Abstract Number: 0301 • ACR Convergence 2020
Genetic Associations and Polygenic Risk Assessment in Incomplete Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Patients with incomplete lupus erythematosus (ILE) have features of lupus, but have insufficient criteria for SLE classification. Some ILE patients transition to classified SLE,…Abstract Number: 0982 • ACR Convergence 2020
Genetics of Avascular Necrosis in Children and Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Genetics have been shown to contribute to risk of avascular necrosis (AVN), a debilitating complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Our aim was to…Abstract Number: 1008 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Improved Risk Prediction of Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis by Environmental, Genetic, and Preclinical Plasma Metabolite Factors
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: 1472 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Causal Associations of Urate Levels with Type 2 Diabetes and Related Glycemic Traits Using Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization
Background/Purpose: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and gout/hyperuricemia frequently coexist, but the nature and direction of this relationship is unclear. Observational studies have reported positive associations…Abstract Number: 1525 • ACR Convergence 2020
Intergenic HLA Variants in African American Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Regulate Expression of HLA-DRB1
Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association study (GWAS) from the Genome Research in African American Scleroderma Patients (GRASP) cohort has identified the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region as…Abstract Number: 1669 • ACR Convergence 2020
Genetics of Age at Diagnosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >90 SNPs associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) risk. However, there may be additional loci impacting the…Abstract Number: 1860 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Integrative Approach to Identify Heritable and De Novo Genomic Variations in Psoriatic Arthritis Mutilans and Understand Its Systems Biology
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune skin disease that burdens ~3% of North Americans. ~24% of psoriatic patients develop psoriasis arthritis (PsA), an inflammatory disease…Abstract Number: 1954 • ACR Convergence 2020
Genome-wide Association Study of Sjögren’s Syndrome Identifies Ten New Risk Loci
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a complex autoimmune disease with exocrine gland dysfunction leading to substantial morbidity, and 10 published genetic susceptibility loci. Our genome-wide…Abstract Number: 1955 • ACR Convergence 2020
High-throughput Identification of Functional Regulatory SNPs Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease involves the complex interplay of many genes, reflected in more than one hundred loci linked with disease…