Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 2244 • ACR Convergence 2025
Bone Mineral Density Trajectories and Fracture Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 7-Year Longitudinal Analysis Using Group-Based Trajectory Modeling
Kei Hirose¹, Keigo Hayashi², Natsuki Kubota², Yuya Terajima², Kazuya Matsumoto², Takato Nakadoi², Shoichi Nawachi², Yoshia Miyawaki³, Eri Katsuyama⁴, Takayuki Katsuyama², Haruki Watanabe², Mariko Narazaki², Yoshinori Matsumoto² and Jun Wada², ¹Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama city, Japan, ²Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, ³Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan, ⁴Faculty of Health Science, Okayama University Medical School, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a well-established risk factor for fractures, due to both systemic inflammation and treatment-related effects on bone metabolism. This study aimed…
Abstract Number: 2228 • ACR Convergence 2025
COVID-19 Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Prescribed Biologic vs. Conventional DMARDs: A Propensity-Matched Analysis
Chase Verdugo¹, Yazin Hindosh¹, Akram Hindosh¹, Jonathan Sayegh¹, Bassam Mitri¹, Johnny Youssef¹, Tyler On¹, Faissal Stipho² and Issa Batarseh², ¹University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Tucson, AZ, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Banner University Medical Center / University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by immune system dysregulation, and it is commonly treated with either conventional or biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic…
Abstract Number: 1957 • ACR Convergence 2025
Correlates Between Cardiovascular Risk Scores with Coronary Microvascular Function and Plaque Burden in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Katherine Zhong¹, Lauren rusnak², Ying Qi³, Ilana Usiskin⁴, Gregory McDermott⁵, Brittany Weber⁶, Marcelo DiCarli⁵ and Katherine Liao², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Short Hills, NJ, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, DEDHAM, MA
Background/Purpose: A combination of traditional risk factors and chronic inflammation account for the excess cardiovascular risk (CV) observed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including atherosclerotic cardiovascular…
Abstract Number: 1890 • ACR Convergence 2025
Quantifying the Inflammatory Toll: Smoking-Attributable Rheumatoid Arthritis Burden Across the Globe, 1990–2021
Eva Kalra¹, Shreyaa Rajpal², Twisha Parikh³, Drumadala Gajbhiye⁴, Chethan Raj Gundoji⁵, Sagar Patel⁶, Jay Patel⁷, Neelima Sinha⁸, Nikhil Rayarakula⁹, Dhwani Vaghani¹⁰ and Hardik Dineshbhai Desai¹¹, ¹Trident Medical Center, North Charleston, SC, ²Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India-⁵⁰⁰⁰⁹⁵, Hyderabad, India, ³GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gotri, Vadodara, India ³⁹⁰⁰²¹, Vadodara, India, ⁴Government medical college Akola Maharashtra India ⁴⁴⁴⁰⁰¹, Akola, India, ⁵Internal Medicine, Government Medical College Nizamabad, Nizamabad, Telangana, India, ⁵⁰³⁰⁰¹, Nizamabad, India, ⁶Internal medicine -Ward Wizard Medicare Pvt Ltd, Nadiad, Gujarat, India, ³⁸⁷⁰⁰², Nadiad, India, ⁷MGM Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India-⁴³¹⁰⁰³, Aurangabad, India, ⁸Department of Medicine, Kurji Holy Family Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India, ⁸⁰⁰⁰¹⁰, Patna, India, ⁹College of Public Health, Kent State University, Kent,Ohio, USA, ⁴⁴²⁴²., Kent, OH, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, MGM Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India,⁴³¹⁰⁰³, Aurangabad, India, ¹¹Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, ³⁸²³⁵⁰, Ahmedabad, India
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder, imposes a significant global health burden. Smoking is a well-established modifiable risk factor implicated in both…
Abstract Number: 1724 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pathogenic role of Mucosal-Associated Invariant T cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Manon LESTURGIE-TALAREK¹, Virginie Gonzalez², Anne Cauvet², Lucie Beaudoin³, Fiona Oudart⁴, Adrien Schvartz⁵, Francesco Carbone⁵, Mickael Menager⁵, Noémie Sénot³, Francoise Tilotta⁶, Yannick Allanore⁷, Agnes Lehuen⁸ and Jérôme AVOUAC⁹, ¹Paris University, Paris, France, ²INSERMU¹⁰¹⁶, Paris, France, ³Institut Cochin, Paris, ⁴APHP - Cochin hospital, Paris, France, ⁵Institut Imagine, Paris, ⁶Université Paris Cité, Montrouge, France, ⁷Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁸Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁹Rheumatology department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate-like lymphocytes that produce cytokines and cytotoxic molecules. Reduced frequencies and altered phenotypes of MAIT cells have been…
Abstract Number: 1650 • ACR Convergence 2025
Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde and Citrulline Modified Proteins are Overexpressed in Cardiac Tissues in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Heart Failure and Mediate Endothelial Cell Dysfunction
Hannah Johnson¹, Wenxian Zhou², Michael Duryee¹, Engle Sharp¹, Kimberley Sinanan¹, Carlos Hunter¹, Tate Johnson¹, Mabruka Alfaidi¹, Daniel Anderson³, Geoffrey Thiele¹ and Ted Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ^30587964, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Previous reports show that malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) adducts are overexpressed in RA, especially in joint/lung tissues, and that they colocalize with citrulline (CIT). This is…
Abstract Number: 1365 • ACR Convergence 2025
Economic impact of early treatment and strict disease control in rheumatoid arthritis: a cost-minimization approach concerning biological therapy
Raianni Rúbia Pacheco Silva¹, Daniel da Silva Pereira Curado², Paula Cristina Montina², Everton Nunes da Silva³, Ana Paula Monteiro Gomides², Rina Dalva Neubarth Giorgi⁴, Leticia Rocha Pereira⁵, Sebastião Cezar Radominski⁶, Ivanio Alves Pereira⁷, Maria Fernanda Brandão de Resende Guimarães⁸, Manoel Barros Bertolo⁹, Paulo Louzada Junior¹⁰, Maria de Fátima Lobato da Cunha Sauma¹¹, Karina Rossi Bonfiglioli⁵, Claiton Viegas Brenol¹², Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro¹³, Cleandro Pires de Albuquerque² and Licia Maria Henrique da Mota¹⁴, ¹Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, ²Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil, ³Universidade de Brasília, brasilia, Brazil, ⁴IAMSPE, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil, ⁷UFSC, Florianopolis, Brazil, ⁸UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ⁹Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil, ¹⁰USP-RP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, ¹¹UFPA, Belem, Brazil, ¹²UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ¹³UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁴UNB, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive, potentially disabling autoimmune disease, with substantial economic burden, particularly related to its high-cost pharmacological treatment. Early treatment,…
Abstract Number: 1347 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Better Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)? Efficacy and Safety of Methotrexate Versus Leflunomide Monotherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Aakanksha Pitliya¹, Srivatsa Surya Vasudevan², Sarthak Sharma³, Bijay Mukesh Jeswani⁴, Tanya Ratnani⁵ and Rajesh Thirumaran⁶, ¹Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA, Clifton Heights, PA, ²Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, ³Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India, ⁴GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, ⁵Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India, ⁶Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) and leflunomide (LEF) are commonly used disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). While both are widely prescribed,…
Abstract Number: 1330 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sex and reproductive stage modify the role of endogenous estrogens on coronary atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis and differences reflect effects on inflammation and cholesterol metabolism
George Karpouzas¹, Bianca Papotti², Sarah Ormseth³, Marcella Palumbo², Matthew Budoff¹ and Nicoletta Ronda², ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²University of Parma, Parma, Italy, ³The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: Endogenous estrogens associate with cardioprotective benefits in the general population. Yet, dual pro- and anti-inflammatory effects were described in autoimmune states depending on concentration,…
Abstract Number: 1314 • ACR Convergence 2025
Protein-Specific Anti-Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Antibodies and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Julia King¹, Michael Duryee¹, Punyasha Roul², Katherine Wysham³, Grant Cannon⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, John Richards⁶, Isaac Smith⁷, Beth Wallace⁸, Gail Kerr⁹, Andreas Reimold¹⁰, Pascale Schwab¹¹, Daniel Anderson¹², Wenxian Zhou¹³, Joshua Baker¹⁴, Ted Mikuls¹, Bryant England¹ and Tate Johnson¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²UNMC, Omaha, NE, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁸Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹⁰Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹VA Portland and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ^120587964, Durham, NC, ¹³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ¹⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), driven primarily by atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) and heart failure (HF). Malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde…
Abstract Number: 1227 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Composition of Circulating Immune Cells is Associated with Nociplastic Pain in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tyler Therron¹, Meghan Mayer², Cecilia Stumpf³, Gelis Galarcé Lugo⁴, Morgan Langereis⁵, Kathleen Aren⁶, Mary Carns⁵, Cally Mills⁵, Cheol Min Lee⁷, Vanessa Manada De Lobos², Carla Marie Cuda⁵, Yvonne Lee⁵ and Deborah Rachelle Winter⁸, ¹Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, ³Northwestern University, Elmhurst, IL, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Zionsville, IN, ⁵Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁷Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁸Northwestern University, Skokie, IL
Background/Purpose: Over half of patients with RA report clinically meaningful pain, despite treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). While joint inflammation is a known cause…
Abstract Number: 1063 • ACR Convergence 2025
Gender, Racial, and Geographic Trends in Mortality from Interstitial Lung Diseases Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in the U.S. Population, 1999–2020
Farheen Malik¹, Jawad Ahmed², Mandar Shah¹, Ritika Uttam³ and Muhammad Fahimuddin¹, ¹Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, NY, ²Northwest Health Porter, Valpraiso, IN, ³Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease affecting up to 1.0% of the US population. RA is most commonly associated with synovial inflammation…
Abstract Number: 1004 • ACR Convergence 2025
Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Tissue Resident Memory T Cells Heterogeneity in the Joint
Yang Yang¹, Yusuke Miyashita², Madison Mangin³, Kellen Winden¹, Peter Nigrovic² and Margaret Chang¹, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, St Simons Island, GA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint-specific memory, the phenomenon in which arthritis repeatedly flares in the same joints. We…
Abstract Number: 0904 • ACR Convergence 2025
SLAMF7 Drives Plasma Cell Differentiation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovium.
Jabea Ekabe¹, Ken Yasaka², Ruoqiao Wang³, Nida Pellett⁴, Javier Rangel-Moreno², Juilee Thakar³ and Jennifer Anolik⁴, ¹University of Rochester, Brighton, NY, ²University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester, Rochester NY, ⁴University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: B cells contribute to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis through antibody-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Thus, identifying regulators of B cell fate in RA is essential…
Abstract Number: 0815 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neuropathic-like Pain Characteristics Predict Worse Pain Outcomes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: a Prospective Cohort Study with Embedded Neuroimaging Evaluation
Eoin Kelleher¹, Amanda Wall¹, Isabelle Brennan², Robert Murphy¹, Antonella Delmis¹, John Davis³, Vishvarani Wanigasekera⁴, Irene Tracey¹ and Anushka Irani⁵, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Despite effective control of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), persistent and severe pain remains a clinical challenge. Dysregulated pain processing in the central nervous…

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