Abstracts tagged "Infection"

Abstract Number: 1825 • ACR Convergence 2025
Serum proteomic and single cell RNA sequencing analysis reveals macrophage activation syndrome physiology and widespread complement dysregulation are associated with severe dengue infection in a pediatric cohort
Sarah McCuaig¹, Molly Gallagher¹, Yentli E. Soto Albrecht², Francia Acosta³, Shanti Turbi-Cornielle⁴, Reyna Soriano⁴, Eugenia Gonzalez-Diaz⁴, Vincenta Sanchez⁵, Elsa Herrera⁶, Aide Cornielle⁴, Anabel Fernandez¹, Adriana LaMonte¹, Sarah E Henrickson¹, Laura Vella¹, Andrew P Steenhoff⁷ and Edward Behrens⁸, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Ninos Primeros en Salud Program, Consuelo, Dominican Republic, ⁴Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, ⁵Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, ⁶Dr. Antonio Musa Regional Hospital, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, ⁷Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ⁸CHOP, West Chester, PA
Background/Purpose: Dengue virus (DENV) is a global public health threat that is increasing in incidence and endogenous DENV infections are expected to dramatically rise in…
Abstract Number: 0923 • ACR Convergence 2025
Influenza Virus Infection Alters the MHC Class II Self-Immunopeptidome to Present Lupus-Associated Autoantigens
Julia Rood¹, Stephanie Suh Kyung Yoon², Mary Heard¹, Michael Hogan², Nicola Ternette³, Edward Behrens⁴ and Laurence Eisenlohr¹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴CHOP, West Chester, PA
Background/Purpose: Viral infections and major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC II) are both implicated in the genesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but a mechanistic…
Abstract Number: 0200 • ACR Convergence 2025
Severe infections and malignancies in patients with cranial and extracranial giant cell arteritis treated with tocilizumab. National multicenter study of 471 patients of clinical practice
Adrian Martin-Gutierrez¹, Javier Loricera², Vicente Aldasoro Cáceres³, Olga Maiz⁴, Eugenio de Miguel⁵, Eva Galíndez Agirregoikoa⁶, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁷, Santos Castañeda⁸ and Ricardo Blanco⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Donosti, Donostia, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁶BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Infections and malignancies are two of the most feared side effects of biologic therapies. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitis which affects older…
Abstract Number: 2682 • ACR Convergence 2025
Methotrexate use and higher age impair humoral response against the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV) in Rheumatoid Arthritis: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro¹, Lucas Farias², Nadia Emi Aikawa³, Sandra G Pasoto¹, Leonard V Kupa², Carla Saad¹, Andrea Shimabuco², Karina Bonfiglioli⁴, Diogo Domiciano⁴, Andre Franco⁴, Clovis Artur Silva⁵ and Eloisa Bonfa⁶, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The recombinant vaccine against herpes zoster (HZ) (RZV) is recommended by ACR and EULAR for immunocompromised individuals. Short-term observational data from RA cohorts aged…
Abstract Number: 1747 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk of serious infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease or bronchiectasis: A matched cohort study
QIANRU ZHANG¹, Ying Qi², Xiaosong Wang³, Gregory McDermott⁴, Sung Hae Chang⁵, Mark Chaballa⁶, Vadim Khaychuk⁷, Misti Paudel⁸ and Jeffrey Sparks⁹, ¹Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Cambridge, MA, ²Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Natick, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁵Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, MA, South Korea, ⁶Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁷Bristol Myers Squibb, Pennington, NJ, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: RA-associated lung disease (RA-LD), including RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) and RA-associated bronchiectasis (RA-BR), contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality in RA patients. RA…
Abstract Number: 0659 • ACR Convergence 2025
Human papillomavirus infection and systemic lupus erythematosus under biologic therapy: a retrospective analysis in a multicenter cohort
Ivette Casafont-Solé¹, Judit Font-Urgelles¹, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa², Andrea Hernández-martín³, Tarek Salman Montes⁴, Marta De la Rubia Navarro⁵, Maria Piqueras García⁶, Sandra Garrote Corral⁷, EVA GLORIA TOMERO MURIEL⁸, Elena De la Mata Pinilla⁹, Belén Álvarez Rodríguez¹⁰, Julia Martínez Barrio¹¹, José Gomez-Puerta¹², Paola Vidal-Montal¹³, Eleonora Penzo¹⁴, Consuelo Ramos Giraldez¹⁵, Francisco Javier Novoa¹⁶, Vicenç Torrente-Segarra¹⁷, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil¹⁸, Leyre Riancho¹⁹ and Irene Altabás-González²⁰, ¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas GC, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las palmas, Spain, ⁴Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital de La Fe, Valencia, ⁶Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, ⁸Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, ¹⁰Hospital de Áraba, áraba, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology. Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Servicio de Reumatología, Seville, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, ¹⁷Hospital Comarcal Alt Penedés Garraf, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, ²⁰Complejo Hospitalario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for 99.7% of cervical neoplasms and is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Patients with systemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 0169 • ACR Convergence 2025
The High Disease Burden of Connective Tissue Disorder-Interstitial Lung Disease in the USA Demonstrates an Unmet Need for Earlier Diagnosis and Treatment
Sally Wetten¹, George Mu², Keele E. Wurst³, Roger A. Levy⁴, Ben Newth⁵, Svetlana I. Nihtyanova⁶ and Elaine Irving⁷, ¹GSK, Epidemiology, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ²GSK, Statistics, Collegeville, PA, ³GSK, Immunology and Emerging Epidemiology, Durham, NC, ⁴GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁵GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, London, United Kingdom, ⁶GSK, Clinical Sciences, Research & Development, London, United Kingdom, ⁷GSK, Clinical, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a serious pulmonary manifestation that can occur across all connective tissue disorders (CTD). Aberrant immune-mediated inflammation and fibrosis leads…
Abstract Number: 2653 • ACR Convergence 2025
First Prospective Evaluation of Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Systemic Sclerosis: Immunogenicity, Safety, and Disease Activity Outcomes
Ana Paula Luppino-Assad¹, Renata P Mello², Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro³, Nadia E Aikawa⁴, Sandra G Pasoto³, Leonard V Kupa⁵, Renata Miossi⁶, Percival D Sampaio-Barros⁶, Eduardo Borba⁷, Eloisa Bonfa⁷ and Clovis Artur Silva⁸, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SAO PAULO, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, ⁷Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients are at higher risk of herpes zoster (HZ) due to underlying immune dysregulation and immunosuppressive therapies. Vaccination is a key…
Abstract Number: 1715 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Under Immunosuppressive Conventional and Biologic DMARDs: Favorable Disease Safety and Attenuated Immunogenicity Following Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccination
Carla Saad¹, Eduardo Borba², Fernanda Chaer³, Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro¹, Sandra G Pasoto¹, Nadia Emi Aikawa⁴, Luisa Correia⁵, Percival Sampaio-Barros⁶, Julio Moraes⁷, Murillo Dorio¹, Claudia Goldenstein-Schainberg¹, Clovis Artur Silva⁸ and Eloisa Bonfa², ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Santos, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Jundiai, Brazil, ⁸University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients are at increased risk for herpes zoster(HZ) due to impaired cell-mediated immunity associated with the underlying…
Abstract Number: 0631 • ACR Convergence 2025
Antibodies to Type I and Type III Interferons at Diagnosis Predispose to Serious Infections on Follow Up in an Inception cohort of SLE (INSPIRE) from India.
Rudrarpan Chatterjee¹, Komal Singh², Ranjan Gupta³, Sudhir Sinha⁴ and Amita Aggarwal⁵, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ³All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ⁵Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are predisposed to infections due to immune dysregulation. Autoantibodies to cytokines can cause serious infections, including severe COVID-19,…
Abstract Number: 0162 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Relevance of Systematic Comorbidity Screening in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
Martin Michaud, Caroline Arlet, Jean Alain Bournazeau, François de Maupeou, Julie Gaston, Stephanie Mermet, Helene Coulier, Marie Oustalet, Christophe Raspaud, Cédric Maurice, Sophie Recipon, Claire Verplancken, Kim Paricaud and Leonardo Astudillo, Clinique Saint Exupery, TOULOUSE, France
Background/Purpose: Chronic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases are associated with an increased prevalence of various comorbidities, which may impact both prognosis and therapeutic strategies. EULAR recommends…
Abstract Number: 2578 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association of Oral Outpatient Antiviral Medications for COVID-19 with the Risk of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 in Individuals with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Madison Negron¹, Jiaqi Wang², Xiaosong Wang³, Lauren O'Keeffe⁴, Grace Qian⁴, Kevin Mueller⁴, Alene Saavedra⁴, Natalie Davis⁵, Liya Sisay Getachew⁶, Jeffrey Sparks⁶ and Naomi Patel⁷, ¹Harvard Extension School, Medford, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, BOston, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Natick, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have evaluated the efficacy of antiviral medications on acute outcomes of COVID-19 infection as well as the risk of post-acute sequelae of…
Abstract Number: 1656 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk of Serious Infection associated with non-TNF biologic initiation after Anti-TNF Use in Older Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiha Lee¹, Sofia Pedro² and Kaleb Michaud³, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ²Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: In older adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), anti-TNF therapies are typically used as first-line biologic treatment. However, many patients require a switch to non-TNF…
Abstract Number: 0619 • ACR Convergence 2025
Interim Analysis of the Impact of a Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Randomized Controlled Study on Immunogenicity, Safety and Immunosuppressor Effects
Luciana Parente Costa Seguro¹, Andrea Negrini², Sandra G Pasoto³, Nadia E Aikawa⁴, Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro³, Eduardo Borba¹, Emily Figueiredo Neves Yuki⁵, Artur Sartori², Danieli Andrade⁶, Thiago Freitas⁷, Henrique Giardini⁷, Clovis Artur Silva⁸ and Eloisa Bonfa¹, ¹Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Faculdade de Medicina da USP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: SLE patients are at increased risk of infections, including herpes zoster (HZ). Prior studies evaluating the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV) in SLE have…
Abstract Number: 0150 • ACR Convergence 2025
Mortality in Anca-associated Vasculitis
Fabricio Benavides Villanueva¹, Vanesa Calvo-Río², Diana Prieto-Peña³, Monica Renuncio-García⁴, Adrian Martin-Gutierrez⁵, Amparo Sanchez-Lopez⁶, Claudia Poo-fernandez⁷, Clara Escagedo-Cagigas⁸, maria Rodríguez-Vidriales⁸ and Ricardo Blanco², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group,Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Santander, Spain, ⁴Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, ⁶Division of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁷Division of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁸Division of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), include Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA), Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA), and Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA). Mortality rates are scare,…

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