Abstracts tagged "Lung Disease"

Abstract Number: 651 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Growth Differentation Factor-15, a Marker Of lung disease In Systemic Sclerosis, Is Involved In Fibrosis Development But Does Not Impair Fibrosis Development
Stijn Lambrecht¹, Vanessa Smith², Katelijne De wilde³, Julie Coudenys⁴, Filip De Keyser² and Dirk Elewaut⁵, ¹Dept of Rheumatology, Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ²Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ³Deptartment of Rheumatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁵Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: It is generally known that members of the TGF-β superfamily are involved in the regulation of connective tissue biology in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Growth…
Abstract Number: 2685 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Peptidylarginine Deiminase 3/4 Cross-Reactive Antibodies Are Associated With Radiographic Interstitial Lung Disease In Rheumatoid Arthritis, An Effect Potentiated By Smoking
Jon T. Giles¹, Erika Darrah², Sonye K. Danoff³, Cheilonda Johnson⁴, Felipe Andrade⁵, Antony Rosen² and Joan M. Bathon⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Medicine/Pulmonary, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine/Pulmonology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Columbia University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Antibodies targeting citrullinated proteins (ACPA) are implicated in the pathogenesis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Citrullinated proteins and the enzymes…
Abstract Number: 423 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serological Biomarkers For The Development Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Related Interstitial Lung Disease
Elena Nikiphorou¹, Esther Chan², Vadivelu Saravanan², Julie Dawson³, Navtej Sathi⁴, Felix Woodhead⁵, Mohamed Nisar⁶, Subhashini Arthanari⁶, Yasmeen Ahmad⁷, Adam Young⁸ and Clive Kelly², ¹Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL and Rheumatology Department, St Albans City Hospital, ERAS, St Albans City Hospital & University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, St Helens Hospital, St Helens, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, United Kingdom, ⁵Respiratory, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology, Burton Hospital, Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Peter Maddison Research Centre, Bangor, United Kingdom, ⁸Rheumatology, ERAS, St Albans City Hospital, St Albans, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) is the commonest manifestation of lung disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and the only complication reported to be increasing in…
Abstract Number: 2573 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Role Of STAT-3 In The Development Of Pulmonary and Dermal Fibrosis
Mesias Pedroza¹, Sarah To¹, Anuh T. George¹, David J. Tweardy² and Sandeep K. Agarwal¹, ¹Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Fibrosis is the accumulation of excessive extra-cellular matrix in tissues, leading to tissue damage. In systemic sclerosis, the trigger is postulated to be an…
Abstract Number: 412 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characterization Of Extensive Interstitial Lung Disease In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Masaomi Yamasaki, Rheumatology, Shin-Yokohama Yamasaki Clinic, Yokohama, Japan

Background/Purpose: To investigate clinical characteristics of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and to analyze whether high resolutional CT (HRCT) can predict…
Abstract Number: 2574 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Use of Prostacyclin Therapy Improves Transplant-Free Survival in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis-Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Plus Interstitial Lung Disease
Elizabeth Volkmann¹, Rajan Saggar², Bryant Torres¹, Lynne Yoder², Robert Elashoff³, Rajeev Saggar⁴, Harsh Agrawal¹, Nabeel Borazan⁵, Sarah Thomas¹ and Daniel Furst¹, ¹Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Biomath, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Critical Care Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Medicine, Rheumatology UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: The leading causes of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc) are pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and interstitial lung disease (ILD). Use of PAH therapy in…
Abstract Number: 2567 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cadherin-11 Regulates Pulmonary Fibrosis In Bleomycin-Induced Lung Injury
Mesias Pedroza, Anuh T. George and Sandeep K. Agarwal, Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is the leading cause of death in systemic sclerosis. Pathologically, PF is characterized by an aberrant wound healing repair mechanism leading…
Abstract Number: 2070 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cytokine Profiles In Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis Complicated With Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 Antibody-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Or Anti-Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase Antibody-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Takahisa Gono, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Hirotaka Kaneko, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Masanori Hanaoka, Sayuri Kataoka, Hidenaga Kawasumi, Kae Takagi, Hisae Ichida, Sayumi Baba, Yuko Okamoto, Yuko Ota and Hisashi Yamanaka, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Polymyositis (PM) / dermatomyositis (DM) are often complicated with interstitial lung disease (ILD). In PM/DM, complication with ILD is associated with anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS),…
Abstract Number: 2076 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Oxidation Products Of Arachidonic Acid and Linoleic Acid Are Increased In High Density Lipoprotein From Patients With Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Christina Charles-Schoeman¹, Yuen Yin Lee¹, Ani Shahbazian¹, David Meriwether², Geraldine Navarro¹, John D. FitzGerald¹ and Srinivasa T. Reddy², ¹Medicine-Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine-Cardiology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Oxidation products of arachidonic acid and linoleic acid including hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) and hydroxyoctadecadienoic acids (HODEs), respectively, play an important role in the…
Abstract Number: 2077 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammatory Lung Disease a Potential Risk Factor For Onset Of Inflammatory Myopathies
Ingrid E. Lundberg¹, Sevim Barbasso Helmers² and Lars Alfredsson³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Institute of Environmental Medicine, Unit of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Although the etiology of inflammatory myopathies is unclear, there are data indicating that myositis occurs as a result of complex interactions between genes and…
Abstract Number: 2079 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Interferon α, β and Interleukin-18 Are Associated With Disease Activity Of Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease In Patients With Clinical Amyopathic Dermatomyositis
Shinji Sato¹, Noriko Sasaki¹, Shinichi Nogi¹, Naofumi Chinen², Kiri Honda¹, Eiko Saito¹, Chiho Yamada² and Yasuo Suzuki², ¹Rheumatology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
Background/Purpose: It is well known that rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) is associated with poor outcome. Previous findings suggested…
Abstract Number: 2053 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy Of Intermittent Intra-Venous Cyclophosphamide and Cyclosporin A Combination Therapy For Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease With Dermatomyositis Associated With Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 Autoantibody Titer
Noriko Sasaki¹, Shinji Sato¹, Shinichi Nogi¹, Naofumi Chinen², Kiri Honda¹, Eiko Saito¹, Chiho Yamada² and Yasuo Suzuki², ¹Rheumatology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
Background/Purpose: Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 (MDA5) autoantibody is present specifically in patients with dermatomyositis (DM), especially those with few or no muscle manifestations (clinically amyopathic…
Abstract Number: 922 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Role Of B Cells and/Or Autoantibodies In Pulmonary Manifestations Of Inflammatory Arthritis
Lisa K. Peterson¹, Jeremy Sokolove², Paul Jedlicka³, Lauren J. Lahey⁴, William H. Robinson⁵ and Leonard L. Dragone⁶, ¹Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ²VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, ⁴Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁵VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Dept of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: RA is a systemic condition affecting approximately 1% of the general population leading to progressive arthritis and extra-articular manifestations (ExRA), including interstitial lung disease…
Abstract Number: 926 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies to the Th/To Complex Are the Most Common Antibodies in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Patients Without Other Autoantibodies
Michael Mahler¹, Jason Y.F. Chan², Edward K.L. Chan³, Minoru Satoh², Marie Hudson⁴, Murray Baron⁵, James Wick⁶ and Marvin J. Fritzler⁷, ¹Research, INOVA Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, ²Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ³Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁴Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Department of medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) play an important role in the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) being present in about 80-90% of the patients. In the…

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