Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 1838 • ACR Convergence 2024
M5542: A Potent CD80, CD86, and OX40L Antagonist Fusion Molecule for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
Michelle Downing¹, Ling Zhang¹, Aditee Desphpande¹, Hong Zhang¹, Ohad Tarcic², Mira toister-achituv², Alec Gross³, Gang Chen³ and Chia Chi Sun¹, ¹EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Inc., Billerica, MA, ²Inter-lab Ltd, Merck KGaA, Yavne, Israel, ³EMD Serono Reserch and Development Institute, Inc, Billerica, MA
Background/Purpose: Overactive adaptive immune responses contribute to many autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Chronically activated autoreactive T-effector cells play a pivotal role…
Abstract Number: 2078 • ACR Convergence 2024
Increased RAGE Expression in Myositis
Madison King¹, Rita Spathis², Elizabeth Bagley¹ and Melissa Morales³, ¹Binghamton University, Johnson City, NY, ²Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Johnson City, NY, ³SUNY Binghamton, Johnson City, NY
Background/Purpose: Myositis is a broad term for a group of rare autoimmune diseases that cause persistent muscle inflammation, weakness, and fatigue. Currently, first-line treatment for…
Abstract Number: 2569 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Novel Hyperferritinemia Screen to Aid Differentiation of Hyperinflammatory Disorders
Hallie Carol¹, Adam Mayer², Jemy Varghese³, Zachary Martinez⁴, Caroline Diorio⁴, Paul Tsoukas⁵, Kate Kernan⁶ and Scott Canna⁷, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Division of Pediatric Oncology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: High ferritin is an important and sensitive biomarker for the diverse and deadly group of cytokine storm syndromes grouped together under the term hemophagocytic…
Abstract Number: 0042 • ACR Convergence 2024
Modulating Inflammation and Angiogenesis in an Advanced 3D Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue Model
Eva Philippon¹, Jan Piet van Hamburg¹, Lisanne van Rooijen¹, Gary Sims², Conny Van der Laken³ and Sander Tas⁴, ¹Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Immunology Biosciences, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ³Amsterdam UMC - location VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam UMC, locatie AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a progressive and systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by chronic and destructive joint inflammation. Key features of RA include synovial cell…
Abstract Number: 0266 • ACR Convergence 2024
Analysis of Gout Remission Definitions in a Randomised Controlled Trial of Colchicine Prophylaxis for People with Gout Initiating Allopurinol
Dansoa Tabi-Amponsah¹, Lisa Stamp², Anne Horne³, Jill Drake⁴, Sarah Stewart⁵, Gregory Gamble³, Keith Petrie¹ and Nicola Dalbeth³, ¹The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, ³University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁵Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: To investigate the effect of colchicine prophylaxis on gout remission when commencing urate lowering therapy (ULT), and illness perceptions of people in remission, using…
Abstract Number: 0567 • ACR Convergence 2024
Alteration of JAK-STAT Signaling in an Axial Spondyloarthritispatient with TYK2 Variants
Pankaj Sharma¹, Fatemeh Navid¹, Norman Watts¹, Stephen Brooks² and Robert Colbert², ¹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) is a member of the Janus kinase family that associates with the cytoplasmic domain of type I/II cytokine receptors and…
Abstract Number: 0880 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigating the SRPK-1-VEGF-A Alternative Splicing Pathway AsaTherapeutic Target in Arthritis
Charles Besidonne¹, Andrew Benest¹, Kim Chisholm¹, Jonathan Morris², Lucy Donaldson³, Jeanette Woolard⁴ and David Bates¹, ¹University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ²University of New South Wales, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, ³Versus Arthritis UK, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Alternative pre-mRNA splicing of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A (VEGF-A) produces pro-angiogenic (VEGF-Axxxa) or anti-angiogenic (VEGF-Axxxb) isoforms that contribute to angiogenesis in inflammatory arthritis. Isoform…
Abstract Number: 0996 • ACR Convergence 2024
Myocarditis Following Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 Vaccine: Epidemiology and Predisposition
Enelle Mevorach, Adi Tabib and Dror Mevorach, Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Background/Purpose: Following Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine authorization, Israel initiated a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The vaccine caused a higher incidence of myocarditis in young males. Here,…
Abstract Number: 1635 • ACR Convergence 2024
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Therapy Monitoring in Giant Cell Arteritis – Impact on Disease Management
Matthias Froehlich¹, Michael Gernert², Marc Schmalzing³, Patrick-Pascal Strunz⁴, Hanna Labinsky⁵, Thorsten A. Bley⁶ and Konstanze V. Guggenberger⁶, ¹Uniklinikum Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik II, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²Medicine II, Division Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, ³University Hospital Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁴University hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Würzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are a cornerstone for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). In the further course of…
Abstract Number: 1920 • ACR Convergence 2024
Admixture Mapping and Gene-Based Analysis Identifies Rare Variants in Genes in the IL-13 and TGFβ Signaling Pathways in African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis
Jordan Hicks¹, Daniel Shriner², Ami Shah³, Maureen Mayes⁴, Ayo P. Doumatey², Amy R. Bentley¹, Robyn Domsic⁵, Thomas Medsger, Jr⁶, Paula Ramos⁷, Richard Silver⁸, Virginia Steen⁹, John Varga¹⁰, Vivien Hsu¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Dinesh Khanna¹⁰, Elena Schiopu¹³, Jessica Gordon¹⁴, Lindsey Criswell¹⁵, Heather Gladue¹⁶, Chris Derk¹⁷, Elana Bernstein¹⁸, S. Louis Bridges¹⁴, Victoria Shanmugam¹⁹, Lorinda Chung²⁰, Suzanne Kafaja²¹, Reem Jan²², Marcin Trojanowski²³, Avram Goldberg²⁴, Benjamin Korman²⁵, James W. Thomas²⁶, Elaine Remmers²⁷, Adebowale Adeyemo², Charles Rotimi², Fredrick Wigley²⁸, Francesco Boin²⁹, Daniel Kastner³⁰ and Pravitt Gourh³¹, ¹National institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Verona, PA, ⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ¹²New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Louisiana State University and Tulane University Medical Schools, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Martinez, GA, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ¹⁵Genomics of Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁶Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁹NIH Office of Autoimmune Disease Research in the Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ²⁰Stanford University, Woodside, CA, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²²Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²⁴NYU Langone Health - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lake Success, NY, ²⁵University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²⁶NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²⁷Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²⁸Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, MD, ²⁹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³⁰National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ³¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: There are significant racial disparities in systemic sclerosis (SSc), with an increased disease burden and worse outcomes among African American (AA) individuals. Reasons for…
Abstract Number: 2079 • ACR Convergence 2024
Understanding Relapse Patterns in Anti-HMGCR Statin-induced IMNM: A Detailed Comparative Study
Silvia Grazzini¹, Angeles Galindo-Feria², Edoardo Conticini¹, Ingrid Lundberg³ and Maryam Dastmalchi⁴, ¹Università di Siena, Siena, Italy, ²Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska University hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Statin-induced immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a recently recognized subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). This condition is marked by the sudden onset of…
Abstract Number: 2574 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tear Biomarkers for Monitoring Disease Activity and Progression of Noninfectious Chronic Anterior Uveitis in Children
Mariia Pavlenko¹, Ilaria Maccora², Mekibib Altaye³, hermine brunner⁴, Alexandra Duell³, Megan Quinlan-Waters³, Alyssa Sproles¹, Sherry Thornton⁵, Virginia Miraldi Utz³ and sheila Angeles-Han⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²?PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Childhood chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) can be idiopathic (iCAU) or associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA-U). Ocular complications occur in 50% of affected children. …
Abstract Number: 0047 • ACR Convergence 2024
Asthma Is Associated with Increased Serum IgA Antibodies to Citrullinated Peptide Antigenscompared to Healthy Controlsin Discovery and Validation Cohorts
Drayton Rorah¹, Linh Ngo² and Scott Matson³, ¹University of Kansas, Internal Medicine, Kansas City, KS, ²University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, ³University of Kansas, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: The connection between airway inflammation as seen in patients with asthma and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been suggested by previous epidemiologic studies. For instance,…
Abstract Number: 0271 • ACR Convergence 2024
Intercritical Gout Represents a Systemic Inflammatory State
Tanner Ourada¹, Austin Wheeler², Michael Duryee², Bryant England², Richard Reynolds³, James O'Dell², Jeff Newcomb², Michael Pillinger⁴, Robert Terkeltaub⁵, Ryan Ferguson⁶, Mary Brophy⁶, Tony Merriman⁷ and Ted Mikuls², ¹University of Nebraska-Medical Center: College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY, ⁵Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁶Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL
Background/Purpose: The presence of systemic inflammation during gout flares is well characterized. While initial research suggests inflammation persists in intercritical gout, these reports have come…
Abstract Number: 0572 • ACR Convergence 2024
Synergistic Impact of the Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Subtype and Female Sex on First-Line Biologic Discontinuation : A Study of Interaction Effects
Patricia Remalante-Rayco¹, Emmanuel Baja², Zeynep Baskurt³, Tina Chim⁴, Robert Inman⁵, Leonila Dans⁶ and Nigil Haroon⁷, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines, ³Department of Biostatistics, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines, ⁷Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Recent evidence suggests lower response rates to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) among women with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA). However, there is a paucity…

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