Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 1139 • ACR Convergence 2025
Synovial Counts, Cultures, and Crystals: An Analysis of 9,000 Aspirations
Sabahat Usmani¹, Gunjan Rana², Shivum Patel¹, Patrick Kennedy¹ and Michael Putman³, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, ²Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, ³The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Synovial fluid analysis is an essential diagnostic tool for evaluating crystalline and infectious arthritis. Traditionally, a leukocyte count threshold of >50,000 cells/µL has been…
Abstract Number: 0924 • ACR Convergence 2025
Human Serum Albumin Co-Modified with Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde and Citrulline Bind Multiple Scavenger Receptors and Alter Cellular Morphology
Lauren Klingemann¹, Michael Duryee¹, Nozima Aripova¹, Wenxian Zhou², Hannah Johnson¹, Breanna Butler¹, Carlos Hunter¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Geoffrey Thiele¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE
Background/Purpose: Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of self-proteins are implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The PTMs, malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA), citrulline (CIT), and the co-modification of…
Abstract Number: 0796 • ACR Convergence 2025
Deciphering Synovial Fluid Immune Dysregulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis through Cytokine Profiling and Single-Cell Transcriptomics
Manon LESTURGIE-TALAREK¹, Francesco Carbone², Virginie Gonzalez³, Adrien Schvartz², Sophie Hecquet⁴, Fiona Oudart⁵, Marion Thomas⁶, Roberto D'Alessandro⁷, Yannick Allanore⁸, Mickael Menager² and Jérôme AVOUAC⁹, ¹Paris University, Paris, France, ²Institut Imagine, Paris, ³INSERMU¹⁰¹⁶, Paris, France, ⁴Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁵APHP - Cochin hospital, Paris, France, ⁶APHP, Paris, France, ⁷Cochin Hospital, Paris, ⁸Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁹Rheumatology department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is driven by complex inflammatory pathways involving immune cell infiltration into synovial tissue and fluid. Synovial fluid (SF) provides direct insight…
Abstract Number: 0257 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety of Guselkumab in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Up to 1 Year: Integrated Safety Analysis of Phase 2 and 3 Studies in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Bruce E. Sands¹, Remo Panaccione², Silvio Danese³, Julián Panés⁴, Tadakazu Hisamatsu⁵, Geert D’Haens⁶, Rian Van Rampelbergh⁷, Mobolaji Olurinde⁸, Jacqueline Yee⁸, Karissa Lozenski⁹, Thomas Baker⁸, Shadi Yarandi⁸, Matthew Germinaro⁸, Marion L. Vetter⁸, Hewei Li⁸, Mauricio Rosas Ballina¹⁰, Jessica R. Allegretti¹¹, Anita Afzali¹² and David T. Rubin¹³, ¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA, NY, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, AB, Canada, ³Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, Milano, Italy, ⁴Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, D’Haens, Swaziland, ⁷Johnson & Johnson, Antwerp, Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium, ⁸Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, PA, ⁹Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ¹⁰Actelion Research & Development, Allschwil, Switzerland, Allschwil, Switzerland, ¹¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, MA, ¹²University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA, OH, ¹³University of Chicago Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Chicago, IL, USA, IL
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS), a dual-acting interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitor that potently neutralizes IL-23 and binds to CD64 (a receptor on cells that produce IL-23), is currently…
Abstract Number: 0069 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spatial transcriptomics in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovium reveals distinct region-specific fibroblast functions
Camilla R.L. Machado¹, Mina Yao¹, David Boyle², Robert J. Benschop³, James T. Parker³, Wei Wang² and Gary Firestein¹, ¹University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²University of California, San Diego, San Diego, ³Eli Lilly, San Diego
Background/Purpose: RA synovium displays cellular heterogeneity, with gene expression driving disease pathogenesis. Unbiased cell-specific transcriptomes in RA synovium have previously relied primarily on disaggregated tissues…
Abstract Number: 2663 • ACR Convergence 2025
PAXIS: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Finding Phase 2 Study (Part 1) Followed by an Open-Label Period (Part 2) to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Pacritinib in Patients with VEXAS Syndrome
David Beck¹, Mael Heiblig², Sinisa Savic³, Marcela ferrada⁴, Arsène Mekinian⁵, Onima Chowdhury⁶, Danielle Hammond⁷, Lachelle D. Weeks⁸, Carmelo Gurnari⁹, Yohei Kirino¹⁰, Sophie georgin-Lavialle¹¹, Sarah A. Buckley¹², Bryan G. harder¹², Sandra Goble¹² and Matthew Koster¹³, ¹Center for Human Genetics and Genomics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY, ²Lyon-Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Paris and Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, ³University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i³), Saint-Antoine University Hospital, ⁷⁵⁰¹² Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁶Oxford University Hospitals’ NHS Foundation Trust and Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁷The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁸Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ⁹Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Translational Hematology and Oncology Research Department, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Clevland, OH, Rome, Italy, ¹⁰Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ¹¹Sorbonne university, Tenon hospital, DMU³ID, CEREMAIA, ERN RITA, Paris, France, ¹²Sobi Inc., Waltham, MA, ¹³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: VEXAS syndrome (Vacuoles, E1 ubiquitin-activating enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic) is a systemic disorder characterized by an overlap of hematologic and inflammatory features. Treatment poses…
Abstract Number: 2105 • ACR Convergence 2025
Stratification for elevated urate identifies a pro-inflammatory synovial fluid proteome in knee osteoarthritis: a pilot study
Tuhina Neogi¹, Sayali Dhamne², Robert Terkeltaub³, Virginia Kraus⁴, Simon Dillon⁵ and Towia Libermann⁵, ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The causes of inflammation, pain fluctuations, and disease progression in osteoarthritis (OA) are not well understood. Soluble urate is a “danger signal”, and synovial…
Abstract Number: 1823 • ACR Convergence 2025
Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis in Familial Mediterranean Fever
Kader Cetin Gedik¹, Desire Casares Marfil², Busra Baser Taskin³, Elif Kilic Konte⁴, Sezgin Sahin⁴, Mckenna Bowes², Ferhat Guzel⁵, Micol Romano⁶, Ozgur Kasapcopur⁷, Nuray Aktay Ayaz³, Erkan Demirkaya⁶ and Amr Sawalha², ¹UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Istanbul University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Department of Research and Development, Ant Biotechnology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁷Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease most commonly associated with biallelic mutations in the MEFV gene. Patients carrying the same pathogenic variant…
Abstract Number: 1490 • ACR Convergence 2025
Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Relationship with Inflammatory Biomarkers in SLE: A Focus on Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio
judith hernández-Sánchez¹, Beatriz Tejera Segura², Luis Bausá Gimeno¹, Doryan García Olivas¹, Patricia González Terrats¹, MA Acosta Mérida¹, Diana Botello Corzo¹, Daniel Batista perdomo¹, Sergio Machin González¹, F Javier Nóvoa Medina¹ and Jose Angel Hernandez³, ¹Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, Spain, ²Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran CanariaHospital, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs. Vitamin D levels have been associated with disease activity in…
Abstract Number: 1133 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Proteomic Analysis Of Subclinical Synovial Inflammation Associated With Monosodium Urate Crystal Deposition
Mariano Andrés¹, María-Luisa Peral-Garrido², Samanta Ortuño³, Rocío Caño³, Silvia Gómez-Sabater³, Alejandra Bermúdez⁴, Teresa Lozano⁵, Miguel Perdiguero⁵, elena Caro-Martínez⁶, Ruth Sánchez-Ortiga⁵, Carolina Ruiz-García⁷, Eliseo Pascual⁸ and Rubén Francés⁸, ¹Dr Balmis Alicante General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain, ²Vinalopó University Hospital, Novelda, Spain, ³Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Dr. Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante, Spain., Alicante, Spain, ⁵Dr Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante, Spain, ⁶HACLE San Vicente Hospital, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain, ⁷Campoamor Health Center, Alicante, Spain, ⁸Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: Persistent subclinical inflammation from monosodium urate (MSU) crystals is present in gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia (AH). The underlying mechanism is poorly understood. This study…
Abstract Number: 0921 • ACR Convergence 2025
Fibrinogen Co-Modified with Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde and Citrulline Promotes Pro-Inflammatory Macrophage Differentiation Through p38 and NF-κB Signaling
Hannah Johnson¹, Wenxian Zhou², Michael Duryee¹, Carlos Hunter¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹ and Ted Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE
Background/Purpose: Citrulline (CIT) and malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) co-adduct native proteins in RA tissues to create a dual pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic milieu. Our previous work demonstrated that…
Abstract Number: 0750 • ACR Convergence 2025
Fibrinogen as a biomarker in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis and detection of flares
Jonathan Miller¹, Sharon Cowley², Patricia Harkins³, David O'Sullivan⁴, Gearoid McGeehan⁵, Eamonn Molloy⁶, Richard Conway⁷, David Kane⁸ and Geraldine mcCarthy⁹, ¹St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Trinity College Dublin, Dublin ⁸, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D²⁴, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the commonest idiopathic systemic vasculitis in adults over 50 years of age. It can be associated with high morbidity.…
Abstract Number: 0235 • ACR Convergence 2025
Mortality Trends due to Hypertension Related Deaths in Elderly Patients with Inflammatory Polyarthropathy: A CDC WONDER Analysis of 21 Years
ZAUHA FAWAD MEMON¹, Sibgha Fawad Memon², Matia Fawad Memon², REHAN ISHAQUE³, AHMAD SANAN⁴ and MUHAMMAD MUGHEES⁵, ¹Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women, Tando Allahyar, Sindh, Pakistan, ²Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women, Tando Allahyar, Pakistan, ³LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, Jam Shoro, Sindh, Pakistan, ⁴KHYBER MEDICAL COLLEGE, Peshawer, Pakistan, ⁵Bahria University health Sciences, KARACHI, Pakistan
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory polyarthropathy (IPA) is a group of chronic autoimmune disorders, common among older adults and contribute significantly to systemic inflammation and cardiovascular risk .…
Abstract Number: 0068 • ACR Convergence 2025
Unique Fibroblast-like Synoviocyte Phenotype with Elevated MCSF Expression Induced by TLR5 Activation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Aryan Patel¹, Osama Al Zoubi² and Shiva Shahrara³, ¹University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ²University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting approximately 1% of the global population, causing significant morbidity and disability. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are…
Abstract Number: 2585 • ACR Convergence 2025
The effect of prophylactic colchicine use on gene expression in gout
Austin Wheeler¹, Guanqi Lu², Ana Vazquez³, Jeffrey Edberg⁴, Angelo Gaffo⁵, Tate Johnson¹, Michael Duryee¹, James O'Dell¹, Jeff Newcomb¹, Michael Pillinger⁶, Robert Terkeltaub⁷, Ryan Ferguson⁸, Mary Brophy⁸, Tuhina Neogi⁹, Bryant England¹, Ted Mikuls¹, Tony Merriman¹⁰ and Richard Reynolds⁴, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, ³Michigan State University, Miami, FL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA, Birmingham, AL, ⁶New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY, ⁷Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁸VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Boston, MA, ⁹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL
Background/Purpose: Colchicine is recommended for the treatment and prophylaxis of gout flares and approved for secondary prevention of ischemic cardiovascular disease (CVD). While its primary…

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