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  • Abstract Number: 727 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Survival and Clinical-Capillaroscopic Characteristics of French Canadian Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Analysis Based on Systemic Sclerosis Autoantibodies and the Novel Anti-BICD2 Autoantibody

    Boyang Zheng1, Michael Mahler2, Jean-Luc Senécal3, France Joyal4 and Martial Koenig5, 1Division of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Research and Development, Inova Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, 3Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada, 4Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Internal Medicine, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) autoantibodies (aAbs) are invaluable for SSc diagnosis and prognosis. Anti-centromere (ACA), anti-topoisomerase I (ATA) and anti-RNA polymerase III (RNAP) have been…
  • Abstract Number: 2691 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Increased Circulating Cadherin-11 Levels in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

    Bochra Jandali1, Grace H. Lo2, Robert L. Welschhans3, Julio Charles4, Ramona Mihu3,5, Maureen D. Mayes6, Shervin Assassi7 and Sandeep K. Agarwal3, 1Medicine, Section of Immmunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Immunology, Allergy, Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 3Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 4Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas - Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, 5Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 6Department of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 7University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic systemic disease characterized by skin and internal organs fibrosis along with vasculopathy. Previous studies have reported increased cadherin-11…
  • Abstract Number: 728 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Symptoms of Autonomic Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis Assessed By the Compass-31 Questionnaire

    Brittany Adler1, James Russell2, Laura K. Hummers3 and Zsuzsanna McMahan4, 1Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Neurology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3Medical and Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 4Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    Background/Purpose: Autonomic dysfunction is a known complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and can affect vascular tone, gastrointestinal (GI) motility, and heart rate and blood pressure…
  • Abstract Number: 2695 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Latent Profile Analysis-Derived Typologies of Systemic Sclerosis Patients Using Body Image Indicators: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort Study

    Shadi Gholizadeh1, Linda Kwakkenbos2, Marie-Eve Carrier3, Sarah D. Mills1, Rina S. Fox4, Lisa Jewett2, Karen Gottesman5, Scott Roesch1, Brett D. Thombs2 and Vanessa L. Malcarne1, 1SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, 2McGill University; Lady David Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 5Scleroderma Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

    Background/Purpose: A common and distressing manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc, or scleroderma) is disfigurement in socially relevant areas of the body, including the face and…
  • Abstract Number: 733 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Ethnic Variation in Systemic Sclerosis Morbidity and Mortality

    Sindhu Johnson1, Zareen Ahmad2 and Haifa Al Sheikh3, 1Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Toronto Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an uncommon connective tissue disease characterized by pathological skin thickening and can involve multiple internal organs. Ethnic variations in SSc…
  • Abstract Number: 2696 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Things Left Unsaid: Important Topics That Are Not Discussed between Patients with Systemic Sclerosis, Their Carers and Their Healthcare Professionals

    Christopher Denton1, Bee Laird2, Lizette Moros3 and José Luis Luna Flores4, 1Department of Rheumatology, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2Reframe Research, East Sussex, United Kingdom, 3Boehringer-Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany, 4Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a serious rare condition that can be complicated by internal organ damage including interstitial lung fibrosis (SSc-ILD), which is a…
  • Abstract Number: 737 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Dynamic Prediction of Pulmonary Hypertension Development in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Using Landmark Analysis – Comparison of Two Models

    Svetlana I. Nihtyanova1, Voon H. Ong2, Emma C. Derrett-Smith3, Benjamin Schreiber4, J. Gerry Coghlan4, Bianca DeStavola5 and Christopher Denton6, 1Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Rheumatology, UCL Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 3Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 4National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 5Faculty of Population Health Sciences, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, 6Department of Rheumatology, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) contributes substantially to systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related morbidity and mortality. It tends to develop later in the disease, creating an opportunity for…
  • Abstract Number: 2982 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Morbidity and Mortality of Scleroderma in African Americans

    Duncan F. Moore1, Elisabeth Kramer1, Rami Eltaraboulsi2 and Virginia D. Steen1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, 2MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

    Background/Purpose: Retrospective cohorts have demonstrated that African Americans (AAs) with scleroderma are more likely to have severe disease and higher mortality than non-AAs. A prior…
  • Abstract Number: 761 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Increased Expression of the TNF Superfamily Member LIGHT/TNFSF14 and Its Receptor (TNFRSF14) in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

    Otylia Kowal-Bielecka1, Ewa Gindzienska-Sieskiewicz1, Oliver Distler2, Joanna Reszec3, Suzana Jordan2, Pawel Bielecki4, Andzrzej Sieskiewicz4, Agnieszka Sulik1 and Krzysztof Kowal5,6, 1Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, 2Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 3Department of Medical Pathomorphology, Department of Medical Pathomorphology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, 4Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, 5Department of Allergology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, 6Department of Experimental Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

    Background/Purpose: The TNF Superfamily member LIGHT (TNFSF14) regulates immune response and angiogenesis. Moreover, recent studies indicate that interactions of LIGHT with its receptor, TNFRSF14, might…
  • Abstract Number: 775 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Ssc Gene Expression Subtypes

    Guoshuai Cai1, Bhaven K. Mehta2, Mengqi Huang2, Jennifer Franks1, Tammara A. Wood1, Kathleen D. Kolstad3, Marianna Stark4, Antonia Valenzuela5, David Fiorentino6, Robert W. Simms7, Nicole Orzechowski8, Lorinda Chung9 and Michael L. Whitfield2, 1Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 2Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 3Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, 4Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 5Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 6Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 7Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 8Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 9Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease characterized by substantial genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity. Four molecular gene expression subsets have been identified from SSc…
  • Abstract Number: 919 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    HLA Type Imputation in the Genome Research in African American Scleroderma Patients (GRASP) Cohort Reveals Strong Associations of African Ancestry MHC Class II Types with Scleroderma and Lack of Class I HLA Type Associations

    Elaine F. Remmers1, Pravitt Gourh2, Steven Boyden3, Nadia D. Morgan4, Ami A. Shah4, Adebowale Adeyemo1, Amy Bentley1, Mary A. Carns5, Settara C. Chandrasekharappa1, Lorinda Chung6, Lindsey A. Criswell7, Chris T. Derk8, Robyn T. Domsic9, Ayo Doumatey1, Heather Gladue10, Avram Goldberg11, Jessica K. Gordon12, Vivien M Hsu13, Reem Jan14, Dinesh Khanna15, Maureen D. Mayes16, Thomas A. Medsger Jr.17, Paula S. Ramos18, Marcin A. Trojanowski19, Lesley A. Saketkoo20, Elena Schiopu15, Victoria K. Shanmugam21, Daniel Shriner1, Richard M. Silver22, Virginia D. Steen23, Antonia Valenzuela24, John Varga25, Charles Rotimi1, Fredrick M. Wigley26, Francesco Boin27 and Daniel L. Kastner28, 1National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 2NIAMS-Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, 3National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, MD, 4Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 5Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Scleroderma Program, Chicago, IL, 6Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 7Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 8Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 9Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 10Rheumatology, Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, 11NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, 12Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 13University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey--Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 14Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 15University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 16University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 17Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 18Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 19Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20Rheumatology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 21Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 22Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 23Rheumatology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, 24Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 25Rheumatology and Dermatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Scleroderma Program, Chicago, IL, 26Rheum Div/Mason F Lord, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 27Rheumatology, University California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 28Inflammatory Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

    Background/Purpose: The Genome Research in African American Scleroderma Patients (GRASP) consortium was created to obtain a collection of African American (AA) scleroderma patients to facilitate…
  • Abstract Number: 1248 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Evaluation of Validated Patient Reported Outcome Measures to Assess Sensitivity to Change in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease —a Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Collaborative Project

    Zsuzsanna McMahan1, Tracy M. Frech2, David Lim3, Veronica J. Berrocal4, Cosimo Bruni5, Marco Matucci-Cerinic6, Vanessa Smith7, Karin Melsons8, Susanna Proudman9, Jinyu Zhang10, Fabian A Mendoza11, Melanie Woods3 and Dinesh Khanna3, 1Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 4Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 5Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, 6Dept of Medicine/Div of Rheum, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, 7Faculty of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 8Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, 9Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, 10Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 11Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine and Scleroderma Center, Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: The UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0 and NIH PROMIS GI Symptoms Scales are validated in scleroderma to assess patient-reported gastrointestinal (GI) involvement. We sought to…
  • Abstract Number: 1676 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Improving Sensitivity to Change of the Modified Rodnan Skin Score over Time

    Annel M. Fernandez1, Robert F. Spiera2, Jackie Szymonifka2 and Jessica K. Gordon2, 1Medicine- Rheumatology/ Research, Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: The Modified Rodnan Skin Score (MRSS) assesses global dermal thickness through the examination of 17 body areas scored by clinical palpation using a 4…
  • Abstract Number: 6L • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Myeloablative Autologous Transplantation of CD34+ -Selected Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCT) Vs Monthly Intravenous Cyclophosphamide (CYC) for Severe Scleroderma with Internal Organ Involvement: Outcomes of a Randomized North American Clinical Trial

    Keith Sullivan1, Lynette Keyes-Elstein2, Peter McSweeney3, Ashley Pinckney2, Beverly Welch4, Maureen D Mayes5, Richard Nash3, Leslie J. Crofford6, Sharon Castina2, Linda Griffith7, Ellen Goldmuntz8 and Daniel E. Furst9, 1Duke University, Durham, NC, 2Rho, Inc, Chapel Hill, NC, 3Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, Denver, CO, 46610 Rockledge Dr., NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, 5Department of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 6Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nasville, TN, 7NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 8NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 9David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

      Background/Purpose: Therapeutic options for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) are limited. The Scleroderma: Cyclophosphamide or Transplantation (SCOT) trial was a multicenter study designed to…
  • Abstract Number: 1880 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    A Large Proportion of Patients in an Early Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Cohort Have Coexisting Pulmonary Hypertension

    Amber Young1, Caitlyn Fisher1, Rajaie Namas2, Holly Wilhalme3 and Dinesh Khanna4, 1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Department of Medicine [Division of Rheumatology], University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 3University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 4University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a multi-organ system disease manifested by fibrosis, vascular damage and dysregulation of the immune system. The leading causes of death…
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