Abstract Number: 257 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Use of Positron Emission Tomography (PET)-Scan for the Quantitative Assessment of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis is treated by immunosuppressive drugs (e.g. cyclophosphamide), aimed at reduction of inflammatory response . Differentiation between inflamed…Abstract Number: 400 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combination of the Collagen-Induced Arthritis and Organic Dust-Induced Airway Inflammation Models As a Model of Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is characterized by extra-articular involvement including interstitial/inflammatory lung disease (ILD). Whereas the coexistence of RA and ILD is known, mechanisms…Abstract Number: 568 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Complement Consumption As a Predictor of Pulmonary Manifestation in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Results from a Unicentric Observational Study
Complement Consumption as a Predictor of Pulmonary Manifestation in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Results from a Unicentric Observational StudyBackground/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) may…Abstract Number: 838 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rates of New-Onset Pulmonary Disease Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Sweden
Background/Purpose: Our goal was to examine lung disease and types of pulmonary manifestations observed in patients with SLE. We studied population-based register data from Sweden…Abstract Number: 1496 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk for Serious Infection in Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) carries a risk for serious infection due to lung disease, immunosuppressive therapy, and RA disease itself.…Abstract Number: 1895 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased CXCL4/PF4 Presence in Systemic Sclerosis and Absence of Heparin Directed Autoantibodies
Background/Purpose: Platelet factor 4 (PF4), also called CXLC4 is a chemokine that is found in higher levels in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and is in…Abstract Number: 1994 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations of Chronic Lung Comorbidity with Medications, Disease Activity, and All-Cause Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: While the impact of interstitial lung disease (ILD) on mortality in RA has been demonstrated, less is known about the influence of other lung…Abstract Number: 2071 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Expression of Neuraminidase 1 (NEU1) Is Upregulated in the Lungs of Scleroderma Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Gene Delivery of NEU1 to Mouse Lungs Elicits Accumulation of CD8+ Lymphocytes and Collagen
Background/Purpose: We and others have previously reported that pulmonary fibrosis in patients with scleroderma is accompanied by pulmonary accumulation of predominantly CD8+ T lymphocytes. Earlier…Abstract Number: 2188 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Between Extent of Symptomatic Joint Involvement in Osteoarthritis and Comorbid Lung Disease in Patients Scheduled for Joint-Replacement Surgery
Background/Purpose: Comorbidity is highly prevalent in osteoarthritis (OA), although the origin of this is not well understood. The presence of multi-joint symptoms in OA, and…Abstract Number: 2189 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association of Arthritis and Lung Diseases: A Population-Based Study
Background/Purpose: While rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a number of different lung conditions, the relationship with osteoarthritis, overwhelmingly the most frequent type of arthritis in…Abstract Number: 2326 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Intravenous Cyclophosphamide Followed By Oral Immunosuppressive Treatment Versus Rituximab in Inflammatory Myopathy-Related Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with inflammatory myopathy (IM) has a poor prognosis and requires specific treatments. Intravenous Cyclophosphamide (CYC) is one of the…Abstract Number: 2429 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mechanisms for the Development of Lung Fibrosis in Sting-Associated Vasculopathy with Onset in Infancy (SAVI)
Background/Purpose: STING-Associated Vasculopathy with Onset in Infancy (SAVI) is a monogenic autoinflammatory interferonopathy caused by gain-of-function mutations in TMEM173/STING, a nucleic acid sensor adaptor linked…Abstract Number: 2583 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis with Interstitial Lung Disease: A Multicenter Study of 55 Patients
Background/Purpose: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) is a severe extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A potential association of anti-TNFα drugs and conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs…Abstract Number: 2677 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Features of Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome Associated Lung Involvement with Extro-Glandular Manifestations at Onset
Background/Purpose: To investigate the common initial clinical presentations of primary Sjogren’s syndrome with pulmonary complications, and to explore the differences between patients with extro-glandular manifestations…Abstract Number: 2894 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of Rituximab in Systemic Sclerosis with Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a progressive fibrotic and autoimmune disease, which results to severe systemic complications. Rituximab (Rtx), an anti CD-20 antibody, has recently…