Abstracts tagged "proteomics"

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…
Abstract Number: 0799 • ACR Convergence 2025
Citrullination of neutrophil serine proteases enhances proteolytic activity, stability and autoantigenicity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mario Navarrete Lagos, Ramiza Zaman, Jun Kim, Jeba Atkia Maisha, Hani El-Gabalawy and Liam O'Neil, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: In Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), autoantibodies develop against endogenous proteins containing the amino acid citrulline, which results from a post-translational modification of arginine catalyzed by…
Abstract Number: 0023 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Proteomic Effects of Hydroxychloroquine in Individuals at Risk of Lupus: Differential Signatures in Progressors and Non-Progressors
Benjamin Jones¹, Miles Smith², Rufei Lu², Carla Guthridge², Susan Macwana², Wade DeJager³, Nancy Olsen⁴, Catriona Wagner⁵, Judith James², David Karp⁶ and Joel Guthridge², ¹Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma city, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Penn State University/Milton S Hershey, Hershey, PA, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, ⁶UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is routinely prescribed for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) due to its efficacy at decreasing disease activity/SLE flares and strong benefit:risk…
Abstract Number: 0045 • ACR Convergence 2024
Proteomic Analysis of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Citrullinome Reveals an Enrichment of Citrullinated Complement Proteins
Khushali Trivedi¹, Clarissa Klenke², Jun Kim¹, Jeba Atkia Maisha², Alina Sememenko¹, XIAOBO MENG², Mario Navarrete¹, Hani El-Gabalawy² and Liam O'Neil², ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Citrullination is a key physiological process that drives autoantibody formation in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). This irreversible post-translational modification of the amino acid arginine is…
Abstract Number: 0909 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identifying Predictive Serum Soluble Mediators Signatures Specific to ANA+ at Risk of SLE Individuals with Next Generation Proteomics
Aleksandra Bylinska¹, Miles Smith¹, Rufei Lu¹, Benjamin Jones², Carla Guthridge¹, Matthew Caleb Marlin¹, Christian Wright³, Susan Macwana³, Wade DeJager³, Marci Beel³, Christopher Lessard¹, Cristina Arriens¹, Joan Merrill⁴, Judith James¹ and Joel Guthridge¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104, OK
Background/Purpose: Multiple factors can predispose individuals to development of SLE, including the presence of African American ancestry, lupus-associated autoantibodies (ANAs), or some clinical manifestations of…
Abstract Number: 2245 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Efficacy and Molecular Cardiovascular Changes of Baricitinib in Biologic-naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Direct Comparative Analysis with TNF Inhibitors and Conventional DMARDs
Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, Laura Muñoz-Barrera², Rafaela Ortega-Castro³, Sagrario Corrales², Jerusalén Calvo⁴, Concepción Aranda-Valera⁵, María Lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda¹, Pilar Font², Ismael Sánchez Pareja², Elena Moreno-Caño⁵, María Carmen Ábalos-Aguilera⁶, Christian Merlo-Ruiz⁶, Mª Angeles Aguirre-Zamorano⁷, Tomás Cerdó², Nuria Barbarroja², Carlos Perez-Sanchez² and Alejandro Escudero-Contreras², ¹IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ³Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁶IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, CÓRDOBA, Spain, ⁷IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, CÓRDOBA, Andalucia, Spain
Background/Purpose: The main objective of this study was to conduct extensive clinical and molecular analyses to accurately characterize the specific effects of Baricitinib (4 mg/day)…
Abstract Number: 0113 • ACR Convergence 2024
Plasma Proteomics Analysis Identifies Thromboinflammatory Signature Associated with Clinical Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Results from Antiphospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and International Networking (APS ACTION) Registry
Alexander Pine¹, Vittorio Pengo², Savino Sciascia³, Nina Kello⁴, Rosario Lopez Pedrera⁵, H Michael Belmont⁶, David Branch⁷, Laura Andreoli⁸, Michelle Petri⁹, Ricard Cervera¹⁰, Jason Knight¹¹, Pierluigi Meroni¹², Hannah Cohen¹³, Rohan Willis¹⁴, Maria Laura Bertolaccini¹⁵, Alfred Lee¹⁶, Doruk Erkan¹⁷ and Anish Sharda¹⁶, ¹Yale School of Medicine/VA Connecticut, West Haven, CT, ²Thrombosis Research Laboratory, Department of Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ³University of Turin, Torino, Turin, Italy, ⁴Northwell Health, Brooklyn, NY, ⁵IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ¹⁰Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹²IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano 100%, Cusano Milanino, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹³University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ¹⁵King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ¹⁷Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease with thromboembolic and obstetric morbidity arising via a model of immunothrombosis. Patients may present with thrombotic (tAPS),…
Abstract Number: 0961 • ACR Convergence 2024
Multi-omics Study of Systemic Sclerosis Immunoglobulins G Effects on Endothelial Cells: A Distinct Profile in Anti-Topoisomerase I Positive Patients
Aurélien Chepy¹, Solange Vivier², Abderrahmane Elhannani², Fabrice Bray³, Clément Chauvet⁴, Martin Figeac⁵, Lucile Guilbert⁴, Eric HACHULLA⁶, Christian Rolando³, Sylvain Dubucquoi⁴, David Launay⁴ and Vincent sobanski⁴, ¹Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286—INFINITE—Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Lille, France., Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, ²Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286—INFINITE—Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Lille, France., Lille, France, ³Univ. Lille, CNRS, USR 3290 - MSAP - Miniaturisation pour la Synthèse l’Analyse et la Protéomique, F-59000 Lille, France, Lille, France, ⁴Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286 - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France., Lille, France, ⁵Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, US 41 - UAR 2014 - PLBS, F-59000 Lille, France, Lille, France, ⁶CHU Lille, Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-immunes Systémiques Rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest de France (CeRAINO), Lille, France., LILLE, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous connective tissue disease characterized by autoimmunity, fibrosis and vasculopathy. Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are strong diagnostic and prognosis biomarkers…

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