Abstracts tagged "scleroderma and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1811 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation Of The ICD-CM-9 Code For Systemic Sclerosis Using Updated ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria
Aaliya Yaqub¹, Lorinda Chung², David Fiorentino³ and Eswar Krishnan⁴, ¹Stanford Univ Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ²Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ³Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, ⁴Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease associated with substantial morbidity. Epidemiologic studies using large administrative databases often rely on the accuracy of…
Abstract Number: 1745 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction Of Pulmonary Complications In Systemic Sclerosis – Model Development and Validation
Svetlana I. Nihtyanova¹, Benjamin E. Schreiber², Voon H. Ong³, John G. Coghlan⁴, Athol U. Wells⁵ and Christopher P. Denton⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ²Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, The Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ⁴National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, The Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Radiology, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary complications contribute substantially to systemic sclerosis (SSc) associated morbidity and are the most frequent disease-related cause of death. We explore predictors of clinically…
Abstract Number: 1746 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pericardial Effusions Are Not a Poor Prognostic Factor In Systemic Sclerosis Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Elana J. Bernstein¹, Jessica K. Gordon², Wei-Ti Huang³ and Virginia D. Steen⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) (defined as a mean pulmonary arterial pressure ≥ 25 mmHg on right heart catheterization) is a leading cause of death in…
Abstract Number: 822 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inhibition Of Casein Kinase II Reduces TGFβ Induced Fibroblast Activation and Ameliorates Experimental Fibrosis
Yun Zhang, Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Casein kinase-2 (CK2) is a highly conserved serine/threonine kinase. CK2 is a tetramer composed of 2 catalytic subunits (α or α’) and 2 β…
Abstract Number: 688 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Minimal Clinically Important Investigations In Systemic Sclerosis
Jessica Meijs¹, Anne A. Schouffoer¹, Nina Ajmone Marsan², Maarten K. Ninaber³ and Tom W.J. Huizinga¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The optimal management of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a challenge due to the complexity of early diagnosis and identification of patients who are at…
Abstract Number: 674 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Sclerosis Disease Subset Is a Better Predictor Of Long Term Outcome Than Autoantibody Profile
Svetlana I. Nihtyanova¹, Voon H. Ong² and Christopher P. Denton³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, The Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Disease subset has been shown to strongly correlate with survival and risk of organ complications in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Nevertheless evidence in…
Abstract Number: 675 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact Of Male Sex On Survival In Systemic Sclerosis
Haseena Hussein¹, Peter Lee², Cathy Chau³ and Sindhu R. Johnson⁴, ¹Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Research Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Lebovic Bldg, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) has a female predominance with a female-to-male ratio of 3:1. Sex differences have been seen in many autoimmune diseases; however, little…
Abstract Number: 680 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diastolic Dysfunction Amongst Autoantibody Subgroups Of Patients With Diffuse Scleroderma
Cory Perugino¹, John Stephens², Colin O'Rourke³ and Soumya Chatterjee⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Rheumatic and Immunologic Ds, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by microangiopathy, tissue hypoxia, and fibrosis. At least seven different autoantibodies have been identified…
Abstract Number: 2907 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
D1398G Variant Of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor – A Potential Biomarker Of Severe Interstitial Lung Disease In African American Scleroderma Patients
Ilia Atanelishvili¹, Tanjina Akter², Richard M. Silver³ and Galina S. Bogatkevich², ¹Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina,Charleston,USA, Charleston, SC, ²Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina,Charleston,USA, Charleston, SC, ³Div Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina,Charleston,USA, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major complication and leading cause of mortality in scleroderma (SSc, systemic sclerosis). The morbidity and mortality rates in…
Abstract Number: 2422 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sexual Activity and Sexual Functioning Among Women with Systemic Sclerosis Compared to Women From a Population Sample
Brooke Levis¹, Andrea Burri², Marie Hudson³, Murray Baron⁴ and Brett D. Thombs⁵, ¹Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College, London, United Kingdom, ³Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma, is a chronic, multi-system, connective tissue disorder characterized by thickening and fibrosis of the skin and internal organ involvement.…
Abstract Number: 2303 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Confirmation of TNIP1 As a Susceptibility Locus for Systemic Sclerosis in a Large Multicentre Study
Lara Bossini-Castillo¹, Jose Ezequiel Martin², Carmen Pilar Simeon³, Lorenzo Beretta⁴, Olga Y. Gorlova⁵, Madelon C. Vonk⁶, Patricia Carreira⁷, the Spanish Scleroderma Group⁸, Annemie Schuerwegh⁹, Alexandre Voskuyl¹⁰, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹¹, Roger Hesselstrand¹², Annika Nordin¹³, Claudio Lunardi¹⁴, Jaap Van Laar¹⁵, Paul Shiels¹⁶, Ariane Herrick¹⁷, Jane Worthington¹⁸, Carmen Fonseca¹⁹, Christopher P. Denton¹⁹, Shervin Assassi²⁰, Bobby P.C. Koeleman²¹, Maureen D. Mayes²², T.R.D.J. Radstake²³ and Javier Martin¹, ¹Immunology, Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina Lopez-Neyra (IPBLN-CSIC), Granada, Spain, ²Immunology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Armilla (Granada), Spain, ³Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Valle de Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, ⁵Department of Epidemiology, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Granada, Spain, ⁹Leids Univ Medisch Centrum, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹²Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁶University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Musculoskeletal Research Group, University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ²⁰Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²¹Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²²Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²³Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis or scleroderma (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disorder that affects the connective tissue causing fibrosis in the skin and different internal organs.…
Abstract Number: 2295 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Caveolin-1 Deficiency Induces Spontaneous Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EndoMT) in Murine Pulmonary Endothelial Cells in Vitro
Zhaodong Li¹, Peter J. Wermuth², Bryan Benn², Michael P. Lisanti³ and Sergio A. Jimenez², ¹Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases and Scleroderma Center,Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases and Scleroderma Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ³Jefferson Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Center, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Recent studies demonstrated that the phenotypic transition of endothelial cells (EC) into activated mesenchymal cells, a process known an endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT), may be…
Abstract Number: 1805 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Pro-Fibrotic Cytokines IL-33 and IL-13 Modulates Dermal Fibrosis Via the A2A Adenosine Receptor
Ross C. Radusky¹, Jessica L. Feig², Bruce N. Cronstein³, Andrew G. Franks Jr.⁴ and Edwin SL Chan¹, ¹Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medicine. Department of Translational Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Internal Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁴Dermatology & Medicine (Rheumatology), New York University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: We have previously demonstrated that the nucleoside adenosine mediates collagen production and induce dermal fibrosis in in vitro and in vivo models. IL–13 expression…
Abstract Number: 1712 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Submaximal Heart and Pulmonary Evaluation: A Novel Noninvasive Test to Identify Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Elana J. Bernstein¹, Jessica K. Gordon², Robert F. Spiera², Lisa A. Mandl² and Evelyn M. Horn³, ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH), defined as a mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) ≥ 25 mmHg on right heart catheterization (RHC), is a leading cause of…
Abstract Number: 1505 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inactivation of Tankyrases Ameliorates Canonical Wnt Signaling and Prevents Experimental Fibrosis
Alfiya Distler¹, Lisa Deloch², Jingang Huang², Clara Dees², Neng Yu Lin², Christian Beyer³, Oliver Distler⁴, Georg A. Schett⁵ and Joerg HW Distler¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine III and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by aberrant activation of fibroblasts with increased release of extracellular matrix components. Canonical Wnt signaling has recently emerged as…

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