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Abstracts tagged "macrophage activation syndrome"

  • Abstract Number: 1825 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Serum proteomic and single cell RNA sequencing analysis reveals macrophage activation syndrome physiology and widespread complement dysregulation are associated with severe dengue infection in a pediatric cohort

    Sarah McCuaig1, Molly Gallagher1, Yentli E. Soto Albrecht2, Francia Acosta3, Shanti Turbi-Cornielle4, Reyna Soriano4, Eugenia Gonzalez-Diaz4, Vincenta Sanchez5, Elsa Herrera6, Aide Cornielle4, Anabel Fernandez1, Adriana LaMonte1, Sarah E Henrickson1, Laura Vella1, Andrew P Steenhoff7 and Edward Behrens8, 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3Ninos Primeros en Salud Program, Consuelo, Dominican Republic, 4Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, 5Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 6Dr. Antonio Musa Regional Hospital, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, 7Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 8CHOP, West Chester, PA

    Background/Purpose: Dengue virus (DENV) is a global public health threat that is increasing in incidence and endogenous DENV infections are expected to dramatically rise in…
  • Abstract Number: 1820 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Cytokine profiling in refractory systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis reveals distinct signatures for macrophage activation syndrome and lung disease.

    Taskin Sabit1, Minyi Yu2, Joy Baker1, Sanjeev Dhakal3, Sam Chiang4, Scott Canna5, Randy Cron6, Lauren Henderson7, Karen Onel8, Mona Riskalla9, Tiphanie Vogel10, Pui Lee11, Grant Schulert2 and Alexei Grom2, 1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, 2Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 3Cincinnati Children hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 4Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnnati, OH, 5Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 6University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 7Boston Children's Hospital, Watertown, MA, 8HSS, New York, NY, 9University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, 10Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 11Boston Children's Hospital, Newton, MA

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA) is a severe inflammatory disorder that affects the joints as well as other organ systems, with complications including Macrophage…
  • Abstract Number: 1819 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Interferon Activation and CD8⁺ T Cell Dominance in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Macrophage Activation Syndrome Liver Inflammation

    Esraa Eloseily1, Taskin Sabit2, Lara Berklite3, Grant Schulert4 and Alexei Grom4, 1UT Southwestern Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, 3Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 4Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

    Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) with macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) involves severe systemic inflammation and hepatocellular injury. Our prior histopathology studies showed increased CD8⁺…
  • Abstract Number: 1671 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Emapalumab Treatment for Patients with Differing Presentations of Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) Secondary to Still’s Disease: Results from a Pooled Analysis of Two Prospective Trials

    Alexiei GROM1, Sebastiaan Vastert2, Jordi anton3, Pierre Quartier4, Bruno Fautrel5, Paul Brogan6, Edward Behrens7, Melissa Elder8, Francesca Minoia9, Pavla Dolezalova10, Robert Biesen11, Masaki Shimizu12, Uwe Ullmann13, Adnan Mahmood14, Andrew Danquah13, Elena Burillo13, Marco Petrimpol13, Steve Mallett15, Brian Jamieson16 and Fabrizio De Benedetti17, 1Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, 2University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3Hospital Sant Joan de Düu. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 4Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, 5Sorbonne Université - APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Inserm UMRS 1136-5, PARIS, France, Paris, France, 6Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, 7CHOP, West Chester, PA, 8College of Medicine and Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, GAINESVILLE, FL, 9Pediatric Immuno-Rheumatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, 10Paediatric Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Diseases Unit, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, 11Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, 12Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, 13Sobi, Basel, Switzerland, 14Sobi, Stockholm, Sweden, 15Sobi, Stock, Sweden, 16Sobi Inc., Morrisville, NC, 17Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome, Rome, Italy

    Background/Purpose: MAS is a life-threatening complication of Still’s disease characterized by systemic IFNg-driven hyperinflammation. Patients with Still’s disease may present with MAS at any disease…
  • Abstract Number: 1477 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Can Large Language Models Support Clinical Decision-Making in Atypical SLE? A Comparative Analysis

    Beste Acar1, Berkay Aktas1, Oguzhan Omer Kizilkaya1, Zekayi Kutlubay2 and serdal Ugurlu3, 1Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: This study evaluates the contributions of large language models (LLMs) in clinical decision-making for atypical presentations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It focuses on…
  • Abstract Number: 1471 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Multi-Institutional Cohort Study

    Amir Daneshvar1, Julia Wajsberg1, Chelsea Guan1, Keri Ann Pfeil1, Elleson Harper1, Lindsay Frumker2, Meghan Gump1 and Omer Pamuk3, 1University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2University hospitals Cleveland medical center, Highland Heights, OH, 3University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with multisystem involvement. A rare but life-threatening hyper-inflammatory hematological complication of SLE is hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis…
  • Abstract Number: 1179 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Efficacy and Safety of Ruxolitinib in Adult Patients With Refractory Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Macrophage Activation Syndrome

    Jingjing Li1, Ran Wang1, Jie Chen1, Antao xu1, Yakai Fu1, Yanwei Lin1, Xiaodong Wang1, Shuang Ye2, Fang Du1 and Qiong Fu3, 1Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), 2Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), 3Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

    Background/Purpose: Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare and life-threatening complication of connective tissue diseases (CTDs), with approximately 30% of cases being refractory to standard…
  • Abstract Number: 1153 • ACR Convergence 2025

    New Disease Classification in the Block? A 5-year Retrospective Review on Clinical Profiles and Mortality Outcomes of Patients Presenting with Hematoinflammatory Syndromes at a University Center in Florida

    Cristine Kuzhuppilly Arcilla1, Gabriel Kirsch2, Michael Cargill2 and Gurjit Kaeley3, 1University of Florida Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, 2University of Florida - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, 3UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

    Background/Purpose: The novel diagnosis of VEXAS in 2020 led to the proposed possibility of a new category of hematoinflammatory syndromes linking clinically overlapping hematologic and…
  • Abstract Number: 0780 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Baseline Pharmacodynamic Markers and Response to Emapalumab in Children and Adults with Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) in Still’s Disease: Results from a Pooled Analysis of Two Prospective Trials

    Edward Behrens1, Sebastiaan Vastert2, Jordi anton3, Pierre Quartier4, Bruno Fautrel5, Paul Brogan6, Melissa Elder7, Francesca Minoia8, Pavla Dolezalova9, Robert Biesen10, Masaki Shimizu11, Uwe Ullmann12, Adnan Mahmood13, Andrew Danquah12, Elena Burillo12, Marco Petrimpol12, Steve Mallett14, Brian Jamieson15, Alexiei GROM16 and Fabrizio De Benedetti17, 1CHOP, West Chester, PA, 2University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3Hospital Sant Joan de Düu. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 4Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, 5Sorbonne Université - APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Inserm UMRS 1136-5, PARIS, France, Paris, France, 6Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, 7College of Medicine and Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, GAINESVILLE, FL, 8Pediatric Immuno-Rheumatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, 9Paediatric Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Diseases Unit, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, 10Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, 11Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, 12Sobi, Basel, Switzerland, 13Sobi, Stockholm, Sweden, 14Sobi, Stock, Sweden, 15Sobi Inc., Morrisville, NC, 16Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, 17Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome, Rome, Italy

    Background/Purpose: MAS is a life-threatening complication of Still’s disease, characterized by IFNg-driven macrophage activation and systemic hyperinflammation. Chemokine C-X-C motif ligand 9 (CXCL9) is released…
  • Abstract Number: 2157 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Optimizing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Kawasaki Disease-Associated Macrophage Activation Syndrome: A Clinical Cohort and Literature Analysis

    Xi Yang1, Yuanhao Zhao2, Zhihan Tang2, Haixia Liu2 and Xuemei Tang2, 1Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders (Chongqing), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Chongqing, China., Chongqing, China (People's Republic), 2Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Chongqing, China, Chongqing, China (People's Republic)

    Background/Purpose: Through a single-center retrospective cohort study and systematic literature review, we aimed to evaluate the applicability of current diagnostic criteria (HLH-2004/2009 and 2016 sJIA-MAS)…
  • Abstract Number: 0423 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Macrophage activation syndrome-associated proteins and enhanced interferon gamma responsiveness characterize the plasma proteome of patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in a pre-treatment replication single center cohort

    Sarah McCuaig1, Cara Toland2, Katharine Konvinse3, Emily Yang3, Paul Utz4, Laura Vella1, Audrey R. Odom John1, Hamid Bassiri1 and Edward Behrens5, 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 3Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 4Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 5CHOP, West Chester, PA

    Background/Purpose: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare hyperinflammatory syndrome that follows SARS-CoV-2 infection. Prior plasma proteomic analysis from a 2020 cohort of…
  • Abstract Number: 2143 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Ruxolitinib for Refractory sJIA/AOSD: A Single Center Case Series

    Jacqueline Madison1, Andrew Grim2 and Janna Shim3, 1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2University of Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) and Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) are rare, chronic, autoinflammatory diseases distinct from other forms of chronic inflammatory arthritis. Potential…
  • Abstract Number: 0358 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Different Perspectives between Physicians and Patients on Treatment Priorities and Challenges in Still’s Disease

    Gisella Beatrice Beretta1, Luciana Pereira2, Greta Rogani3, Francesco Baldo4, Claudia Bracaglia5, Dirk Foell6, Marco Gattorno7, Marija Jelusic8, Sebastiaan Vastert3, Rashmi Sinha9 and Francesca Minoia10, 1Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, 2Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, 3University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 4ASST-Pini-CTO, Milano, Milan, Italy, 5IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Rome, Italy, 6University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, 7IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genova, Genoa, Italy, 8University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 9Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 10Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Milan, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Despite therapeutic advances, major concerns and disparities persist in the care of Still’s Disease (SD). Capturing both patient/caregiver and physician perspectives is essential to…
  • Abstract Number: 2139 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Real-Life Treatment Strategies for Refractory Still’s Disease: Results from a Worldwide Survey, the METAPHOR Project

    Greta Rogani1, Francesco Baldo2, Claudia Bracaglia3, Dirk Foell4, Marco Gattorno5, Marija Jelusic6, Jordi Anton7, Paul Brogan8, Scott Canna9, Randy Cron10, Fabrizio De Benedetti11, Alexei Grom12, Merav Heshin Bekenstein13, AnnaCarin Horne14, Raju Khubchandani15, Mao Mizuta16, Seza Özen17, Pierre Quartier Dit Maire18, Angelo Ravelli19, Masaki Shimizu20, Grant Schulert12, Christiaan Scott21, Rashmi Sinha22, Nicolino Ruperto23, Joost Swart24, Bruno Fautrel25, Sebastiaan Vastert1 and Francesca Minoia26, 1University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2ASST-Pini-CTO, Milano, Milan, Italy, 3IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Rome, Italy, 4University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, 5IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genova, Genoa, Italy, 6University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 7Hospital Sant Joan de Düu. Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain, 8UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, 9Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 10University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 11Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome, Rome, Italy, 12Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 13Tel Aviv Medical Center Israel, Binyamina, Tel Aviv, Israel, 14Karolinska University Hospital, Sollentuna, Sweden, 15SRCC Childrens Hospital Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 16Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan, Kobe, Japan, 17Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, 18Necker hospital, Paris Cedex 15, France, 19IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Genoa, Italy, 20Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Kanazawa, Japan, 21Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 22Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 23Université Milano Bicocca and Fondazione IRCSS S. Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Monza and Brianza, Italy, 24Wilhelmina Children's Hospital / UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 25Sorbonne Université - APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Inserm UMRS 1136-5, PARIS, France, Paris, France, 26Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Milan, Italy

    Background/Purpose: The outcome of Still’s disease (SD) has significantly improved due to new therapeutic options [37923864], early biologic initiation [24623686] and treat-to-target strategies [39317417]. Nonetheless,…
  • Abstract Number: 0039 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Gene Variants in Severe COVID-19 Cytokine Storm Syndrome

    randy Cron1, Abhishek Kamath1, Mingce Zhang1, Devin Abhser2, Lesley Jackson1 and Walter Winn Chatham3, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Kaiser Permanente Research Bank, Oakland, CA, 3University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

    Background/Purpose: Severe COVID-19 infection resulting in hospitalization shares features with frequently fatal cytokine storm syndromes (CSS), such as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and macrophage activation syndrome…
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