Abstracts tagged "genomics"

Abstract Number: 1110 • ACR Convergence 2022
Solving Sarcoidosis: A Transcriptome-based Meta-analysis of Clinical Sarcoidosis Studies Illustrates Shared Pathophysiology, Identifies Candidate Biomarkers and Suggests a Therapeutic Mechanism of JAK Inhibition
Ingrid Lindquist¹, James T. Rosenbaum² and Marcia Friedman³, ¹Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ²Legacy Devers Eye Institute, Portland, OR, ³Oregon Health and Science University, Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a systemic, non-caseating granulomatous disease driven by a dysregulated immune response to environmental antigens. A wide range of clinical manifestations coupled with…
Abstract Number: 1731 • ACR Convergence 2022
Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Class II HLA Alleles Restrict the Diversity of the CDR3 and the T Cell Receptor Repertoire in African American Patients
Urvashi Kaundal¹, Chloe Borden¹, Cihan Oguz², Jinghua Lu², Emilee Stenson¹, Ami Shah³, Maureen Mayes⁴, Ayo Doumatey⁵, Amy Bentley⁵, Daniel Shriner⁵, Robyn Domsic⁶, Thomas Medsger⁷, Paula Ramos⁸, Richard Silver⁸, Virginia Steen⁹, John Varga¹⁰, Vivien Hsu¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Elena Schiopu¹³, Dinesh Khanna¹⁴, Jessica Gordon¹⁵, Lindsey Criswell¹⁶, Heather Gladue¹⁷, Chris Derk¹⁸, Elana Bernstein¹⁹, S. Louis Bridges, Jr.¹⁵, Victoria Shanmugam²⁰, Lorinda Chung²¹, Suzanne Kafaja²², Reem Jan²³, Marcin Trojanowski²⁴, Avram Goldberg²⁵, Benjamin Korman²⁶, Settara Chandrasekharappa⁵, Faiza Naz²⁷, Stefania Dell'Orso¹, Adebowale Adeyemo⁵, Charles Rotimi⁵, Elaine Remmers⁵, Francesco Boin²⁸, Fredrick Wigley²⁹, Peter Sun², Daniel Kastner⁵ and Pravitt Gourh³⁰, ¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ¹²University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁶National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁷Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²⁰George Washington University, Great Falls, VA, ²¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²²UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²³University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²⁵NYU Langone Medical Center - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lake Success, NY, ²⁶University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²⁷National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ²⁸Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³⁰National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune, fibrotic disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans (AA). Previous work from our lab and others has suggested a…
Abstract Number: 1118 • ACR Convergence 2022
Monocyte Transcriptomic Analysis Uncovers Heterogeneous Gene Expression Profiles in Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) with and Without Subclinical Atherosclerosis
Laurel Woodridge¹, Elvira Chocano Navarro², George Robinson¹, Paul Ashford¹, Kirsty Waddington³, Anisur Rahman⁴, Christine Orengo⁵, Ines Pineda-Torra⁶ and Elizabeth Jury¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²VIHR, Barcelona, Spain, ³University College London (alumni), London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵ISMB / UCL, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Cabimer, Sevilla, Spain
Background/Purpose: A leading cause of mortality in SLE is cardiovascular disease (CVD) through accelerated atherosclerosis: the build-up of cells and lipids in the vascular wall.…
Abstract Number: 1734 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of Sjögren’s Disease-Associated T Cell Receptors Through Deep Sequencing and Single-Cell Transcriptomics
Ananth Aditya Jupudi¹, Michelle Joachims¹, Christina Lawrence¹, Charmaine Lopez-Davis¹, Bhuwan Khatri¹, Astrid Rasmussen¹, Lida Radfar², Kiely Grundahl¹, R. Hal Scofield², Judith James¹, Joel Guthridge¹, Christopher Lessard¹, Linda F. Thompson¹ and A. Darise Farris¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is a chronic rheumatic autoimmune disorder that primarily targets the lacrimal and salivary glands (SG) resulting in dry eyes and dry…
Abstract Number: 1119 • ACR Convergence 2022
Investigating Macrophage Heterogeneity in the Esophagus and Lungs of SSc Patients
Hadijat Makinde¹, Carla Cuda¹, Miranda Gurra¹, Mary Carns², Kathleen Aren², Gaurav Gadhvi¹, Salina Dominguez¹, Jane Dematte³, Darren Brenner⁴, John Pandolfino⁵, G. R. Scott Budinger⁴, Deborah Winter⁶ and Harris Perlman¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University, Elmhurst, IL, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Wilmette, IL, ⁶Northwestern University, Skokie, IL
Background/Purpose: Our group has made important contributions to an emerging understanding of monocytes and macrophages as central to SSc pathogenesis. There are numerous studies that…
Abstract Number: 1851 • ACR Convergence 2022
Phenotype and Genotype of Adult-onset Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency Patients
Beibei Zu¹, rongrong wang², Xiaorou Wang³, Bingqing Zhang⁴, Na Xu⁴, Chengjin Huang⁴, Min Shen⁵ and Xuejun Zeng⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, XuZhou, China, ²Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ³Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, ⁴Department of General Internal Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) is an autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disease, characterized by early‑onset vasculopathy, fever, strokes, livedoid rash, hepatosplenomegaly, and hematologic dysfunction,…
Abstract Number: 1126 • ACR Convergence 2022
Functional NOTCH4 Variants Increase Notch Signaling and Susceptibility for Systemic Sclerosis
Urvashi Kaundal¹, Emilee Stenson¹, Mousumi Sahu¹, Krishan Kumar Thakur¹, Janet Wang¹, Ami Shah², Maureen Mayes³, Ayo Doumatey⁴, Amy Bentley⁴, Daniel Shriner⁴, Robyn Domsic⁵, Thomas Medsger⁶, Paula Ramos⁷, Richard Silver⁷, Virginia Steen⁸, John Varga⁹, Vivien Hsu¹⁰, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹¹, Elena Schiopu¹², Dinesh Khanna¹³, Jessica Gordon¹⁴, Lindsey Criswell¹⁵, Heather Gladue¹⁶, Chris Derk¹⁷, Elana Bernstein¹⁸, S. Louis Bridges, Jr.¹⁴, Victoria Shanmugam¹⁹, Lorinda Chung²⁰, Suzanne Kafaja²¹, Reem Jan²², Marcin Trojanowski²³, Avram Goldberg²⁴, Benjamin Korman²⁵, Jim Mullikin⁴, Stefania Dell'Orso¹, Adebowale Adeyemo⁴, Charles Rotimi⁴, Elaine Remmers⁴, Daniel Kastner⁴, Fredrick Wigley²⁶, Francesco Boin²⁷ and Pravitt Gourh²⁸, ¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁴National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁸Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ⁹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁰Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ¹¹University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹²Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁵National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁶Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹⁹George Washington University, Great Falls, VA, ²⁰Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²¹UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²⁴NYU Langone Medical Center - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lake Success, NY, ²⁵University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²⁷Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁸National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Genome wide association studies (GWAS) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) have identified several genetic loci, but the search for the causal variant and gene continues.…
Abstract Number: 2164 • ACR Convergence 2022
Profibrotic Alveolar Macrophages as a Potential Biomarker in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Nikolay Markov¹, Karolina Senkow¹, Anthony Esposito², Jonathan Puchalski³, Mridu Gulati³, Erica Herzog³, Danielle Antin-Ozerkis⁴, Mary Carns⁵, Alyssa Williams⁶, Nic Page⁶, Alexander Misharin¹ and Monique Hinchcliff⁷, ¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁵Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁶Yale University, New Haven, CT, ⁷Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Previously, profibrotic monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages (MoAM) expressing (SPP1,…
Abstract Number: 0017 • ACR Convergence 2022
Intra-articular Injection of Bacterial DNA Amplified from Human OA Patient Cartilage Worsens OA Outcomes in Mice
Leoni Schlupp¹, Emmaline Prinz¹, Vladislav Izda², Emily Nguyen¹, Christopher Dunn³ and Matlock Jeffries¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, New York, NY, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Edmond, OK
Background/Purpose: We have previous demonstrated a bacterial DNA signature within cartilage of humans and mice and shown shifts in this signature with OA development. However,…
Abstract Number: 1128 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Causal Association Between Osteoarthritis and Common Comorbidities: A Mendelian Randomisation Study
William Thompson¹, Subhashisa Swain², Sizheng Zhao³, Anne Kamps⁴, Carol Coupland⁵, Chang-Fu Kuo⁶, Michael Doherty⁵ and Weiya Zhang⁵, ¹University of Nottingham, Exeter, United Kingdom, ²University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁶Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common cause of joint pain and a major cause of disability. OA commonly associates with other conditions, such as…
Abstract Number: 2221 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Molecular Endotypes of Type 1 and Type 2 SLE
Robert Robl¹, Amanda Eudy², Prathyusha Bachali³, Jennifer L Rogers⁴, Megan Clowse⁵, David Pisetsky⁶ and Peter lipsky¹, ¹AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA, ²Duke University, Raleigh, NC, ³AMPEL BioSolutions, Redmond, WA, ⁴Duke University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: To characterize the molecular landscape of patients with Type 1 and Type 2 systemic SLE erythematosus (SLE) by analyzing gene expression profiles from peripheral…
Abstract Number: 0014 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Expanded CD21 Low B Cell Subpopulation in Ankylosing Spondylitis Consists Mainly of Antigen-Inexperienced Cells
Rick Wilbrink¹, Linda van der Weele², Anneke Spoorenberg¹, Niek De Vries², Frans Kroese¹ and Gwenny Verstappen¹, ¹University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The role of B cells in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) remains relatively understudied. Nevertheless, available evidence shows presence of B cells at…
Abstract Number: 1131 • ACR Convergence 2022
Integrating Genome and Transcriptome-Wide Associations with Real-World Data to Assess Risk for Leukopenia in Patients Taking Azathioprine
Puran Nepal, Jacy Zanussi, Alyson Dickson, Laura Daniel, Tyne Miller-Fleming, Peter Straub, Adriana Hung, Wei-Qi Wei, Nancy Cox, Michael Stein, QiPing Feng and Cecilia Chung, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Azathioprine is used to treat several autoimmune conditions, but its use is limited by side effects. Leukopenia, a severe, potentially life-threatening side effect is…
Abstract Number: 2224 • ACR Convergence 2022
Genes Causative of Primary Immunodeficiency Are Risk Factors for and Over-expressed in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Haley Davis¹, Adam Labonte¹, Katherine Owen², Erika Hubbard¹, Jessica Kain¹, Brian Kegerreis¹, Prathyusha Bachali³, Amrie Grammer⁴ and Peter Lipsky¹, ¹AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA, ²RILITE, Crozet, VA, ³AMPEL BioSolutions, Redmond, WA, ⁴AMPEL LLC, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a polygenic autoimmune disease whose specific causes are incompletely understood and for which there exists no single comprehensive diagnostic…
Abstract Number: 0050 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Disease-modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs on Lung Microenvironment of SKG Mice
Sung Hae Chang¹, Jeongjun Choe², Seon Uk Kim³, Jeong Yeon Kim⁴, Sung Won Lee⁵, Jeong Seok Lee⁶ and Eun Young Lee⁴, ¹Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bongmyeong-dong, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Republic of Korea, ²Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Seoul National University College of Medicine, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁵Sooncheonhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST, Graduate school of Medical Science and Engineering, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is one of the pivotal extrapulmonary conditions. However, the pathophysiology of RA-ILD, including the effect of disease-modifying anti-rheumatoid…

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