Abstracts tagged "IgG4 Related Disease"

Abstract Number: 115 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Are Clonally-expanded in IgG4-related Disease and Home to Affected Tissues
Cory Perugino¹, Naoki Kaneko ², Takashi Maehara ², Jesper Kers ³, Hang Liu ⁴, Vinay Mahajan ⁴, Yesim Tuncay ⁴, Zachary Wallace ¹, Lloyd Liang ¹, Sydney Montesi ⁵, John Stone ⁶ and Shiv Pillai ⁷, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ²Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, ³University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Ragon Institute of MGH, MTI and Harvard, Cambridge, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Ragon Institude of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Charlestown, MA
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a chronic immune-mediated fibrotic disease often causing multi-organ involvement. We have previously reported the association of SLAMF7+ CD4+ cytotoxic T…
Abstract Number: 372 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Periaortitis and Coronary Arteritis in IgG4-Related Disease: Eastern Mediterranean Experience
Gozde Kubra Yardımcı ¹, Alper Sarı ¹, Abdulsamet Erden ², Ertugrul Cagri Bolek ¹, Bayram Farisoğulları ¹, Levent Kilic ³, Berkan Armagan ⁴, Umut Kalyoncu ⁵, Tuncay Hazırolan ⁶, Ali İhsan Ertenli ¹ and Omer Karadag⁷, ¹Hacettepe University Vasculitis Centre, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ²Ministry of Health Ankara City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ³Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey., Ankara, Turkey, ⁵Hacettepe University Department of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Hacettepe University, Division of Radiology, Ankara, ⁷Hacettepe University Vasculitis Centre, Ankara, Turkey / Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated fibroinflammatory condition that may involve multiple organ systems. IgG4-RD can also lead to large vessel vasculitis and…
Abstract Number: 945 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Clinical Manifestations in IgG4 Related Disease Patients with/without Aortitis/Periaortitis and Periarteritis: A Prospective Cohort Study of 587 Patients with IgG4-RD Disease
Linyi Peng ¹, Wen Zhang ² and Panpan Zhang¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: We aimed to clarify the clinical features of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) with/without aortitis/periaortitis and periarteritis (PAO/PA), and evaluate the treatment efficacy of patients with…
Abstract Number: 972 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Disease Severity Is Linked to an Increase in Autoantibody Diversity in IgG4-related Disease
Hang Liu¹, Cory Perugino ², Musie Ghebremichael ¹, Zachary Wallace ², Sydney Montesi ³, John Stone ⁴ and Shiv Pillai ⁵, ¹Ragon Institute of MGH, MTI and Harvard, Cambridge, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Ragon Institude of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Charlestown, MA
Background/Purpose: The oligoclonal expansion in IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) of both plasmablasts and tissue-infiltrating CD4+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes, the identification of specific auto-antigens as B cell…
Abstract Number: 1708 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Azathioprine and Glucocorticoid Combination Might Be a Good Treatment Option to Achieve Remission in Patients with IgG4-related Disease
Aydan Köken Avşar¹, Onay Gercik ², Gercek Can ³, Berrin Zengin ⁴, Sinem Burcu Kocaer ⁵, Atilla Okan Kılıç ⁶, Sadettin Uslu ⁷, Ali Karakaş ⁵, Merih Birlik ⁵, Servet Akar ⁸ and Fatos Onen ⁹, ¹Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Rheumatology,, Türkiye, Izmir, Turkey, ²Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İzmir, Turkey, ³Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Rheumatology,, Turkey,Izmir, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey, Turkey,Izmir, Izmir, Turkey, ⁶Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Internal Medıcıne, Turkey,Izmir, Izmir, Turkey, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey, Izmir, Turkey, ⁸Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İzmir, Turkey, ⁹Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İzmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease is a recently recognised inflammatory disease of unkown etiology, often seen in men over the age of 50 and may affect many…
Abstract Number: 1709 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Juvenile-Onset IgG4-Related Disease: A Systematic Review
Eduardo Martin-Nares¹, Talia Díaz-Prieto ², Enrique Faugier-Fuentes ², Luis A. Aparicio Vera ² and Gabriela Hernandez-Molina ¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) presenting in the pediatric age is rare. Natural history and outcomes are not well defined. The aim of this study was…
Abstract Number: 1710 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Chemokine and Cytokine Tear Profile of Patients with IgG4-Related Disease
Eduardo Martin-Nares¹, Luis Llorente ¹, Guadalupe Lima ¹, Diego Hernández-Ramírez ¹, Isela Chan-Campos ¹, Vanessa Saavedra-González ¹ and Gabriela Hernandez-Molina ¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The lacrimal gland is frequently involved in both IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) and presents with swelling and/or dry eye symptoms. Although…
Abstract Number: 1711 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Distinctive Imaging Features Between IgG4-Related Ophthalmic Disease and Graves’ Orbitopathy: A Comparative Study
Eduardo Martin-Nares¹, Oziel Amaya-Piña ², Rosa Delia Delgado Hernández ² and Gabriela Hernandez-Molina ¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Department of Radiology and Molecular Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related ophthalmic disease (IgG4-ROD) may present as a cause of orbital myositis leading to proptosis and diplopia. This clinical scenario can be mistakenly diagnosed…
Abstract Number: 2821 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clonal Expansion of a Specific Subset of Cytotoxic CD4+T Cells and Tissue Apoptosis in Patients with IgG4-related Disease
Cory Perugino¹, Naoki Kaneko ², Jesper Kers ³, Takashi Maehara ², Hamid Mattoo ⁴, Hang Liu ⁵, Vinay Mahajan ⁵, Musie Ghebremichael ⁵, Hugues Allard-Chamard ⁵, Yesim Tuncay ⁵, Emanuel Della Torre ⁶, Zachary Wallace ¹, Lloyd Liang ¹, Sydney Montesi ⁷, John Stone ⁸ and Shiv Pillai ⁹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ²Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, ³University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Sanofi, Cambridge, ⁵Ragon Institute of MGH, MTI and Harvard, Cambridge, ⁶Hospital San Raffaele, milan, Italy, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁹Ragon Institude of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Charlestown, MA
Background/Purpose: In IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), both activated B cells and CD4+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CD4+CTLs) expand clonally, accumulate in tissues, likely recognize distinct epitopes on…
Abstract Number: 1785 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Data-Driven Approach to Guide Physicians When Considering the Differential Diagnosis of IgG4-Related Disease
Mark A. Matza¹, Zachary Wallace² and John H. Stone³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology (Medicine), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: IgG4-Related Disease (IgG4-RD) is a chronic immune-mediated fibro-inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. The differential diagnosis is broad, partly because of the myriad potential organ…
Abstract Number: 1787 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How to Better Diagnose IgG4 Related Disease: a Single-Center Based Experience
Anji Xiong¹, Yuan Yang¹, Beibei Cui¹, Jianhong Sun¹, Qibing Xie¹, Yi Zhao¹, Chunyu Tan¹, Min Yang¹, Yi Liu¹, Honghu Tang¹, Pingying Qing¹, Lingshu Zhang¹, Yubin Luo¹, Yan Liang¹, Ying Wang¹, Yali Ye¹, Ling Ma¹, Shiyu Yi¹ and Yi Liu², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Chengdu, China
Background/Purpose: Pathology associated with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) has been described in virtually every tissue and organ of the body. The heterogeneous clinical manifestations of IgG4-RD…
Abstract Number: 138 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Distinct Roles of Tfh2, SLAMF7+ Tfh1 Cells and Th1 Cells in the Pathogenesis of IgG4-RD
Kazuhiko Higashioka¹, Masahiro Ayano¹, Yasutaka Kimoto², Hiroki Mitoma¹, Mitsuteru Akahoshi¹, Yojiro Arinobu¹, Koichi Akashi¹, Takahiko Horiuchi³ and Hiroaki Niro⁴, ¹Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Oita, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Japan, ⁴Department of Medical Education, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a novel disease entity characterized by the infiltration of IgG4-secreting plasmablasts (PBs) and the generation of germinal centers in various…
Abstract Number: 370 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rituximab in Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
Veronika Boyeva¹, Hatim Alabsi², Michael Seidman³, Ryan Paterson⁴, Jason Kur⁵, Silvia Chang⁶, Luke Chen⁷ and Mollie Carruthers⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Department of Radiology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Department of Urology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷Department of Hematology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a rare disease characterized by the proliferation of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneum, most commonly surrounding the aorta from the…
Abstract Number: 371 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Therapeutic Efficacy and Safety of Iguratimod in Treating Mild IgG4-Related Diseases
Wen Zhang¹ and Panpan Zhang², ¹Rheuamtology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of Iguratimod in the treatment of mild IgG4 related disease (IgG4-RD). Methods: Thirty patients with newly diagnosed…
Abstract Number: 1779 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is the Number of IgG4+ Plasma Cells Observed By Immunostaining Important Beyond Its Diagnostic Utility in IgG4-Related Disease?
Eduardo Martín Nares¹, Jacobo Guerrero Castillo², Arturo Angeles Angeles² and Gabriela Hernandez-Molina¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The histopathological findings in IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) includes the presence of dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, obliterative phlebitis, storiform fibrosis and the presence of marked IgG4+…