Abstracts tagged "Myositis"

Abstract Number: 2227 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical Impairment in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Is Predicted By the American College of Rheumatology Functional Status Measure
Laura Cleary¹, Leslie J. Crofford², Archana Srinivas¹, Heather Bush¹, Catherine Starnes¹, Qian Fan¹, Jidan Duan¹, Kirk Jenkins¹, Natasha Fraser¹, Matthew Rutledge¹ and Beatriz Hanaoka³, ¹University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ²Div of Rheumatology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ³Rheumatology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Background/Purpose The American College of Rheumatology classification criteria of functional status (ACR-FS) in Rheumatoid Arthritis is used as a measure of the consequences of impairment…
Abstract Number: 1692 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Additive Value of Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Patterns to Disease-Specific Autoantibodies in Discrimination of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis at Risk for Severe Organ Involvement
I.M. Markusse¹, J. Meijs², B. de Boer², A. a. Schouffoer¹, N. Ajmone Marsan³, L. J. M. Kroft⁴, M. K. Ninaber⁵, T. W. J. Huizinga² and J.K. de Vries-Bouwstra⁶, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Deparment of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Severe nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) patterns in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are associated with a high risk of organ involvement. SSc-specific autoantibodies seem to…
Abstract Number: 1327 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decreased CD3-CD16CD56+ Natural Killer Cell Counts Are Associated with Disease Activity in Children with Orbital Myositis
Melissa R. Bussey¹, Gabrielle A. Morgan², Maria C. Amoruso², Bahram Rahmani³ and Lauren M. Pachman⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Cure JM Myositis Center, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Orbital myositis (OM), an inflammatory disease affecting the extra-ocular muscles, typically presents in the third decade. It more commonly affects females and is extremely…
Abstract Number: 1263 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evidence for the Involvement of NK Cells in Antisynthetase Syndrome
Baptiste Hervier¹, Yves Allenbach², Mikael Perez³, Hervé Devilliers⁴, Fleur Cohen-Aubart⁵, Zahir Amoura⁶, Werner Stenzel⁷, Isabelle Cremer⁸, Olivier Benveniste² and Vincent Vieillard¹, ¹INSERM UMR-S 1135, UPMC, Paris, France, ²UMR 974, Sorbonne Universités, University Pierre et Marie-Curie-Paris 6, INSERM, Paris, France, ³UMR-S 1138, INSERM & UPMC, Paris, France, ⁴CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France, ⁵Internal Medicine Dpt 2, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁶Internal medicine 2, French National Reference Center for Systemic Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France, ⁷Department of Neuropathology, Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ⁸INSERM UMR-S 1138, INSERM & UPMC, Paris, France
Background/Purpose Antisynthetase syndrome (aSS) is characterized by the association of interstitial lung disease and myositis with anti-tRNA-synthetase autoantibodies. Its pathogenesis remains unknown, especially regarding the…
Abstract Number: 1262 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mechanisms of Muscular Necrosis in Auto-Immune Myopathies Associated with Anti-Signal Recognition Particle and Anti-3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme a Reductase Antibodies: Pathogenic Role of Auto-Antibodies
Yves Allenbach^1,2,3, Aude Rigolet³, Bruno Eymard⁴, Tanya Stojkovic⁴, Anthony. Behin⁴, Pascal Laforet⁴, Peter Hufnagl⁵, Norman Zerbe⁶, Thierry Maisonobe⁷, Kuberaka Mariampillai⁸, Serge Herson⁸, Olivier Benveniste^2,3 and Werner Stenzel⁹, ¹Neuropathology, Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ²UMR 974, Sorbonne Universités, University Pierre et Marie-Curie-Paris 6, INSERM, Paris, France, ³Department: inflammation, immunopathology and biotherapy (DHU i2B), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Neurology, Myology Institute, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France, ⁵Pathology departmen, Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Pathology, Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Neuropathology, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France, ⁸Department: inflammation, immunopathology and biotherapy (DHU i2B), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France, ⁹Department of Neuropathology, Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Necrotizing auto-immune myopathies (NAM) are a group of acquired idiopathic inflammatory myopathies characterized by severe muscle weakness and no or mild extra-muscular involvement. Definition of…
Abstract Number: 1269 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epidemiology and Characteristics of Antisynthetase Syndrome in the African Descent Population of Martinique
Christophe Deligny¹, Maryvonne Dueymes², Serge Arfi¹, José Zécler³, Maia Forgues⁴, Véronique Dehlinger⁵, Michel DeBandt⁶, Lauren Brunier-Agot⁶, Remi Bellance⁷, Isabelle Lamaury⁸, Nadege Cordel⁸, Nicolas Baillet⁹, Gilbert. Cadelis¹⁰, Georges Jean Baptiste¹¹ and Katlyne Polomat¹², ¹Rhumatologie Et Médecine Interne, Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ²Immunology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ³Respiratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁴Internal medicine, Centre Hospitalier Andre Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana, ⁵Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Fort de France, Fort De France - Martinique, Martinique, ⁶Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁷National center for rare neuromuscular disorders, Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁸Infectious diseases, dermatology and internal medicine, Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Guadeloupe, Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, ⁹internal medicine, Centre Hospitalier de la Basse Terre, Basse Terre, Guadeloupe, ¹⁰Respiratory, Cnetre Hospitalier Universitaire de Guadeloupe, Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, ¹¹Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Guadeloupe, ¹²Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique
Background/Purpose : There is no population based epidemiologic studies of antisynthetase syndrome (ASS). We described characteristics and epidemiology of this disease in Martinique, populated by…
Abstract Number: 2211 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Patients with Adult and Juvenile Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis and Inclusion Body Myositis from Myovision, a National Myositis Patient Registry
Abdullah Faiq¹, Payam Noroozi Farhadi¹, Nastaran Bayat¹, Mikaela Chase¹, Anna Jansen¹, Karen Malley², Jesse Wilkerson³, Kathryn Rose⁴, Caroll Co⁴, Lukasz Itert⁵, Anne Johnson⁶, Richard Morris⁴, Christine Parks⁷, Edward H. Giannini⁸, Hermine I. Brunner⁸, Frederick W. Miller¹, Bob Goldberg⁹ and Lisa G. Rider¹, ¹Environmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Malley Research Programming, Inc, Bethesda, MD, ³Social and Scientific Systems, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, ⁴Social and Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, NC, ⁵Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Epidemiology Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, ⁸Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁹The Myositis Association, Alexandria, VA
Background/Purpose: The myositis syndromes are rare systemic autoimmune diseases, little is known about their epidemiology. We describe the demographics and comorbidities of patients in a…
Abstract Number: 1936 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quality Of Care In Patients At Risk For Pulmonary Involvement: Assessment Of Pulmonary Screening In Systemic Sclerosis and Myositis Patients In a General Rheumatology Clinic
Michael G. Indelicato¹, Janet E. Lewis², Vincent J. Giuliano³ and Donald L. Kimpel⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Rheumatology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, ³University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: As a quality assessment tool to evaluate patient care in a general Rheumatology Clinic, we determined the frequency of screening for pulmonary hypertension and…
Abstract Number: 1952 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of CXCL10 Blockade in C Protein-Induced Myositis
Jinhyun Kim¹, Jiyong Choi², Sung Hae Chang³, Ki Chul Shin⁴, Sung-Hye Park⁵, Hye Won Kim⁶, Hye Jin Oh⁴, Myeong Jae Yoon⁷, Bong Seung Ku⁸, Eun Young Lee⁶, Eun Bong Lee³, Hiroshi Kawachi⁹, Hitoshi Kohsaka¹⁰ and Yeong Wook Song¹¹, ¹Department of Internal medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Rheumatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁸Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ⁹Department of Cell Biology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: CXCL10 (also called interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 [IP-10]) is a chemokine that plays a critical role in the infiltration of T cell in autoimmune disease…
Abstract Number: 1928 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluating the Therapeutic Effects of B Cell Depletion Therapy with Rituximab in a Longitudinal Cohort of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Patients
Ragnar Gunnarsson¹, Inge-Margrethe Gilboe¹, Torhild Garen² and Øyvind Molberg³, ¹Rheumatology unit, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Even though 40 years have passed since MCTD was defined as a distinct disorder, there is still no evidence based therapy available. The choice…
Abstract Number: 1671 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of Jo-1 Autoantibodies in Patients with Inflammatory Myopathy and Interstitial Lung Disease
Kyle P. Chiang¹, Varun Gauba¹, Darin Lee¹, Minh-Ha T. Do¹, Jie J. Zhou², Feng Wang², Ying Buechler¹, Leslie Nangle¹, Zhiwen Xu², John Mendlein¹, Melissa Ashlock¹ and Jeffrey M. Greve¹, ¹aTyr Pharma, San Diego, CA, ²Scripps Laboratory, Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: Anti-Jo-1 autoantibodies (Jo-1 Abs), directed against histidine tRNA synthetase (HisRS1), are detected in a high proportion of patients with both autoimmune inflammatory myopathy (IM)…
Abstract Number: 754 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Functional Index-3 in Adult Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis: Validity and Reliability of an Outcome Measure for Muscle Endurance
Christopher Chong¹, Orla Ni Mhuircheartaigh¹, Helene Alexanderson², Tanaz A. Kermani³, Cynthia S. Crowson⁴, Abigail B. Green⁴, Ann M. Reed⁵ and Floranne C. Ernste⁶, ¹Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Dept of Neuroscience, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Although muscle fatigue is a major source of functional impairment in dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM), few valid and reliable methods for efficient evaluation…
Abstract Number: 711 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myopathy Is a Poor Prognostic Feature in Systemic Sclerosis: Results From the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group
MIchelle Jung¹, Murray Baron², Marie Hudson³, Ashley Bonner⁴, Janet E. Pope⁵ and Canadian Scleroderma Research Group⁶, ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine/Rheumatology, St. Joseph Health Care London, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁶Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Myopathy / myositis is associated with more severe systemic scleroderma (SSc). The aim of this study was to determine such clinical information from the…
Abstract Number: 228 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simultaneous Initiating of Glucocorticoids and disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy in Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis Patients Results in the Opportunity to Taper Dosage of Glucocorticoids Early
Kavish J. Bhansing¹, Piet LCM Van Riel², Sigrid Pillen³, Baziel G.M. van Engelen⁴ and Madelon C. Vonk⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Neurology, Catharina Wilhemina Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids are the cornerstone of therapy in patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). However, side effects are common. Furthermore, glucocorticoids exhibits an…
Abstract Number: 232 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Natural History of Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis – an Observational Longitudinal Study
Pedro Machado¹, Andrea Cortese¹, Jasper Morrow¹, Liz Dewar¹, Andy Hiscock¹, Adrian Miller¹, Stefen Brady², David Hilton-Jones², Matt Parton¹ and Michael G. Hanna¹, ¹MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, ²Oxford Muscle and Nerve Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Our aim was to assess prospectively the clinical features and functional impact of inclusion body myositis (IBM), to identify reliable outcome measures for future…

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