Abstracts tagged "proteomics"

Abstract Number: 0919 • ACR Convergence 2025
Proteomic Profiling of Extracellular Vesicles from Synovial Fluid of RA and OA Patients Reveals Cell-type-specific subpopulations and Disease Related Patterns
Stefanie Kurth¹, Andre Tiaden¹, Edveena Hanser¹, Simone Häner¹, Stavros Giaglis¹, Florian Geier¹, Dominik Burri¹, Katarzyna Buczak¹, Ute Heider², Stefan Wild², Yves Acklin¹, Christian Egloff¹ and Diego Kyburz³, ¹University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ²Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, ³University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted by virtually all cells and are known to carry bioactive cargo including proteins, RNA, DNA and metabolites. Analysis of…
Abstract Number: 0070 • ACR Convergence 2025
Integrating Synovial Protein Signatures and Serum Profiles to Predict Disease Activity and Treatment Response in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chary López pedrera¹, Sagrario Corrales², Julio Osuna³, Rafaela Ortega-Castro⁴, Jerusalén Calvo⁵, Lourdes Ladehesa⁶, Ismael Sanchez-Pareja², Laura muñoz-Barrera², Desiree Ruiz-Vilchez⁷, Christian Merlo⁸, MARIA ANGELES AGUIRRE ZAMORANO², Nuria Barbarroja⁹, Tomás Cerdó², Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹⁰, Carlos Pérez Sánchez¹¹, Alejandro Escudero Contreras⁵ and Concepción Aranda-Valera⁵, ¹Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ³IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Spain., Córdoba, Republic of Korea, ⁴Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC / Reina Sofia Hospital / University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁶IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital-University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Reina Sofía University Hospital / Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC) / Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba/ Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁰Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/ CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: The analysis of synovial tissue has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. As an alternative, the identification of serum…
Abstract Number: 2502 • ACR Convergence 2025
Deciphering Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes: A Novel Approach Using Clustering Algorithms and Proteomic Insights. Results from the PRECISESADS Study
Santiago Dans Caballero¹, Rafaela Ortega-Castro², Chary López pedrera³, Alejandro Escudero⁴, Beatriz Vellón-García⁵, Carlos Pérez Sánchez⁶ and Clementina López Medina⁷, ¹Reina Sofia University Hospital, Lebrija, Andalucia, Spain, ²Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ³Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba/ Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain/Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/ CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a clinically and biologically heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by multiorgan involvement, substantial morbidity, and high mortality. Traditional classification systems (based…
Abstract Number: 0873 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sex Differences in Proteomic Profiles and the Impact of Deucravacitinib Treatment in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: A Pooled Phase 3 Analysis
Lihi Eder¹, Shangzhong Li², Philip J. Mease³, Christopher Ritchlin⁴, Walter P Maksymowych⁵, Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁶, Josef Smolen⁷, Oliver FitzGerald⁸, Vinod Chandran⁹, Chun Wu¹⁰ and Jinqi Liu², ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶LMU Hospital, Division for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Munich, Bayern, Germany, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine ³, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ⁸UCD, Dublin ⁶, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, and Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ¹⁰Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton
Background/Purpose: PsA affects male and female patients equally; however, variations in manifestations and treatment response exist between sexes. Deucravacitinib is an oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine…
Abstract Number: 0048 • ACR Convergence 2025
Integrative Spatial Proteomics and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Unveil Molecular Complexity in Rheumatoid Arthritis for Novel Therapeutic Targeting
Xue Wang¹, Fei Wang², Sílvia Sisó², Archana Iyer², Heather Knight², Lori Duggan², Yingli Yang², Liang Jin², Baoling Cui², Yupeng He³, Jan Schejbal², Lucy Phillips², Bohdan Harvey⁴ and Yu Tian², ¹AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA, ²AbbVie, Worcester, MA, ³AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by persistent inflammation, fibroblast proliferation and progressive joint damage. Understanding the heterogeneity of RA and…
Abstract Number: 2402 • ACR Convergence 2025
High-Resolution Proteomic Profiling Validates BAFF Pathway Modulation and Reveals Novel Biomarker Signatures in Belimumab Treatment
Alexander Tsoi¹, Dionysis Nikolopoulos², Natalia Sherina³ and Ioannis Parodis¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institutet, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Belimumab, a BAFF inhibitor, is an effective treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but biomarkers predicting treatment response remain elusive. We aimed to identify…
Abstract Number: 0853 • ACR Convergence 2025
Olink Proteomics Identifies Macrophage Pro-inflammatory Proteins in Maternal Sera Predictive of Fetal Atrioventricular Block Independent of Maternal Health Status
Philip Carlucci¹, Mala Masson², Colin Phoon³, Ashley Roman³, Peter Izmirly⁴, Amit Saxena⁵, Michael Belmont⁶, Christina Penfield³, Young Mi Lee³, Julie Nusbaum⁶, Andrew Rubenstein³, Nalani Sachan³, Joel Guthridge⁷, Judith James⁷, Elena Sinkovskaya⁸, Alfred Abuhamad⁸, Gary Satou⁹, Whitnee Hogan¹⁰, Anita Moon-Grady¹¹, Lisa Howley¹², Mary Donofrio¹³, Stephanie Levasseur¹⁴, Miwa Geiger¹⁵, Sonal Owens¹⁶, Kristopher Cumbermack¹⁷, Jyothi Matta¹⁸, Gary Joffe¹⁹, Christopher Lindblade²⁰, Caitlin Haxel²¹, Katherine Kohari²², Joshua Copel²², James Strainic²³, Tam Doan²⁴, Conisha Holloman²⁴, Stacy Killen²⁵, Theresa Tacy²⁶, Michelle Kaplinski²⁶, Nicola Fraser³, Kelly Ruggles²⁷, Bettina Cuneo²⁸, Jill Buyon³ and Robert Clancy¹⁴, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Medical Center- Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ⁹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹²Midwest Fetal Care Center, Children's Minnesota/Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN, ¹³Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ¹⁴Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹⁵Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbo, MI, ¹⁷University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ¹⁸University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, ¹⁹Perinatal Associates of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²⁰Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ²¹University of Vermont Children's Hospital, Burlington, VT, ²²Yale University, New Haven, CT, ²³UH Rainbow Babies, Cleveland, OH, ²⁴Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²⁵Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²⁶Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²⁷NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ²⁸University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: Fetal atrioventricular block (fAVB) is presumed dependent on the transplacental passage of SSA/Ro52/60kD autoantibodies that bind to apoptotic fetal cardiomyocytes, triggering macrophage activation and…
Abstract Number: 0042 • ACR Convergence 2025
Serum Proteomic Analysis of Cellular Immune Clusters in Psoriatic Arthritis
Steven Dang¹, Xianwei Li², Sydney Thib³, Darshini Ganatra⁴, liqun Diao⁵, Igor Jurisica⁶, Vinod Chandran⁷ and Lihi Eder⁸, ¹Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, ³Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program; Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Toronto, Canada, ⁶University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, and Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁸University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Our recent study characterized immune endotypes in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients using mass cytometry of peripheral blood1. We identified an endotype characterized by high…
Abstract Number: 2105 • ACR Convergence 2025
Stratification for elevated urate identifies a pro-inflammatory synovial fluid proteome in knee osteoarthritis: a pilot study
Tuhina Neogi¹, Sayali Dhamne², Robert Terkeltaub³, Virginia Kraus⁴, Simon Dillon⁵ and Towia Libermann⁵, ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The causes of inflammation, pain fluctuations, and disease progression in osteoarthritis (OA) are not well understood. Soluble urate is a “danger signal”, and synovial…
Abstract Number: 0851 • ACR Convergence 2025
Urinary Tenascin C Predicts Kidney Function Loss in Lupus Nephritis
CHEN-YU LEE¹, Sepehr Taghavi², Shangzhu Zhang³, Roopa Madhu⁴, Jasmine Shwetar⁵, Tyler O'Malley⁶, Daniel Goldman⁷, Peter Izmirly⁸, H Michael Belmont⁹, Richard Furie¹⁰, Noa Schwartz¹¹, Chaim Putterman¹², Jennifer Barnas¹³, Jennifer Anolik¹⁴, Sarah French¹⁵, Maria Dall'Era¹⁶, Judith James¹⁷, Joel Guthridge¹⁷, Jacob Vasquez¹⁸, Mike Nerenberg¹⁹, Andrew Concoff²⁰, Christine Schleif²¹, Kevin Wei²², Thomas Eisenhaure²³, Nir Hacohen²³, Rachael Bogle²⁴, Johann Gudjonsson²⁵, Lam Tsoi²⁵, Brad Rovin²⁶, Jill Buyon²⁷, Michelle Petri⁷ and Andrea Fava¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Exagen Inc, Escondido, CA, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁵New York School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Exagen, Vista, CA, ⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁸New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Safed, Israel, ¹³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ¹⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ¹⁵UCSF, Mill Valley, CA, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁸Exagen, Inc., Vista, CA, ¹⁹Exagen, DEL MAR, CA, ²⁰Specialty Networks/United Rheumatology, a Cardinal Health Company, N/A, ²¹Exagen, Carlsbad, CA, ²²Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²³Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ²⁴University of Michigan, Holland, OH, ²⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²⁶The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²⁷NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Kidney survival is the ultimate treatment goal in lupus nephritis (LN), but long-term predictors remain understudied due to the need for extensive follow up.…
Abstract Number: 0037 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Proteomic Signature Containing TNF Receptor Superfamily Member 10A (TNFRSF10A) and Growth/Differentiation Factor 15 (GDF-15) Improves Prediction of All-Cause Mortality Among Individuals with Gout, Beyond Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular and Other Clinical Risk Factors
Natalie McCormick¹, Sharan Rai², Chio Yokose³, Tony Merriman⁴, Robert Terkeltaub⁵ and Hyon K. Choi⁶, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL, ⁵Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁶MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout affects >12 million US adults and is associated with premature all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality which has failed to improve over recent decades,…
Abstract Number: 1865 • ACR Convergence 2025
Shared and unique molecular signatures across different autoantibody groups in systemic sclerosis: a multi-omics analysis
Hanlin Yin¹, Wanyi Lin², Zhangyi zhao¹, Chenhan Jia¹ and Liangjing Lu¹, ¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are detected in over 95% of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. Compared to cutaneous subtype classification, autoantibody-based stratification more accurately predicts survival,…
Abstract Number: 0840 • ACR Convergence 2025
Shared and Distinct Urinary Proteomic Signatures of Lupus Nephritis and Other Glomerular Diseases
Alessandra Ida Celia¹, Daksh Saksena², CHEN-YU LEE³, Carla Guthridge⁴, Wade DeJager⁵, Rufei Lu⁴, Judith James⁴, Jill Buyon⁶, Michelle Petri⁷, Joel Guthridge⁴, Brad Rovin⁸ and Andrea Fava³, ¹Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁶NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁸The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Urine collects the byproducts of kidney biology and has emerged as a valuable, noninvasive source of molecular information that reflects intrarenal pathology. In lupus…
Abstract Number: 0026 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spatial Proteomic-based Phenotyping of Muscle Stem Cells and their Niches in Myositis
Bilgesu Safak Tümerdem¹, Yi-Nan Li², Tim Filla³, Rolf Schröder⁴, Anna Brunn⁵, Alexandru Micu⁶, Ayla Nadja Stuetz¹, Laura-Marie Lahu⁶, Aleix Rius Rigau⁷, Christina Bergmann⁸, Alexandru-Emil Matei⁹, Jörg Distler¹⁰ and Andrea-Hermina Györfi¹¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁴Institute of Neuropathology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Institute of Neuropathology, Heinrich-Heine University, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine ³, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, and Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence for Immune Mediated Diseases CIMD, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Düsseldorf, Germany, ¹⁰University Hospital Duesseldorf and HHU, Duesseldorf, Germany, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Immune-mediated inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by chronic inflammation, damage and impaired regeneration of the skeletal muscle leading to…
Abstract Number: 1856 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spatial Proteomic-based Phenotyping of Fibroblast Populations and their Microenvironment in Systemic Sclerosis Primary Heart Involvement
Ayla Nadja Stuetz¹, Giacomo de Luca², Alexandru-Emil Matei³, Yi-Nan Li⁴, Veronica Batani², Tim Filla⁵, Aleix Rius Rigau⁶, Bilgesu Safak Tümerdem¹, Cosimo Bruni⁷, Maike Büttner-Herold⁸, Stefania Rizzo⁹, Monica De Gaspari⁹, Markus Eckstein¹⁰, Georg Schett¹¹, Cristina Basso⁹, Jörg Distler¹², Marco Matucci-Cerinic¹³ and Andrea-Hermina Györfi¹⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, and Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence for Immune Mediated Diseases CIMD, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁴University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine ³, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Department of Nephropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University and Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy, ¹⁰Institute of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center EMN, Friedrich-Alexander- Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹¹Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²University Hospital Duesseldorf and HHU, Duesseldorf, Germany, ¹³University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Primary heart involvement (pHI) is one of the leading causes of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, the cellular and molecular pathomechanisms of SSc-pHI…

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