Abstracts tagged "scleroderma and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: L3 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis: Preliminary Results
Janet E. Pope¹, Dinesh Khanna², Jaap Fransen³, Sindhu R. Johnson⁴, Murray Baron⁵, Alan G. Tyndall⁶, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁷, Raymond P. Naden⁸, Frank H.J. van den Hoogen⁹ and ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis¹⁰, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, St. Joseph Health Care London, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, Toronto Western and Mt. Sinai Hospitals, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Biomedicine & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁸Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, Austria, ⁹Rheumatology, Rheumatology Centre Sint Maartenskliniek and Radboud university medical center, Ubbergen (Nijmegen), Netherlands, ¹⁰Janet Pope, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The existing 1980 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc) are suboptimal for patients with early SSc and some patients with limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc)…
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…
Abstract Number: 1464 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Baseline Characteristics of the Combined Response Index for Systemic Sclerosis (CRISS) Cohort to Patients Enrolled in Clinical Trials of Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis
Heather Gladue¹, Daniel Furst², Veronica Berrocal³, James R. Seibold⁴, Peter A. Merkel⁵, Maureen D. Mayes⁶, Kristine Phillips⁷, Robert W. Simms⁸, Shervin Assassi⁹, Philip J. Clements¹⁰, Paul Maranian¹¹ and Dinesh Khanna¹², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²David Geffen School of Medicine, Div of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Scleroderma Research Consultants LLC, Avon, CT, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁹Rheumatology, Univ of Texas Health Science Houston, Houston, TX, ¹⁰University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of treatment of diffuse systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) would benefit from a composite index that predicted efficacy better than current standard…
Abstract Number: 1470 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Features Associated with Anti-Th/to in Non-Scleroderma Patients – Sine Scleroderma?
Ann D. Chauffe¹, Minoru Satoh¹, Angela Ceribelli², Edward K.L. Chan², Yi Li¹, Eric S. Sobel³, Westley H. Reeves⁴ and Michael R. Bubb¹, ¹Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ³Medicine/Div of Rheumatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁴Rheumatology & Clinical Imm, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies in scleroderma (systemic sclerosis, SSc) such as anti-topoisomerase I (Scl-70), RNA polymerase III, centromere, U3RNP/fibrillarin, and Th/To are associated with a unique subset…

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