Abstract Number: 1722 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of a Sub-Population of Autoantibodies Targeting BICD2 Cross-Reacting with CENP-a Derived Peptides in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) are present in approximately 90% of sera from systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and play an important role in the diagnosis and…Abstract Number: 1756 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interstitial Lung Disease in ANCA Associated Vasculitis: A Distinct or an Incomplete Subset in ANCA Vasculitis Patients?
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) are heterogeneous disorders with a clinical presentation that may range from a full-blown disease to incomplete forms with isolated organ involvement.…Abstract Number: 2386 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Risk Factors of Newly Developing/Worsening Pulmonary Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease that affects various organs including the lung. The pulmonary involvement is critical for prognosis of the…Abstract Number: 2566 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myxomavirus-Derived Serpin (Serp-1) Reduces Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Murine Model of Lupus
Background/Purpose: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is an unusual complication of lupus with over 50% mortality. In both humans and mice, DAH is associated with ANCA-negative…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…Abstract Number: 179 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CD11b+Gr1dimcells, Which Are Induced By GM-CSF Produced By Th17 and Group3 Innate Lymphoid Cell, May Facilitate the Progression of Pneumonitis in SKG Mice
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid lung disease is a prognostic factors of rheumatoid arthritis in human. The pathogenesis and the mechanism of rheumatoid lung disease is unclear. Zymosan…Abstract Number: 971 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reliability and Minimal Clinically Important Differences (MCID) of Forced Vital Capacity: Post-Hoc Analyses from the Scleroderma Lung Studies (SLS-I and II)
Background/Purpose: Forced vital capacity (FVC) is used as a primary outcome measure in clinical trials of systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). Minimally Clinically Important…Abstract Number: 1016 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Soluble BAT-3: A New Biomarker for Antisynthetase Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Antisynthetase syndrome (ARS) is an inflammatory myopathy (IM) commonly associated to interstitial lung disease (ILD) and different anti-tRNA-synthetase autoantibodies. The immune mechanisms leading to…Abstract Number: 1457 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Onset Morbidity and Mortality in Female Tumor Necrosis Factor Transgenic Mice with Inflammatory-Erosive Arthritis and Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Although exacerbated morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is frequently seen in women, the etiology of this sexual dimorphism remains unclear. Previously, we…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…