Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 1520 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characterisation of Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Clare Cunningham¹, Sharon Ansboro¹, Sarah Wade¹, Candice Low², Ronan Mullan³, Douglas Veale⁴ and Ursula Fearon⁵, ¹Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, ³Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The synovial inflammation observed in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is characterised by synovial fibroblast hyperplasia, leukocyte infiltration, neoangiogenesis and hypoxia. These…
Abstract Number: 1869 • ACR Convergence 2020
“Rheum to Diagnosis”: Uncovering Impediments to Accurate Diagnosis of Non-radiographic Axial Spondylarthritis (nr-axSpA)
Sonam Kiwalkar¹, Atul Deodhar¹ and Richard Howard², ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Spondylitis Association of America, Van Nuys, CA
Background/Purpose: In the US, there is up to a 14-year delay in axSpA diagnosis, which is likely greater for nr-axSpA.1 Impediments to timely diagnosis of…
Abstract Number: 0120 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Fracture in Patients with Different Glucocorticoid Requiring Diseases
Giovanni Adami¹, Angelo Fassio², Alessandro Giollo², Luca Idolazzi², Ombretta Viapiana¹, Davide Gatti² and Maurizio Rossini², ¹University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Background/Purpose: The aim of the present work is to determine the fracture risk associated with glucocorticoids requiring diseasesMethods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of a nation-wide…
Abstract Number: 0645 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence and Clinical Features of COVID-19 in a Large Cohort of 199 Patients with Sarcoidosis
Anne-Claire Desbois¹, Cindy Marques¹, Leila Lefèvre¹, Serge Barmo¹, Camille Lorenzo¹, Mathilde Leclercq¹, Gaëlle Leroux¹, Chloé Comarmond¹, Catherine Chapelon-Abric¹, Fanny Domont¹, David Saadoun¹ and Patrice Cacoub¹, ¹AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, F-75013, Paris, France, Centre national de références Maladies Autoimmunes et systémiques rares et Maladies Autoinflammatoires rares, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To investigate the prevalence, clinical features and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among sarcoidosis patients.Methods: We retrospectively collected clinical features, treatments and outcomes…
Abstract Number: 0845 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hematopoietic Specific Deficiency of Rho Kinase Attenuates Neutrophil NETosis and UVB-induced Skin Inflammation
Minghui Li¹, Xing Lyu¹, Yubin Li², James Liao³, Victoria Werth⁴ and Ming-Lin Liu¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Chicago, Chicago, ⁴University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are the most abundant leukocytes and the first to be recruited to the site of photodamage after ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure. We have…
Abstract Number: 1188 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serum Anti-malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde IgA Antibody Concentration Improves Prediction of Coronary Atherosclerosis Beyond Traditional Risk Factors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hannah Lomzenski¹, Geoffrey Thiele², Michael Duryee², Sheau-Chiann Chen¹, Fei Ye¹, Ted Mikuls², C. Michael Stein¹ and Michelle Ormseth¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) independent of traditional risk factors. Oxidative stress is increased in patients with RA and…
Abstract Number: 1530 • ACR Convergence 2020
Activin a and Follistatin Alter Endothelial Cell and Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblast Adhesion and Interaction
Helge Scholz¹, Iris Aykara¹, Klaus Frommer², Stefan Rehart³, Ulf Müller-Ladner⁴ and Elena Neumann¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Campus Kerckhoff, Dept. of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ³Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Agaplesion Markus Hospital, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Immunology, Osteology and Physical Medicine, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: Activin A and follistatin belong to an anti-inflammatory auto-regulatory cycle. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased activin A levels in the synovial fluid…
Abstract Number: 1904 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Features of Patients with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis Who Did Not Respond to Adalimumab but Responded to Ixekizumab: A Post-hoc Analysis
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Rebecca Bolce², David Sandoval², Soyi Liu-Leage³, Vladimir Geneus³, David Adams³, Atul Deodhar⁴, Jessica Walsh⁵ and Joachim Sieper⁶, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ²Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁵University of Utah School of Medicine, George E. Wahlen Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Biologic therapy is recommended in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) despite adequate trial of NSAIDs. Biologic treatment in AS are currently limited to…
Abstract Number: 0290 • ACR Convergence 2020
Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) in Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EndoMT) Promoted by Inflammation: Implications for SLE
Jorge Romo-Tena¹, José Esparza-López², Carmelo Carmona-Rivera³, Luz Blanco⁴, Mariana Kaplan³ and María de Jesús Ibarra-Sánchez², ¹NIAMS, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, ²INNSZ / UNAM-RAI, Mexico City, Mexico, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Centreville
Background/Purpose: The endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT) transdifferentiation process can be promoted by several proinflammatory mediators in many pathological conditions. Recently, it was suggested a crucial role…
Abstract Number: 0650 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Vertebral Fractures at Lateral Chest Radiographies in Patients with Gout
Marco Ferrández-Jiménez¹, Irene Calabuig², Maria Luisa Peral², Miguel Gómez-Garberí¹ and Mariano Andrés², ¹Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario de Alicante-ISABIAL and Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis causes significant morbidity and mortality through the development of fragility fractures, including vertebral fractures (VF). Patients with gout may show an increased risk…
Abstract Number: 0885 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of HLA-B27 Status on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Treated with Secukinumab
Atul Deodhar¹, Philip Mease², Denis Poddubnyy³, Vibeke Strand⁴, Paula Machado⁵, Abhijit Shete⁶, Xiangyi Meng⁵ and Marina Magrey⁷, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, ³Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁵Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁶Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is strongly associated with the genetic marker HLA-B27. In patients with AS, negative HLA-B27 status is a predictor of worse response…
Abstract Number: 1191 • ACR Convergence 2020
Specificity for Inflammatory Pathways Associated with Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brittany Weber¹, Zeling He¹, Sicong Huang¹, Daniel H. Solomon², Elena Massarotti¹, Charlotte Golnik¹, Thany Seyok¹, Seth Brownmiller¹, Laurel Martell¹, Leann Barrett¹, Courtney Bibbo¹, Marcy Bolster³, Marcelo DiCarli¹ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA
Background/Purpose: Coronary microvascular disease (CMD) is associated with increased mortality in RA independent of traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Inflammation likely plays an important role…
Abstract Number: 1544 • ACR Convergence 2020
Tc99m Tilmanocept Imaging Is an Early Predictor of Clinical Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Beginning New Anti-TNFα Therapy
Mara Leach¹, David Ralph¹, Beth Potter¹, Bonnie Abbruzzese¹, Rachael Hershey¹, Jessica Fitzpatrick¹, Katherine Repp¹, Haya Shakhtra¹, Madison Palmer¹, Nicole Korczak¹, Audrey Villarosa¹, Michael Blue¹, Martin Jacobs², Yelliann Ruis³, Debbie Foley⁴, Alan Kivitz⁵ and Michael Rosol¹, ¹Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Dublin, ²Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, ³Innovation Medical Research Center, Palmetto Bay, ⁴Premier Rheumatology of Oklahoma, Tulsa, ⁵Altoona Center for Clinical Research/Altoona Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, Duncansville, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a serious and potentially debilitating disease, but low disease activity and even clinical remission can be obtained if an effective…
Abstract Number: 1931 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effect of Cumulative Glucocorticoid Dose and Inflammation on Weight Change During Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis
Naomi Serling-Boyd¹, Xiaoqing Fu², Yuqing Zhang³, Sebastian Unizony¹, Zachary Wallace⁴, Hyon Choi⁵ and John H. Stone⁶, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Lexington, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a form of large vessel vasculitis that requires treatment with high-dose, long-term glucocorticoids (GC). Weight gain, among other side-effects…
Abstract Number: 0300 • ACR Convergence 2020
Exposure to Topical Antimicrobials Reduces Inflammatory Gene Expression in Cutaneous Lupus Lesional Skin
Sirisha Sirobhushanam¹, Allison Billi², Alex Tsoi², Celine Berthier², Johann Gudjonsson³ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³University of Michigan, Ann ArborUniversity of Michigan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Lupus lesional skin has elevated interferon expression, is highly colonized with Staphylococcus aureus (50%) and has no FDA-approved treatment options. S. aureus is known…

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