dba Cutting Edge Technologies and Solutions, Atlanta, ³Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: “Arthritis-attributable activity limitation” (AAAL) is linked to many potentially modifiable characteristics (e.g., work disability, physical inactivity, obesity). By 2015, prevalence of AAAL among adults…
Abstract Number: 201 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Occupational Exposure to Coal and Silica Dust Is Associated with Elevated Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Coal Mining Areas of US
Laura Trupin¹, Edward H. Yelin², Gabriela Schmajuk³ and Paul Blanc⁴, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Exposure to inhaled mineral dust, particularly silica, has been associated with increased risk of RA and other autoimmune diseases. Coal mining leads to silica…

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