Abstracts tagged "giant cell arteritis"

Abstract Number: 0077 • ACR Convergence 2023
Circulating CD4+CXCR5-PD-1hiICOS+ Cells Are Elevated in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Giant Cell Arteritis and Associate with the Clinical Outcome
Maria-Eugenia Miranda-Carus¹, Beatriz Nieto-Carvalhal¹, Irene Monjo², Mariela Uyaguari-Morocho¹, Irene Casado-Juárez³, Alejandro Balsa⁴ and Eugenio De Miguel⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ²University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large-vessel granulomatous vasculitis. It is characterized by the presence at the inflamed arterial walls, of activated PD-1+ CD4…
Abstract Number: 1133 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exploring the Clinical Characteristics and Correlation with Corticosteroid Dependence in Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Patients: Insights from an Academic Center
William Rigby¹, Todd Mackenzie², Emily Campbell¹, Joshua Skydel³, Bryan Savage¹, Monica Dimambro² and Vivekanand Tiwari¹, ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ³Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) treatment is primarily based on long-term corticosteroids, which results in significant toxicities. Studies1,2 have shown that patients with PMR are exposed…
Abstract Number: 2388 • ACR Convergence 2023
Increased Risk of Severe Infections in Early Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population- based Study
Nazanin Naderi¹, Aladdin Mohammad², Karin Wadström³, Ulf Bergström³ and Carl Turesson³, ¹Lund University, Kristiandstad, Sweden, ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common type of vasculitis in adults aged 50 years or older. Although the substantial morbidity from infections…
Abstract Number: 2405 • ACR Convergence 2023
Role of Mitochondria in Activation of Platelets in Giant Cell Arteritis
Despoina Michailidou¹, Peter Grayson², Payton Hermanson¹, Jorge Armando Gonzalez-Chapa¹, David Cuthbertson³, Nader A. Khalidi⁴, Curry Koening⁵, Carol Langford⁶, Carol McAlear⁷, Larry Moreland⁸, Christian Pagnoux⁹, Philip Seo¹⁰, Antoine G Sreih¹¹, Kenneth Warrington¹², Paul Monach¹³, Peter Merkel⁷ and Christian Lood¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton Pike, NJ, ¹²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹³VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: We recently found extracellular mitochondrial-derived N-formyl methionine in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA. Extracellular mitochondria can be extruded by several mechanisms, including platelet…
Abstract Number: 2423 • ACR Convergence 2023
Concordance Between the 1990 ACR Classification Criteria and the New 2022 ACR/EULAR 2022 Criteria in Giant Cell Arteritis
Julio Sanchez Martin¹, Julia Medina Valle¹, Javier Loricera¹, Maria Fe Garcia Reija¹ and Ricardo Blanco², ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Classification criteria for vasculitis, including giant cell arteritis (GCA) are under constant revision. In 2022, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism…
Abstract Number: 0080 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pharmacological Inhibition of PRMT5 Demonstrates Broad Efficacy in Multiple Preclinical Models of Autoimmunity and Inflammation by Suppressing Th1, Th17 and TNF-Mediated Inflammatory Responses
Neha Bhagwat¹, Kumar Penmetsa², Matt Devalaraja³, Suzana Marusic⁴, Cornelia M. Weyand⁵, Shozo Ohtsuki⁶, Peggy Scherle¹ and Kris Vaddi¹, ¹Prelude Therapeutics, Inc, Wilmington, DE, ²Thermo Fisher Scientific, Philadelphia, PA, ³Nipuna Therapeutics, Waltham, MA, ⁴Hooke Laboratories LLC, Lawrence, MA, ⁵Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN, ⁶Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) is the major type II PRMT that catalyzes the formation of symmetrical dimethyl arginine (SDMA) on protein substrates and…
Abstract Number: 1538 • ACR Convergence 2023
Large Vessel Involvement in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody- Associated Vasculitis: A Single Center Experience over Two Decades
Mahmut Kaymakci¹, Mohanad Elfishawi¹, Hannah Langenfeld², Andrew Hanson², Cynthia Crowson¹, Melanie Bois¹, Umar Ghaffar¹, Ulrich Specks¹, Matthew Koster¹ and Kenneth Warrington¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) is currently categorized under the small vessel vasculitides and includes granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA),…
Abstract Number: 2389 • ACR Convergence 2023
Calprotectin (S100A8/S100A9) and Serumamyloid A Are Not Superior to C Reactive Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Monitoring Disease Activity in Giant Cell Arteritis – Treated with or Without Tocilizumab
Matthias Froehlich¹, Marc Schmalzing², Hannah Labinsky³, Jan Portegys³, Ottar Gadeholt⁴, Patrick-Pascal Strunz¹, Eva C. Schwaneck⁵, Marcus Dittrich⁶, Tobias Mueller⁷ and Michael Gernert³, ¹Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ²University Hospital, Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany, ³Medical Department II, Rheumatology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁵MVZ Rheumatologie und Autoimmunmedizin Hamburg GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, ⁶Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Am Hubland, D-97074 University of Würzburg, Germany ; Institute for Human Genetics, Biocenter, Am Hubland, D-97074 University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁷Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Am Hubland, D-97074 University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Monitoring disease activity in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) remains challenging as standard inflammation parameters, i.e., C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte…
Abstract Number: 2406 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk of Large Vessel Complications in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis, a Population-based Study
Mohanad Elfishawi¹, Mahmut Kaymakci¹, Sara Achenbach², Cynthia Crowson¹, Tanaz Kermani³, Cornelia M. Weyand⁴, Matthew Koster¹ and Kenneth Warrington¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ³University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Large vessel (LV) complications are known to occur in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). The magnitude of risk compared to the general population…
Abstract Number: 2424 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exploring the Limit of Image Resolution for Human Expert Classification of Vascular Ultrasound Images in Giant Cell Arteritis and Healthy Subjects: The GCA-US-AI Project
Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹, Stavros Chrysidis², Christian Dejaco³, Sara Monti⁴, Matthew Koster⁵, Pantelis Karakostas¹, Wolfgang Schmidt⁶, Eugenio De Miguel⁷, Christina Duftner⁸, Alojzija Hocevar⁹, Annamaria Iagnocco¹⁰, Marcin Milchert¹¹, Chetan Mukhtyar¹², Cristina Ponte¹³, Lene Terslev¹⁴, Tanaz Kermani¹⁵, Uffe Møller Døhn¹⁶, Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen¹⁷, Aaron Juche¹⁸, Luca Seitz¹⁹, Minna Kohler²⁰, Kresten Keller²¹, Rositsa Karalilova²², Thomas Daikeler²³, Sarah Mackie²⁴, Karina Torralba²⁵, Kornelis van der Geest²⁶, Dennis Boumans²⁷, Philipp Bosch²⁸, Alessandro Tomelleri²⁹, Markus Aschwanden³⁰, Peter Brossart¹, Charlotte Behning³¹ and Claus Juergen Bauer¹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology, Southwest Jutland Hospital Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsius Medical University, Brunico, Italy, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Rheumatology, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Internal Medicine II, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Universitiy Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁰University of Turin, Roma, Italy, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Diabetology, Geriatrics and Clinical Immunology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, ¹²Vasculitis service, Rheumatology department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁴Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁵Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁶Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Medicine, The Regional Hospital in Horsens, Horsens, Denmark, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, Immanuel Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁹Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²²Clinic of Rheumatology, Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ²³Clinic for Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ²⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, ²⁶Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²⁷Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hospital Group Twente, Almelo, Netherlands, ²⁸Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ²⁹Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, ³⁰Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³¹Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in adults, necessitating prompt diagnosis to prevent severe complications. However, access to expert…
Abstract Number: 0695 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact and Cardiovascular Outcomes of Large Vessel Vasculitis in Atrial Fibrillation Hospitalization: A Nationwide Inpatient Database Study
Sabahat Usmani¹, Yanint Raksadawan¹, Amro Taha¹, Harigopal Sandhyavenu¹, Jalpan Patel¹, Thatiana Schulze Goni¹, Hafiz Muhammad Waqar Younas¹ and Irisha Badu², ¹Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ²Onslow Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Atrial fibrillation is the most commonly treated cardiac arrhythmia, associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Recent research is suggestive that autoimmunity and inflammation might…
Abstract Number: 1565 • ACR Convergence 2023
Baseline Vascular Ultrasound of Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patients at Time of Diagnosis Predicts Clinical Outcomes at 3 Months
Sharon Cowley¹, Colm Kirby², Patricia Harkins³, Richard Conway⁴ and David Kane⁵, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: It has been reported that up to a quarter of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) have subclinical giant cell arteritis (GCA). It is currently…
Abstract Number: 2390 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characterization of Senescent Cells in Temporal Arteries of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis Reveal an Inflammatory Phenotype and Strong Dependence from IL-6
Dimitrios Veroutis¹, Ourania D Argryropouou¹, Andreas Goules², Konstantinos Kambas³, Dimitris Anastasios Palamidas¹, Konstantinos Evangelou¹, Sophia Havaki¹, Aikaterini Polyzou¹, Evangelia Xingi³, Elli Karatza⁴, Kyriaki Boki⁵, alberto cavazza⁶, Christos Kittas¹, Dimitris Thanos⁷, caterina Ricordi⁶, chiara marvisi⁶, Francesco Muratore⁸, Elena Galli⁶, Stefania Croci⁶, Carlo Salvarani⁹, Vassilis G Gorgoulis¹ and Athanasios Tzioufas², ¹National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²Dept. of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece, ⁴Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece, ⁵Sismanoglion Hospital, Athens, Greece, ⁶Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS Di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁷Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁸IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁹Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Age is the strongest risk factor of giant cell arteritis (GCA), implying a possible pathogenetic role of cellular senescence. So far, no studies have…
Abstract Number: 2407 • ACR Convergence 2023
Immuno-permissive Antigen-presenting Cells in Giant Cell Arteritis
Shozo Ohtsuki¹, Chenyao Wang², Ryu Watanabe³, Hui Zhang³, Mitsuhiro Akiyama³, Kenneth Warrington⁴, Gerald J. Berry³, Jorg Goronzy⁴ and Cornelia M. Weyand⁵, ¹Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ³Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a medium and large vessel vasculitis with pathognomonic granulomatous infiltrates in the vessel wall. During the early stages of…
Abstract Number: 2557 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinicopathologic Features of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis and Thoracic Aorta Repair: A Single Center Experience over Two Decades
Mahmut Kaymakci¹, Nicholas Boire¹, Melanie Bois¹, Mohanad Elfishawi¹, Hannah Langenfeld², Andrew Hanson², Cynthia Crowson¹, Matthew Koster¹, Cornelia M. Weyand³ and Kenneth Warrington¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) are at increased risk of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. This late complication of the disease is presumed…

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