Abstracts tagged "microbiome"

Abstract Number: 0012 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Novel Mechanism Linking Mucosal Bacteria with Autoantibody Responses in RA: Acetylated Bacterial Lysate as a Model Antigen
Mikhail Volkov, Arieke Kampstra, Karin van Schie, Joanneke Kwekkeboom, Tom WJ Huizinga, René Toes and Diane van der Woude, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by autoantibodies against post-translationally modified proteins (AMPA) such as citrullinated, carbamylated and acetylated proteins. Importantly, these antibodies are highly…
Abstract Number: 0062 • ACR Convergence 2021
Axial Spondyloarthritis and Its Related Immune-Mediated Diseases Share a Gut Microbiome Signature Besides Their Own Distinctive Profile
Valeria Rios Rodriguez¹, Morgan Essex², Judith Rademacher¹, Fabian Proft¹, Ulrike Löber², Lajos marko², Uwe Pleyer³, Britta Siegmund⁴, Denis Poddubnyy⁵ and Sofia Forslund⁶, ¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Experimental and Clinical Research Center of the MDC and Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Department of Ophthalmology, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Experimental an dclinical Research Center of the MDC and Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Deep profiling of gut microbiota may reveal new pathways of how SpA and its related diseases such as Crohn’s disease (CD) and acute anterior…
Abstract Number: 0068 • ACR Convergence 2021
Gut Bacteria Causing Ankylosing Spondylitis Identified Through Mendelian Randomization Studies
Nicholas Harvey¹, Jose Garrido-Mesa², Zhixiu Li³, David Evans⁴, Peter Sternes⁵ and Matthew Brown², ¹Molecular Genetics, London, United Kingdom, ²King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ⁵Queensland University of Technology, Bisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: There is strong evidence from animal models, human microbiome profiling studies, genetic analyses, and from the model of reactive arthritis, that AS is caused…
Abstract Number: 0524 • ACR Convergence 2021
Development of Biomarker Models to Identify HLA-related Microbiome Associations in Anti-Ro+ Mothers of Children with Neonatal Lupus
Robert Clancy¹, Miranda Marion², Hannah Ainsworth², Marci Beel³, Miao Chang¹, Carla Guthridge³, Joel Guthridge³, Timothy Howard⁴, Peter Izmirly⁵, Joseph Kheir³, Mala Masson¹, Miles Smith³, Judith James³, Jill Buyon⁶ and Carl Langefeld⁷, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Wake Forest University, Quakertown, NC, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
Background/Purpose: Anti-Ro autoantibody production often precedes the development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) or Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) by years. For anti-Ro+ mothers enrolled in the…
Abstract Number: 0888 • ACR Convergence 2021
Disease Flares in Lupus Are Concordant with Ruminococcus Blautia Gnavus Blooms Within Unstable Gut Microbiota Communities
Doua Azzouz¹, Ze Chen¹, Zhi Li¹, Jing Deng¹, Peter Izmirly¹, David Fenyo¹, Jill Buyon¹, Alexander Alekseyenko² and Gregg Silverman¹, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is the archetypic systemic autoimmune disease in which dysbiosis in the gut microbiome has been postulated to contribute to disease development…
Abstract Number: 0944 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Characterization of the Gut and Cutaneous Microbiome of Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Psoriatic Disease
Julia Manasson¹, Matthew Stapylton², Rhina Medina¹, Rochelle Castillo³, Parvathy Vasudevanpillai Girija¹, Adriana Heguy¹, Carles Ubeda⁴, Mid-Atlantic Twin Registry (MATR)⁵, Jose Clemente² and Jose Scher¹, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁴La Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain; CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis (PsO) is an inflammatory, immune-mediated skin disorder affecting ~3% of the population worldwide. It is associated with multiple comorbidities, including psoriatic arthritis (PsA),…
Abstract Number: 1470 • ACR Convergence 2021
Cartilage Epigenetic Changes Induced by Microbial DNA Amplified from Human OA Samples
Vladislav Izda¹, Christopher Dunn², Cassandra Sturdy¹, Jake Martin¹, Cassandra Velasco², Paul Jacob³ and Matlock Jeffries¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Joint Reconstruction Institute, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Strong links between epigenetic changes, particularly alterations in DNA methylation, have been linked with the onset and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA); however, the…
Abstract Number: 1492 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Permissive Factor of Anti-Ro+ Mothers of Neonatal Lupus Children Is Linked to Overt SLE Associated with Immunity to a Gut Commensal
Robert Clancy¹, Miranda Marion², Hannah Ainsworth², Miao Chang¹, Timothy Howard³, Peter Izmirly⁴, Mala Masson⁵, Jill Buyon⁶ and Carl Langefeld⁷, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Wake Forest University, Quakertown, NC, ⁴New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵NYU Grossman School Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
Background/Purpose: Unknown factors trigger the transition of anti-Ro+ mothers of neonatal lupus (NL) children from preclinical autoimmunity to clinical disease. One candidate may be the…
Abstract Number: 1699 • ACR Convergence 2021
The “ITIS” Diet Improves Fatigue in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Is Associated with Changes in Metabolome and Fecal Microbiome
Roxana Coras¹, Cameron Martino¹, Julia Gauglitz¹, Alan Jarmusch¹, Anupriya Tripathi¹, Francesca Cedola², Marta Fernandez-Bustamante¹, Meritxall Agustín-Perez¹, Maram Alharthi¹, Susan Lee¹, Abha Singh¹, Soo In Choi¹, Tania Rivera¹, Katherine Nguyen³, Tatyana Shekhtman¹, Tiffany Holt¹, Shahrokh Golshan¹, Rob Knight¹, Pieter C Dorrestein¹ and Monica Guma¹, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California San Diego, Rome, CA, Italy, ³University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is common symptom in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), associated with decreased quality of life and productivity. Fatigue mechanisms have not been well studied, hence,…
Abstract Number: 0293 • ACR Convergence 2020
Contraction of the Stool Taxa Clostridia Is Associated with the Development of Clinical Disease Among Anti-Ro+ Mothers of Children with Neonatal Lupus
Robert Clancy¹, Miranda Marion², Peter Izmirly³, Mala Masson⁴, Hannah Ainsworth², Timothy Howard⁵, Jill Buyon⁶ and Carl Langefeld⁷, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, ²Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, ³Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴New York University School of Medicine, New York, ⁵Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁶Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC
Background/Purpose: Anti-Ro autoantibody production often precedes the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) by years. Anti-Ro+ mothers of children with manifestations…
Abstract Number: 2041 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Features of Systemic Sclerosis Are Associated with Alterations in Gastrointestinal Microbial Composition in Two Independent Cohorts
Kristofer Andréasson¹, Sungeun Lee², Venu Lagishetty², Meifang Wu², Natalie Howlett², James English², Roger Hesselstrand¹, Jonathan Jacobs² and Elizabeth Volkmann³, ¹Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, ³University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated alterations in GI microbiota of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) compared with healthy controls [1]. However, these prior studies did…
Abstract Number: 0492 • ACR Convergence 2020
Microbiota-induced Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction Initiates the Shuttling of Immune Cells from the Gut to the Joints
Narges Tajik¹, Michael Frech², Carolin Brandl¹, Juan Cañete³, Francesco Ciccia⁴, Georg Schett⁵ and Mario Zaiss⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; 2 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; 2 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Erlangen, ³Departamento de Reumatología, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona e IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Palermo, Italy, ⁵Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: While it is known that microbial dysbiosis is associated with the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, mechanistic insights how it facilitates the development of arthritis…
Abstract Number: 2042 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Low FODMAP Diet Is Not Associated with Decreased GI Symptoms or Changes in GI Microbial Composition in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Natalie Howlett¹, Sungeun Lee¹, Venu Lagishetty¹, Zsuzsanna McMahan², Meifang Wu¹, Jonathan Jacobs¹ and Elizabeth Volkmann³, ¹University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ³University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Dietary restriction of short-chain fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols (low FODMAP) has been found to reduce GI symptoms in patients with IBS and…
Abstract Number: 0702 • ACR Convergence 2020
Distinct Murine Cartilage Microbial DNA Signatures Are Seen in High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Aging
Christopher Dunn¹, Cassandra Garman², Jake Martin², Vladislav Izda², Cassandra Velasco² and Matlock Jeffries², ¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma Cityq, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: The strongest nongenetic risk factors for primary knee OA are advanced age and obesity. We have previously shown a human cartilage microbial DNA signature…
Abstract Number: 2049 • ACR Convergence 2020
Nasal Bacteria Associated with Disease Activity and ANCA Levels in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Rennie Rhee¹, Jiarui Lu¹, Kyle Bittinger², Antoine Sreih¹, Jung-Jin Lee³, Lisa Mattei³, Brendan Kelly⁴, Peter C. Grayson⁵, Hongzhe Lee⁴, Ronald Collman⁴ and Peter Merkel¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Nasal bacteria have been linked to disease activity in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) with most studies focused on Staphylococcus aureus. Our previous study identified…

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