Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1648 • ACR Convergence 2024
In Vitro Expansion of ACPA-positive B Cells from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Effect of Small Molecule NF-κB Inhibitors on Differentiation and Survival of (Autoreactive) Memory B Cells into Plasma Cells
Giulia Frazzei¹, Ana Merino Vico², Jan Piet van Hamburg², Ronald Van Vollenhoven³ and Sander Tas⁴, ¹Amsterdam University Medical Center, location AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam UMC, locatie AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) play a role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis and are associated with disease severity. Detailed analysis of ACPApos B cells…
Abstract Number: 1719 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cumulative Glucocorticoid Exposure and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in a Cohort of Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nested Case-Control Study
Beth Wallace¹, Yuqing Gao², H. Myra Kim³, Bryant England⁴, Sauer brian⁵, grant Cannon⁶, Punyasha Roul⁷, Ted Mikuls⁴, Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg⁸, Daniel Clauw⁹, Wyndy Wiitala², Rodney Hayward¹⁰, Jeremy Sussman¹¹ and Akbar Waljee¹¹, ¹Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Center for Clinical Management Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹University of Michigan, Whitmore Lake, MI, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan; Center for Clinical Management Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Internal Medicine and Center for Clinical Management Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Three-quarters of RA patients use glucocorticoids (GC) to manage RA symptoms. Our work presented previously suggests recent GC use (up to 2 years prior…
Abstract Number: 1850 • ACR Convergence 2024
Exhausted T-cells Are Increased in Autoimmune Diseases and Predict Response to Anti-TNF in RA and SPA Patients
Samuel Bitoun¹, Marie Naigeon², Matthieu Roulleaux- Dugage², Caroline De Oliveira², Caroline Berthot², Xavier Mariette³, Gaetane Nocturne³ and Nathalie Chaput-Gras², ¹Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France, ²Laboratoire d'immunomonitoring en Oncologie, INSERM US23, CNRS UMS 3655, Gustave Roussy,, Villejuif, France, ³Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
Background/Purpose: Exhaustion can occur after prolonged activation of T cells limiting their immunosurveillance function leading to cancer emergence. Among the exhaustion markers expressed on T…
Abstract Number: 1935 • ACR Convergence 2024
Timely Referral of Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases to Rheumatology: Validation of a Referral Algorithm with Frontline Physicians
Nelly Ziade¹, Karen Mechleb², Nizar Ani³, avin maroof⁴, ASAL ADNAN RIDHA⁵, Manal El Rakawi⁶, Chafika Haouichat⁶, Bassel Elzorkany⁷, Sherif Gamal⁸, Mariama Erraoui⁹, Manal Al-Mashaleh¹⁰, Fatima Alnaimat¹¹, Basel masri¹², fatemah Baron¹³, Lina El Kibbi¹⁴, Krystel Aouad¹⁵ and Ihsane Hmamouchi¹⁶, and ARCH - ArLAR, ¹Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Saint Joseph University Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, ³Baghdad College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁴University of Kurdistan Hawler, Erbil, Iraq, ⁵Baghdad Teaching Hospital, baghdad, Iraq, ⁶Djillali Bounaama University Hospital, Algiers, Algeria, ⁷Private (BZRC), Cairo, Egypt, ⁸Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁹Souss Massa Univeristy, Rabat, Morocco, ¹⁰Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan, ¹¹University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, ¹²Jordan Hospital and Medical Center, Amman, Jordan, ¹³Al-Jahra Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait, Kuwait, ¹⁴Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ¹⁵Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, ¹⁶Rheumatology Unit, Lalla Aicha Temara Hospital, Temara, Rabat, Morocco
Background/Purpose: Early referral of patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRDs) to rheumatology is essential to reduce diagnostic delays and improve long-term prognosis. Referral strategies…
Abstract Number: 2140 • ACR Convergence 2024
Frailty Is Associated with Lower Bone Mineral Density in US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Katherine Wysham¹, Hannah Brubeck², Kylie Riggles³, Riley Bass⁴, Elizabeth Wahl², Radhika Narla⁵, Namrata Singh⁶, ariela orkaby⁷, Joshua Baker⁸, Patricia Katz⁹, Dolores Shoback¹⁰ and Jose Garcia¹¹, ¹VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ²VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ³VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Bellevue, WA, ⁴VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, ⁵VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA, ⁶University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁷New England VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center/Boston VA/Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰San Francisco VA/University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹¹VA Puget Sound Health Care System/University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Frailty represents a state of increased vulnerability to poor outcomes after physiologic stressors, and occurs at higher rates and younger ages in RA. Frailty…
Abstract Number: 2220 • ACR Convergence 2024
Outcomes in Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis and Undifferentiated Arthritis
Andrew Price, David Mecham, Zachary Kerosky, Joshua Hunt, Anthony Greco and Michael Loncharich, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (SnRA) and undifferentiated arthritis (UA) are heterogeneous conditions that share many clinical features with other systemic rheumatic diseases. Patients initially diagnosed…
Abstract Number: 2237 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis
Helana Jeries¹, Revital Perlov Gavze², Rula Daood³, Fadi Hassan³, Liat Lev shalem⁴, Ahmad Assalia⁵ and Mohammad E Naffaa³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Galilee Medical Center, Naharyia, Israel, Naharyia, HaZafon, Israel, ²Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Rheumatology Unit, Galilee Medical Center, Naharyia, Israel, Naharyia, Israel, ⁴Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, HaMerkaz, Israel, ⁵Rambam Healthcare Campus, Haifa, HaZafon, Israel
Background/Purpose: Obesity is considered a controversial risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and the association between weight change and RA incidence is inconclusive. The…
Abstract Number: 2256 • ACR Convergence 2024
Depletion of Citrullinated Vimentin-reactive Follicular Helper T Cells with Treatment-induced Remission of Recent-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis When Compared to Non-remission at 6 Months
Jia Yi Hee¹, Hendrik Nel², Yann Abraham³, Katrina Chakradeo⁴, Michelle Roch⁴, Tom Lynch⁵, Lyn March⁵, Mihir Wechalekar⁶, Helen Keen⁷ and Ranjeny Thomas⁸, ¹The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia, ²Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ³Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium, ⁴The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ⁵The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ⁶Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ⁷Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia, ⁸University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: More than 50% of people with new-onset RA may achieve remission within the first year on conventional synthetic (cs)-DMARDs. Sustained remission confers better long-term…
Abstract Number: 2275 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cardiovascular and Cancer Safety of JAKi Compared to TNFi in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a National Registry of Advanced Therapies
Lucia Otero-Varela¹, Carlos Sanchez-Piedra², Elena Rabadán Rubio³, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy⁴, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez⁵, Diana Sueiro⁶, Olga Martinez⁷, Noemí Busquets Pérez⁸, Mercedes Freire González⁹, Fernando Sánchez-Alonso¹⁰, José María Álvaro-Gracia¹¹ and Isabel Castrejon¹², and BIOBADASER group, ¹Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz, MADRID, Spain, ⁶Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Zamora, Spain, ⁸HOSP. GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS, GRANOLLERS, Spain, ⁹Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, La coruna, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁰Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Preliminary results from the ORAL Surveillance clinical trial showed an increase in the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and malignancies in patients…
Abstract Number: 2538 • ACR Convergence 2024
HLA-DRB1 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Risk Alleles Preferentially Select TRBJ2-3-containing CD4 T Cells in RA Patients
Amit Lakhanpal¹, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki², Anvita Singaraju¹, Alejandro Kochen³, Miriam Fein¹, Soumya Raychaudhuri⁴ and Laura Donlin¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Keio University Human Biology-Microbiome-Quantum Research Center (WPI-Bio2Q);; Laboratory for Human Immunogenetics, Riken Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ³Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The largest genetic risk factor for RA localizes to the MHC Class II HLA-DRB1 gene, which encodes the machinery for antigen presentation to CD4…
Abstract Number: 2613 • ACR Convergence 2024
Vaccination Is Associated with Lower Risk of Parenchymal Lung Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis After COVID-19: Results from a Prospective Study
Gregory McDermott¹, Ritu Gill², Suzanne Byrne³, Staci Gagne³, Emily Kowalski³, Xiaosong Wang⁴, Grace Qian⁴, Katarina Bade³, Kevin Mueller³, Alene Saavedra³, Kathleen Vanni⁴, Caleb Bolden⁵, Naomi Patel⁵, Krishan Guzzo³, Marcy Bolster⁵, Shruthi Srivatsan⁵, Pierre-Antoine Juge⁶, Tracy J Doyle⁷, Zachary Wallace⁸ and Jeffrey Sparks⁹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Departement of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: RA is associated with several forms of parenchymal lung disease, including interstitial lung disease (ILD), bronchiectasis, and emphysema. Acute COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses…
Abstract Number: 0039 • ACR Convergence 2024
Blockade of Soluble and Cell Surface PAD Activity Prevents the Generation of Citrullinated Autoantigens Recognized by RA Patients’ Serum
Lacie Scaletta¹, Teneema Kuriakose¹, Sambit Nanda¹, Mia Collins², Erika Darrah³, Iain McInnes⁴, David Close⁵ and Gary Sims¹, ¹Immunology Biosciences, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ²Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁴University of Glasgow, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵Early Clinical Development, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies (ACPA) promote inflammation and joint tissue injury and define a poor prognostic group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Citrullinated autoantigens…
Abstract Number: 0056 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of Soluble Immune Checkpoint Proteins with the Risk of Developing RA in ACPA-positive At-risk Individuals
Ryo Motoyama¹, Shohei Nakamura¹, Eisuke Inoue², Hideto Takada³, Masayoshi Harigai⁴ and Yuko okamoto¹, ¹Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Showa University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Tokyo Women's Medical University, Denver, CO, ⁴International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: ACPA+ individuals without inflammatory arthritis are considered as being in an at-risk state of RA, although further factors are needed to identify individuals with…
Abstract Number: 0139 • ACR Convergence 2024
Analysis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Epidemiology in Mexico Using the GBD 2019 Study and Forecasting Future Trends for 2030 and 2040
CLAUDIA MENDOZA-PINTO¹, IVET ETCHEGARAY MORALES², PAMELA MUNGUIA-REALPOZO¹, Socorro Méndez-Martínez³, Álvaro Montiel-Jarquín¹, Roberto Berra-Romani⁴, Fernanda Solis-Mendoza⁵ and Mario García-Carrasco⁶, ¹Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Puebla, Mexico, ²Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, ³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, ⁴Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de PueblaPueblam, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, ⁵Universidad de las Américas de Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, ⁶Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorder related to disability and premature mortality. Nowadays, the burden of RA is needed for healthcare…
Abstract Number: 0218 • ACR Convergence 2024
Incidental Findings on Whole Body 18F-FDG PET/CT in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial Population
Christina Costeas¹, Daniel Solomon², Katherine Liao³, Jon Giles⁴, Joan Bathon⁵ and Jane Kang⁶, and the TARGET Trial Consortium, ¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Columbia University, NEW YORK, NY, ⁶Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Performing whole body imaging inevitably reveals incidental findings in the majority of cases. A clinical trial was conducted to determine whether different treatment strategies…

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