Abstracts tagged "genetics"

Abstract Number: 1104 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Genome-Wide Association Study of Gout in People of European Ancestry
Tony R. Merriman¹, Murray Cadzow¹, Marilyn E. Merriman¹, Amanda Phipps-Green¹, Ruth Topless¹, Abhishek Abhishek², Mariano Andrés³, Linda A. Bradbury⁴, Russell Buchanan⁵, Katie Cremin⁶, Erika De Guzman⁶, Janak de Zoysa⁷, Michael Doherty⁸, Catherine Hill⁹, Tom W.J. Huizinga¹⁰, Tim Jansen¹¹, M. Janssen¹², Leo .A.B. Joosten¹³, Fina Kurreeman¹⁴, Susan Lester¹⁵, Frederic Liote¹⁶, Donia Macartney-Coxson¹⁷, Hirotaka Matsuo¹⁸, Geraldine M. McCarthy¹⁹, Sally McCormick²⁰, Rinki Murphy²¹, Karel Pavelka²², Fernando Perez-Ruiz²³, Juan Puig²⁴, Timothy RDJ Radstake²⁵, Philip Riches²⁶, Maureen Rischmueller²⁷, Edward Roddy²⁸, Malcolm Smith²⁹, Eli A. Stahl³⁰, Blanka Stiburkova³¹, Richard Stubbs³², Anne-Kathrin Tausche³³, Rosa Torres³⁴, Rob Walker¹, Ken Yamamoto³⁵, Matthew A. Brown⁶, Hyon K. Choi³⁶, Nicola Dalbeth²¹, Jeffrey N. Miner³⁷, Alexander So³⁸, Lisa K. Stamp³⁹ and Tanya Major⁴⁰, ¹University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²Devision of Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, NG5 1PB, England, ³Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ⁴Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, ⁵University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Translational Genomics Group, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, ⁷Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁸Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Great Britain, ⁹Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹¹VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, Netherlands, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Rijnstate Hospital Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands, ¹³Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, Australia, ¹⁶University Paris Diderot, Paris, France, ¹⁷Institute if Environmental and Scientific Reseacrh, Wellington, New Zealand, ¹⁸Department of Integrative Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, ¹⁹Div of Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²⁰Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ²³BioCruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatic Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²⁶University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ²⁷Rheumatology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, ²⁸Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, ²⁹Flinders Medical Centre and Repatriation Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ³⁰Divisions of Rheumatology and Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³¹Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ³²P3 Research Limited, Wellington, New Zealand, ³³Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ³⁴La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³⁵Department of Medical Chemistry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ³⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³⁷Discovery Biology, Ardea Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, ³⁸Rheumatology, CHUV, Univ of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ³⁹University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁴⁰Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
A genome-wide association study of gout in people of European ancestryBackground/Purpose: Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have provided considerable insight into the molecular control of…
Abstract Number: 1127 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Replication of Genetic Association of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma-1B with Gout in a New Zealand Polynesian Sample Set
Amara Shaukat¹, Tim Jansen², M. Janssen³, Leo .A.B. Joosten⁴, Timothy Radstake⁵, Philip Riches⁶, Anne-Kathrin Tausche⁷, Jennie Harre Hindmarsh⁸, Nicola Dalbeth⁹, Lisa K. Stamp¹⁰ and Tony R. Merriman¹¹, ¹Univ Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology Dept, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, Netherlands, ⁴Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁷Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ⁸Ngati Porou Hauora Charitable Trust, Te Puia Springs, New Zealand, ⁹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ¹⁰University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ¹¹Biochemistry Dept, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Gout results from formation of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in the presence of hyperuricemia. Genome wide association studies have provided significant insights into hyperuricemia,…
Abstract Number: 68 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
HLA-DRB1 in Non-Hispanic African American Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Chronic Anterior Uveitis
Lai Hin Kimi Chan¹, Courtney McCracken¹, Kirsten Jenkins², Steven Yeh³, Purnima Patel⁴, Sampath Prahalad¹ and Sheila Angeles-Han⁵, ¹Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ³Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: HLA-DRB1*08, 11 and 13 are strong risk alleles for various juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) subtypes. We reported that carriage of DRB1*11 and *13 increased…
Abstract Number: 2420 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Investigating Genome-Wide Inbreeding Coefficients and Age of Diagnosis in a Multi-Ethnic Population of Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (cSLE)
Chen Di Liao¹, Deanna Morra¹, Daniela Dominguez¹, Shazia Ali¹, Deborah M. Levy², Earl Silverman³, Andrew Paterson¹ and Linda T Hiraki¹, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Genetics plays an important role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Up to 20% of those affected with SLE are diagnosed in…
Abstract Number: 3098 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Occurrence of Peripheral Arthritis Mutilans in Psoriatic Arthritis Is Associated with Certain Major Histocompatibility Class I Alleles
Jon T. Giles¹, Deepak R. Jadon², Muhammad Haroon³, Jing Bi⁴, Eleanor Korendowych², William Tillett², Oliver FitzGerald⁵, Robert Winchester⁴ and Neil J. McHugh², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³St. Vincent's University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁵St. Vincent's University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology. UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Several human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Class I loci encoding the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) have been implicated both in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) susceptibility and…
Abstract Number: 3122 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Association Study of Hand Osteoarthritis
Michelle S. Yau^1,2, Roby Joehanes³, Yi-Hsiang Hsu³, Douglas P. Kiel⁴ and David T. Felson⁵, ¹Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Institute for Aging Research, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew Senior Life, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ⁵Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Heritability of hand osteoarthritis (OA) has been estimated to be as high as 65%. Despite having a strong genetic component, genome-wide linkage and association…
Abstract Number: 71 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Rare Coding Allele in IFIH1 is Protective for Psoriatic Arthritis
Ashley Budu-Aggrey^1,2, John Bowes², Philip E. Stuart³, Matthew Zawistowski⁴, Lam C. Tsoi⁴, Rajan P. Nair⁵, Eleanor Korendowych⁶, Neil J McHugh⁶, James T. Elder⁵, Anne Barton^1,7,8 and Soumya Raychaudhuri⁹, ¹NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester Foundation Trust and University of Manchester, Manchester Academy of Health Sciences, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Dept Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁷Arthritis Research UK, Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸The Kellgren Centre for Rheumatology, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis estimated to present in approximately 14% of psoriasis patients in the UK. As a…
Abstract Number: 3161 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association Between HLA Genetic Susceptibility Markers and Sonographic Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis
Ari Polachek¹, Richard J. Cook², Vinod Chandran¹, Fatima Abji¹, Dafna D Gladman³ and Lihi Eder⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is an important pathophysiologic component in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Ultrasound is emerging as an optimal method to evaluate enthesitis. HLA genes are implicated…
Abstract Number: 57 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic Polymorphism of IL-1RN Encoding the IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Predicts Radiographic Severity of Symptomatic Knee OA
Mukundan Attur¹, Sisi Ma², Jonathan Samuels³, Svetlana Krasnokutsky Samuels⁴, Hua Zhou², Jenny Bencardino⁵, Marc C. Hochberg⁶, Braxton Mitchell⁷, Virginia B. Kraus⁸, Joanne M. Jordan⁹ and Steven B. Abramson¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology Research, NYU - Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ²Bioinformatics, New York University, New York, NY, ³Rheumatology, NYU - Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine/NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ⁵Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁶University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁹Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North CArolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁰Dept of Rheumatology/Medicine, Hosp for Joint Diseases/NYU, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Growing numbers of studies show increased expression in Osteoarthritis (OA) of inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1β and TNFα, in joint tissues and peripheral blood…
Abstract Number: 465 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic and Metabolic Signatures of Purified Synovial Macrophage Subsets during an Acute Murine Model of Inflammatory Arthritis
Philip J. Homan¹, Harris R. Perlman² and Carla Cuda³, ¹Medicine-Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) manifests in persistent synovial inflammation, cellular infiltration and pro-inflammatory cytokine production, and results in progressive joint destruction. Macrophages have been implicated in…
Abstract Number: 3162 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Symmetric and Asymmetric Sacroiliitis Are Associated with Different Major Histocompatibility Class I Alleles in Psoriatic Arthritis
Jon T. Giles¹, Muhammad Haroon², Deepak R. Jadon³, Raj Sengupta⁴, Alison L Nightingale⁵, Eleanor Korendowych³, Jing Bi⁶, Neil J. McHugh³, Oliver FitzGerald⁷ and Robert Winchester⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Kerry General Hospital, Co Kerry, Ireland, ³Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases,, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁵Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁷St. Vincent's University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: HLA-B27 has been linked to sacroiliitis (SII) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA); however, the contribution to SII of other human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Class I…
Abstract Number: 488 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exploring the Association Between Air Pollutant Exposure and Seropositivity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Asha Mariam Alex^1,2, Gary A. Kunkel³, Jorge Flautero Arcos⁴, Richard Amdur⁵ and Gail S. Kerr⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, ²Rheumatology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ³Division of Rheumatology, George Wahlen VA Medical Center/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Rheumatology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁵Lead Biostatistician, Medical Faculty Associates Clinical Professor, Dept. of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, ⁶Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown University Hospital, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: The etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is multi-factorial, with expression of HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE), smoking and socioeconomic status (SES) exerting influence. Prior studies…
Abstract Number: 985 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness of a Web-Based Personalized Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Tool with or without a Health Educator for Knowledge of RA Risk Factors
Maria G. Prado¹, Rachel Miller Kroouze¹, Zhi Yu¹, Maura D. Iversen^2,3,4, Nellie A. Triedman¹, Sarah S. Kalia⁵, Kevin D. Deane⁶, Karen H. Costenbader¹, Bing Lu¹, Robert C. Green⁵, Elizabeth W. Karlson¹ and Jeffrey A. Sparks⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Physical Therapy, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁷Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Much progress has been made in identifying risk factors for RA, but it is unclear whether individuals at risk for RA have knowledge of…
Abstract Number: 1211 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Allele-Dependent Binding of a Viral Protein to Autoimmune Disease-Associated Genetic Variants
Matthew T. Weirauch¹, Daniel Miller¹, Leah C. Kottyan², Ignacio Ibarra³, Sayeed Syed⁴, Xiaoting Chen¹, Erin Zoller¹, Arthur Lynch¹, Connor Schroeder¹, Josh Lee¹, Albert Magnussen¹, Ally Yang⁵, Timothy R. Hughes⁵, Joo-Seop Park¹, Charles Vinson⁴ and John B. Harley^6,7, ¹Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ²Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁴NCI, Bethesda, MD, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE), Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Methods: We tested the hypothesis that some autoimmune variants might act by altering the binding of the EBV-encoded transcription factor ZTA, consequently resulting in downstream…
Abstract Number: 1559 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Shared Genetic Predisposition in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Interstitial Lung Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Genetic Association Study
Pierre-Antoine Juge¹, Raphaël Borie², Caroline Kannengiesser³, Steven Gazal³, Patrick Revy⁴, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou⁵, Marie-Pierre Debray⁶, Sébastien Ottaviani⁷, Sylvain Adam-Marchand⁸, Nadia Nathan⁹, Gabriel Thabut¹⁰, Christophe Richez¹¹, Hilario Nunes¹², Isabelle Callebaut¹³, Aurélien Justet², Nicolas Leulliot¹⁴, Amélie Bonnefond¹⁵, David Salgado¹⁶, Pascal Richette¹⁷, Jean-Pierre Desvignes¹⁶, Huguette Lioté¹⁸, Philippe Froguel¹⁵, Yannick Allanore¹⁹, Olivier Sand¹⁵, Claire Dromer²⁰, René-Marc Flipo²¹, Annick Clément⁹, Christophe Béroud²², Jean Sibilia²³, Baptiste Coustet^1,24, Vincent Cottin²⁵, Marie-Christophe Boissier²⁶, Benoit Wallaert²⁷, Thierry Schaeverbeke²⁸, Florence Dasto le Moal²⁹, Aline Frazier¹⁷, Christelle Ménard³⁰, Martin Soubrier³¹, Nathalie Saidenberg²⁹, Dominique Valeyre³², Serge Amselem⁹, Catherine Boileau³, Bruno Crestani² and Philippe Dieudé¹, ¹Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard, Paris, France, ²Pneumologie A, Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard, Paris, France, ³Génétique, Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard, Paris, France, ⁴Laboratory of Genome Dynamics in the Immune System, Institut Imagine, Paris, France, ⁵Pneumologie, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France, ⁶Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France, ⁷Rheumatologie, Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard, Paris, France, ⁸Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, Tours, France, ⁹Pneumologie pédiatrique, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris, France, ¹⁰Pneumologie B, Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard, Paris, France, ¹¹Rhumatologie, Department of Rheumatology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ¹²Pneumologie B, Hôpital Avicenne, Paris, France, ¹³CNRS UMR_7590, Paris, France, ¹⁴Laboratoire de cristallographie et RMN biologiques, UMR CNRS 8015, Paris, France, ¹⁵CNRS UMR_8199, Lille, France, ¹⁶UMR_S 910, Marseille, France, ¹⁷Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France, ¹⁸Pneumologie A, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France, ¹⁹Rhumatologie A, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²⁰Imagerie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ²¹Rhumatologie, CHU Lille, Lille, France, ²²INSERM UMR_S 910, Marseille, France, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²⁴Rheumatology, Université Paris Descartes, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ²⁵Louis Pradel Hospital, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France, ²⁶Li2P, University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France, ²⁷Pneumology, CHRU, Lille CEDEX, France, ²⁸Rheumatology, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ²⁹Rhumatologie, Hôpital Avicenne, Paris, France, ³⁰Pneumologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris, France, ³¹Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ³²Department of Pneumology, Avicenne Hospital (AP-HP), Bobigny, France
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the leading causes of mortality for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Despite its high prevalence and mortality, little…

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