Abstracts tagged "genetics"

Abstract Number: 0670 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Short Allelic Epitope Coded by HLA-DRB1*03:01 Activates a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cell Aberration Cascade
Bruna Miglioranza Scavuzzi¹, Bhavneet Kaur¹, Vincent Van Drongelen¹, Raquel Mesquita-Ferrari², Amr Sawalha³, Frederick Miller⁴ and Joseph Holoshitz¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), São Paulo, Brazil, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease resulting from an interaction of genetic, epigenetic, hormonal, environmental and immunoregulatory influences. It has been well…
Abstract Number: 1379 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of HLA Alleles with Specific Auto-antibodies in an Ancestrally Diverse Population of Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Nicholas Gold¹, Fangming Liao¹, JingJing Cao¹, Daniela Dominguez¹, Andrea Knight², Deborah Levy³ and Linda Hiraki⁴, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease capable of affecting multiple organ systems. Genetic variants in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) are associated…
Abstract Number: 2019 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fine Mapping of the Sjögren’s Disease and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus DDX6-CXCR5 Risk Interval Reveals Common SNPs with Functional Significance in Immune and Salivary Gland Cells
Mandi Wiley¹, Bhuwan Khatri¹, Kandice Tessneer¹, Michelle Joachims¹, Anna Stolarczyk¹, Anna Nagel¹, Astrid Rasmussen¹, Professor Simon Bowman², Lida Radfar³, Roald Omdal⁴, Marie Wahren-Herlenius⁵, Blake Warner⁶, Torsten Witte⁷, Roland Jonsson⁸, Maureen Rischmueller⁹, Patrick Gaffney¹, Judith James¹, Lars Ronnblom¹⁰, Hal Scofield¹, Xavier Mariette¹¹, Fai Ng¹², Gunnel Nordmark¹⁰, Betty Tsao¹³ and Christopher Lessard¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Stavanger University, Stavanger, Norway, ⁵Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷MH-Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ⁸University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ⁹RheumatologySA, Adelaide, Australia, ¹⁰Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ¹¹Paris-Saclay University, Rueil Malmaison, Ile-de-France, France, ¹²Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's Disease (SjD) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) share several characteristics and have similar genome-wide significant associations in the DDX6-CXCR5 locus. Fine mapping of…
Abstract Number: 0867 • ACR Convergence 2022
Regulatory Haplotype of CXCR4 Is Associated with sJIA and Corelates with Enhanced Neutrophil and CD14+ Monocyte Migration
Hiroto Nakano¹, Emily Shuldiner², Anne Hinks³, Marc Sudman⁴, Elaine Remmers⁵, Colleen Satorius⁶, Elizabeth Schmitz¹, Victoria Arthur⁷, Patricia Woo⁸, Alexei Grom⁹, Dirk Foell¹⁰, John Bohnsack¹¹, Marco Gattorno¹², Seza Ozen¹³, Sampath Prahalad¹⁴, Rae Yeung¹⁵, Elizabeth Mellins², Sheila Oliveira¹⁶, Jordi Antón¹⁷, Claudio Len¹⁸, Carol Lake¹⁹, Ly-Lan Bergeron²⁰, Michelle Millwood²¹, Estefania de los santos²¹, Mariana Correia Marques²², Juvenile Arthritis Consortium for the Immunochip²³, The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort Investigators²⁴, INCHARGE Consortium²⁵, Carl Langefeld²⁶, Susan Thompson²⁷, Wendy Thomson²⁸ and Michael Ombrello¹, ¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ³The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁶NHGRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Divisions of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁰University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, ¹¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹²Pediatric Clinic and Rheumatology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ¹³Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁴Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁶Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁷Pediatric Rheumatology Department. Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain, ¹⁸Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁹NIH, Gaithersburg, MD, ²⁰NIH/NIAMS, Vienna, VA, ²¹NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²²National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases / Children`s National Hospital, Bethesda, MD, ²³Juvenile Arthritis Consortium for the Immunochip, Bethesda, MD, ²⁴The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort Investigators, Bethesda, MD, ²⁵International Childhood Arthritis Genetics Consortium, Bethesda, MD, ²⁶Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ²⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Blue Ash, OH, ²⁸Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is a rare inflammatory disease that causes spiking fever, skin rash, chronic arthritis, and inflammation of the heart and…
Abstract Number: 1399 • ACR Convergence 2022
Inflammatory Arthritis Genetic Risk Factors to Predict Treatment Patterns in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gregory McDermott¹, Jing Cui¹, Rachel Knevel², Kumar Dahal¹, Dana Weisenfeld¹, Priyam Das³, Elizabeth Karlson¹, Su-Chun Cheng⁴, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹, Tianxi Cai⁴ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: In a prior study, we described an alternative method for subphenotyping RA patients by the sequence of biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs) they receive over time.…
Abstract Number: 2020 • ACR Convergence 2022
Autophagy-related Risk Loci in Systemic Lupus Erythematous and Sjögren’s Disease
Anna Nagel¹, Bhuwan Khatri¹, Marcin Radziszewski¹, Mandi Wiley¹, Anna Stolarczyk¹, Michelle Joachims¹, Kandice Tessneer¹, Astrid Rasmussen¹, Professor Simon Bowman², Lida Radfar³, Roald Omdal⁴, Marie Wahren-Herlenius⁵, Blake Warner⁶, Torsten Witte⁷, Roland Jonsson⁸, Maureen Rischmueller⁹, Patrick Gaffney¹, Judith James¹, Lars Ronnblom¹⁰, Hal Scofield¹, Xavier Mariette¹¹, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹², Fai Ng¹³, Gunnel Nordmark¹⁰, Qing Sun¹⁴, Kwangwoo Kim¹⁵, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁶, Betty Tsao¹⁴, A. Darise Farris¹ and Christopher Lessard¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Stavanger University, Stavanger, Norway, ⁵Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷MH-Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ⁸University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ⁹RheumatologySA, Adelaide, Australia, ¹⁰Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ¹¹Paris-Saclay University, Rueil Malmaison, Ile-de-France, France, ¹²Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ¹³Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁵Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹⁶Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Dysregulated autophagy is implicated in systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) and Sjögren's disease (SjD), including dysregulated expression of Autophagy-related gene 5 (ATG5) and Autophagy Related…
Abstract Number: 0912 • ACR Convergence 2022
Associations Between Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Variants and Response to Cannabis Use for Pain Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kristin Wipfler¹, Joanna Zeiger², Teresa Simon³, Stuart Kassan⁴ and Kaleb Michaud⁵, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²Canna Research Foundation, Boulder, CO, ³Physicians Research Center Consultant to ForWard, Toms River, NJ, ⁴Colorado Arthritis Associates, Lakewood, CO, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is a serine hydrolase that breaks down the endocannabinoid/cannabinoid receptor agonist anandamide. Variants in the FAAH gene have been…
Abstract Number: 1454 • ACR Convergence 2022
A High Genetic Risk of SLE Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction; A Combined Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study
Sarah Reid¹, Johanna K Sandling¹, Pascal Pucholt¹, Ahmed Sayadi¹, Christopher Sjöwall², Karoline Lerang³, Andreas Jönsen⁴, Anders A Bengtsson⁴, Øyvind Molberg³, Anna Rudin⁵, Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist⁶, Lars Ronnblom⁷ and Dag Leonard¹, ¹Rheumatology and Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ²Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Inflammation and Infection, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁶Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁷Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The reasons for the high cardiovascular morbidity in patients with SLE are not fully understood. Here, we combine a mendelian randomization (MR) approach and…
Abstract Number: 2060 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increased Risk of Adverse Renal Outcomes in Patients of African Ancestry with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) – Role of APOL1
Gul Karakoc, Ge Liu, Jorge Gamboa, Cecilia Chung, Jonathan Mosley, Michael Stein and Vivian Kawai, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: SLE disproportionately affects individuals of African (AA) compared to European ancestry (EA). In addition to a higher incidence, the disease is more severe in…
Abstract Number: 1038 • ACR Convergence 2022
Genetic and Molecular Distinctions Between Axial Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arthur Kavanaugh¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Sheng Gao³, Warner Chen³, Kristen Sweet³, Soumya Chakravarty⁴, Qingxuan Song³, May Shawi⁵, Frank Behrens⁶ and Proton Rahman⁷, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ³Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁴Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁵Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁶Rheumatology University Hospital & Fraunhofer Institute Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, ⁷Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite overlapping symptoms, axial psoriatic arthritis (axPsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may be distinct disorders with differing clinical manifestations, genetic associations, and radiographic findings.1…
Abstract Number: 1538 • ACR Convergence 2022
Decreased Prevalence of Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Aya abugharbyeh, Sadik Khuder and bashar Kahaleh, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Evidence suggest that autoimmune diseases tend to coexist at a higher rate than expected, reflecting a common pathogenetic pathway. However, data sets have shown…
Abstract Number: 2177 • ACR Convergence 2022
Familial Clustering of Systemic Sclerosis, Autoimmunity, and Cancer History
Mariana Bombini¹, Nailú Sinicato¹, Jacqueline Paredes², Theresa Wampler Muskardin², Tiago Nardi Amaral¹, Ana Paula Del Rio¹, Joao Marques Neto³, Timothy Niewold² and Simone Appenzeller⁴, ¹State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease characterized by chronic inflammation, fibrosis, and vasculopathy. Genetic factors contribute to pathogenesis, but because it is a…
Abstract Number: 0137 • ACR Convergence 2022
Polyarticular Arthritis and Osteolysis Caused by Mutations in the ASAH1 Gene: Farber Disease Clinical Presentations in the First-ever Natural History Study
Alexander Solyom¹, Kathleen Crosby², Nils Confer² and Jaime Lopez Valdez³, ¹Aceragen, Basel, Switzerland, ²Aceragen, Durham, NC, ³Centenario Hospital Miguel Hidalgo, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Farber disease is frequently misdiagnosed as polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis or seronegative rheumatoid arthritis which leads to a delay in diagnosis for many patients.…
Abstract Number: 1120 • ACR Convergence 2022
Transcriptome-Wide Association Study of Sjögren’s Disease Risk Alleles Identifies Novel Genes with Altered Expression in Minor Salivary Gland and Other Tissues
Marcin Radziszewski¹, Mandi Wiley¹, Bhuwan Khatri¹, Kandice Tessneer¹, Astrid Rasmussen¹, Professor Simon Bowman², Lida Radfar³, Roald Omdal⁴, Marie Wahren-Herlenius⁵, Blake Warner⁶, Torsten Witte⁷, Roland Jonsson⁸, Maureen Rischmueller⁹, Patrick Gaffney¹, Judith James¹, Lars Ronnblom¹⁰, R. Hal Scofield³, Xavier Mariette¹¹, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹², Fai Ng¹³, Gunnel Nordmark¹⁰, Umesh Deshmukh¹, A. Darise Farris¹ and Christopher Lessard¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Stavanger University, Stavanger, Norway, ⁵Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷MH-Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ⁸University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ⁹RheumatologySA, Adelaide, Australia, ¹⁰Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ¹¹Paris-Saclay University, Rueil Malmaison, Ile-de-France, France, ¹²Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ¹³Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by reduced function of exocrine glands, but also has systemic manifestations affecting multiple organs, including abnormal…
Abstract Number: 1552 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rare Variant Analysis of Aortopathy Genes in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Hugh Alessi¹, Yiming Luo¹, Kaitlin Quinn² and Peter Grayson³, ¹NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: A set of genes has been associated with aortopathies, which are defined as non-inflammatory diseases where the integrity of large arteries is compromised leading…

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