Abstracts tagged "microbiome"

Abstract Number: 2399 • ACR Convergence 2025
Identification of an LN endotype linked to intestinal expansion of Pathogenic Strains of a Pathobiont Bacterium that induces Systemic Thrombo-inflammatory Pathways directly measurable in Urine
Gregg Silverman¹, Abhimanyu Amarnani², Zakia Azad² and Brad Rovin³, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: During disease, ~50% of SLE patients develop lupus nephritis (LN), one of the most serious complication. Despite the best therapy, within 15 years, ~20%…
Abstract Number: 0935 • ACR Convergence 2025
Oral Antibiotic Treatment Reduces Anxiety in a Murine Model of Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Cecilia Stumpf¹, Brianna Thompson², Vanessa Manada De Lobos² and Carla Marie Cuda³, ¹Northwestern University, Elmhurst, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Unclear mechanisms underlying diffuse NPSLE (anxiety, cognitive dysfunction) lead to the devastating impact of this disease on patients’ health-related quality-of-life. Dysbiosis of gut microbiota…
Abstract Number: 0032 • ACR Convergence 2025
Protein Language Model-Guided Homology Identifies Microbial Enzymes Linked to Fibrosis-Prone IgG4-RD and Crohn’s Disease
Kumar Thurimella¹, Ahmed Mohamed², Chenhao Li³, Tommi Vatanen⁴, Daniel Graham³, Roisin Owens⁵, Sabina Leanti La Rosa⁶, Damian Plichta³, Sergio Bacallado⁵ and Ramnik Xavier⁷, ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Broad Institute, Boston, ³Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ⁴University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ⁵University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶NMBU, As, Norway, ⁷Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Uncharacterized microbial enzymes in metagenomics are difficult to annotate, especially in fibrosis-prone conditions like IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and Crohn’s disease (CD), where microbial carbohydrate…
Abstract Number: 2315 • ACR Convergence 2025
Alterations in the gut microbiome in ankylosing spondylitis and their correlation with disease activity
Hyemin Jeong¹, Eun-Jung Park² and Chan Hong Jeon¹, ¹Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea, ²National Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: The microbiome significantly influences immune dysfunction and gut dysbiosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This study seeks to define the distinct microbial characteristics…
Abstract Number: 0717 • ACR Convergence 2025
Circulating Bacterial sRNAs are Altered in Patients with Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Christopher Xavier¹, Kevin Byram², Carol Langford³ and Michelle Ormseth⁴, ¹Meharry Medical College, Nashville, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, ⁴Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
Background/Purpose: Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis (AAV) is an autoimmune disease causing small vessel inflammation. Underlying mechanisms of disease are unclear, but the human microbiota may…
Abstract Number: 0031 • ACR Convergence 2025
Meta-Analysis of Trans-Disease Microbial Biomarkers of Protection and Pathogenesis in Autoimmune Conditions: Results from the AMP AIM Consortium
Kevin Bu¹, Rebecca Blank², Alba Boix-Amoros³, Adam Cantor⁴, Jose Scher⁵ and Jose Clemente¹, ¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ³Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Icahn School of Medicine, New York, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases (AIMDs) affect over 20 million Americans. The sharp increase in prevalence of these disorders over recent decades suggests that factors…
Abstract Number: 2008 • ACR Convergence 2025
Exposure to Anaerobic Antibiotics and Risk of Gout Flares: Target Trial Emulation for the Potential Role of the Gut Microbiome in Gout and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Natalie McCormick¹, Sharan Rai², Chio Yokose³, leo lu⁴, Robert Terkeltaub⁵, Lama Nazzal⁶, Huilin Li⁶, Dylan Dodd⁷ and Hyon K. Choi⁸, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁶NYU Langone, New York, NY, ⁷Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁸MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: As reported in Cell Press journals,1,2 intestinal commensal purine-degrading bacteria anaerobically degrade urate to anti-inflammatory short chain fatty acids, including butyrate, and thus may…
Abstract Number: 0712 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effects of Bacterial Secretome on Nasal Epithelial Cell Gene Expression in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A. Nikolai von Krusenstiern¹, Eleni Bouziani², Sokratis Apostolidis², Li Hui Tan², Swetha Rajagopal³, Nicholas Bolden², Paul J. Planet³, Dylan Curry³, Elliot Friedman³, Noam A. Cohen⁴ and Rennie Rhee², ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: The nasal microbiome has been implicated as a contributor to relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Previous research on nasal bacteria, particularly Staphylococcus aureus, has…
Abstract Number: 1855 • ACR Convergence 2025
Small Bowel Microbial Dysbiosis and Impaired Intestinal Absorptive Function in Systemic Sclerosis- A Single Center Prospective Study
Adam Edwinson¹, Elvira Lesmana², Thomas Guedens³, Ruben Mars³, Margaret Breen-Lyles⁴, Stephen Johnson³, Jun Chen³, Madhusudan Grover⁴ and Ashima Makol¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by peripheral vasculopathy and widespread fibrosis of skin and internal organs. Up to 90% of SSc patients report gastrointestinal…
Abstract Number: 0871 • ACR Convergence 2025
The gut microbiome shapes MTX pharmacology and is linked to treatment outcomes
Vanya Sofia Villa Soto¹, Diego Orellana², Erin Reilly³, Chloe Heath², Alexandra Degraeve², Mohana Mukherjee², darren Dumlao², Rebecca Blank⁴, steven Yu², Noah Perlmutter², Judith Ashouri², Jose Scher⁵, andrew Patterson³, Peter Turnbaugh² and Renuka Nayak⁶, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francics, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, ⁴NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in targeted therapeutics, methotrexate (MTX) remains the first-line therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammatory arthritides. However, more…
Abstract Number: 0051 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impact of Tight Junction Proteins on Inflammatory Processes and Microbial Imbalance in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arkaitz Mucientes¹, jose Manuel Lisbona-Montañez², Patricia Ruiz-Limón³, Sara Manrique-Arija⁴, Aimara García-Studer⁴, Fernando Ortiz-Márquez⁴, Natalia Mena Vázquez⁵ and Antonio Fernández-Nebro⁶, ¹IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain, ²University of Malaga, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain, ³IBIMA, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA)-Bionand Platform, Department of Rheumatology, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, ⁵IBIMA, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
Background/Purpose: The etiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is not fully understood. Recent studies point to intestinal permeability as an important factor in the establishment and…
Abstract Number: 2094 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cross-sectional Associations of Radiographic Multiple Joint Osteoarthritis and Pain with Demographic and Clinical Characteristics: Design of a Multi-modal Study in Human and Pet Dogs
Liubov Arbeeva¹, Kelly Johnson², Serena Savage-Guin³, Tessa Walker², Masataka Enomoto⁴, Christina Stevens⁴, Milja Koskinen⁴, Tracey Cole⁴, Savannah Aker⁴, Connor Thonen-Fleck⁴, Richard Loeser⁵, Jordan Renner², Duncan Lascelles⁶, Yvonne Golightly⁷ and Amanda Nelson⁸, ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, NC, ²Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Translational Research in Pain and Comparative Pain Research and Education Center, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ⁵University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Multiple joint osteoarthritis (MJOA) is a progressive, highly prevalent disease affecting millions of Americans and as well as pet dogs. This preliminary analysis sought…
Abstract Number: 0053 • ACR Convergence 2024
Fasting Reduces an IL-17+/IFNg+ T Helper Cell-inducing Gut Pathobiont in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Márcia Pereira¹, Katja Stuhlträger², Natalie Scherff³, Anika Rajput Khokhar⁴, Sylvio Redanz¹, Hebah Ebid⁵, Bérénice Hansen⁵, Cédric C. Lacny⁵, Ulrike Löschberger², Stefan Bletz⁶, Jochen G. Schneider⁷, Paul Wilmes⁷, Christian S. Kessler⁴, Andreas Michalsen⁴, Alexander Mellmann³ and Martin Kriegel¹, ¹Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Münster, Department of Translational Rheumatology and Immunology, Münster, Germany, Münster, Germany, ²Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Münster, Department of Translational Rheumatology and Immunology, Münster, Germany, Muenster, Germany, ³Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, Muenster, Germany, ⁴Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁵4University of Luxembourg, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM), 6, Avenue du Swing, L-4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Luxembourg, ⁶Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Germany, Muenster, Germany, ⁷University of Luxembourg, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM), 6, Avenue du Swing, L-4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Luxembourg
Background/Purpose: The mucosal origins hypothesis suggests rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is triggered at mucosal sites in genetically predisposed hosts1. Animal models support that microbiota‐induced Th17 cells are…
Abstract Number: 2517 • ACR Convergence 2024
Skin Microbiome Shows Differences Between Pathergy Positive and Negative Patients with Behçet’s Syndrome
Betul Sarac¹, Ayse Kalkanci², Esra Kilic², Elif Ayca Sahin², Yesim Ozguler³ and Gulen Hatemi³, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Gut, oral and genital mucosa microbiome studies in Behçet’s syndrome have shown heterogeneous results including reduced bacterial diversity and decrease in butyrate-producing bacteria. A…
Abstract Number: 0066 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Gut Microbiota, Inflammation, and Epigenetics in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
jose Manuel Lisbona-Montañez¹, Arkaitz Mucientes², Patricia Ruiz-Limón³, Gracia María Martín-Nuñez⁴, Rocio Redondo-Rodríguez⁴, Laura Cano-García⁴, Sara Manrique-Arija⁵, Isabel Moreno-Indias², Natalia Mena Vázquez⁶ and Antonio Fernández-Nebro⁷, ¹University of Malaga, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain, ²IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain, ³IBIMA, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴IBIMA Plataforma Bionand, Malaga, Spain, ⁵Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA)-Bionand Platform, Department of Rheumatology, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, ⁶IBIMA, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
Background/Purpose: The etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is not entirely known. Epigenetic modifications could be the link between genetic and environmental factors related to the…

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