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Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma, Systemic"

  • Abstract Number: 086 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Syndrome: A Case Series from a Single Large Pediatric Center

    Jessica Nguyen1, Miriah Gillispie-Taylor1, Eyal Muscal1 and Marietta Deguzman2, 1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare but potentially life-threatening autoimmune condition with features including immune, fibrotic, and vascular manifestations affecting the skin and…
  • Abstract Number: 106 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Caregivers’ Perspectives on Barriers to Care in Juvenile Localized and Systemic Scleroderma

    Leigh Stubbs1, Andrew Ferry2, Danielle Guffey1, Christina Loccke3, Erin Moriarty Wade3, Pamela Pour3, Kaveh Ardalan4, Peter Chiraseveenuprapund5, Ingrid Ganske6, Daniel Glaser7, Gloria Higgins8, Nadia Luca9, Katharine Moore10, Vidya Sivaraman11, Katie Stewart1, Natalia Vasquez Canizares12, Raegan Hunt1, Renata Maricevich1, Kathryn Torok13 and Suzanne Li14, 1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 3n/a, 4Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 5University of California - San Diego, San Diego, CA, 6Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 7Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 8Nationwide Childrens Hospital/ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 9University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 10University of Colorado / Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO, 11Nationwide Children's Hospital/ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 12Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, 13University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 14Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, NJ

    Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (LS) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) are rare rheumatic diseases often associated with severe morbidities. Delays in diagnosis are common, putting children…
  • Abstract Number: 116 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Clinical Significance of Anti-Scl-70 Antibodies in Pediatric Lupus Patients: A Single Center Cohort

    Dawn Janysek1, Yiressy Pina2, Danielle Guffey3 and Marietta De Guzman1, 1Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, 2Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, 3Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Production of autoantibodies is a hallmark of SLE, with ANAs as a required diagnostic feature and anti-dsDNA and anti-Smith antibodies being disease-specific. Anti-Scl-70 antibodies…
  • Abstract Number: 0518 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Changes in Skin Fibroblast Polarization Gene Expression Herald Clinical Improvement in Early, Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis

    Kimberly Showalter Lakin1, Deanna Jannat-Khah, DrPH, MSPH1, Yajas Shah2, Olivier Elemento2, Aliza Bloostein1, Jessica Gordon1, Michael Whitfield3, Barbara White4, Dana Orange5 and Robert Spiera1, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 3Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Lebanon, NH, 4Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Pleasanton, CA, 5The Rockefeller University, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: We previously identified a group of genes associated with high alpha-smooth muscle actin (aSMA) and low CD34 fibroblast staining in lesional systemic sclerosis (SSc)…
  • Abstract Number: 2162 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Systemic Sclerosis in Alaska Native/American Indian People in Alaska

    Vivek Mehta and Elizabeth Ferucci, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is known to have more severe manifestations and higher mortality in Black populations, while fewer studies have examined disparities in epidemiology…
  • Abstract Number: 1059 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Vision Transformer Assisting Rheumatologists in Screening for Capillaroscopy Changes in Systemic Sclerosis: An Artificial Intelligence Solution

    Alexandru Garaiman1, Farhad Nooralahzadeh2, Carina Mihai1, Nikitas Gkikopoulos1, Nicolas Perez Gonzalez2, Mike Becker1, Oliver Distler1, Michael Krauthammer3 and Britta Maurer4, 1Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, 2Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, 3Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, 4Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Background/Purpose: An accurate assessment of nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) images has great importance in the diagnosis and prognosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). To overcome some of…
  • Abstract Number: 2165 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Have Impaired Forced Vital Capacity, Even in the Absence of Interstitial Lung Disease

    Håvard Fretheim, Imon Barua, Øyvind Midtvedt, Torhild Garen, Phoung Phoung Diep, Michael Durheim, Cathrine Brunborg and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-vold, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    Background/Purpose: Spirometry, in particular forced vital capacity (FVC), is a widely implemented tool in the initial diagnostic workup and monitoring of systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung…
  • Abstract Number: 1119 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Investigating Macrophage Heterogeneity in the Esophagus and Lungs of SSc Patients

    Hadijat Makinde1, Carla Cuda1, Miranda Gurra1, Mary Carns2, Kathleen Aren2, Gaurav Gadhvi1, Salina Dominguez1, Jane Dematte3, Darren Brenner4, John Pandolfino5, G. R. Scott Budinger4, Deborah Winter6 and Harris Perlman1, 1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, 3Northwestern University, Elmhurst, IL, 4Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 5Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Wilmette, IL, 6Northwestern University, Skokie, IL

    Background/Purpose: Our group has made important contributions to an emerging understanding of monocytes and macrophages as central to SSc pathogenesis. There are numerous studies that…
  • Abstract Number: 2174 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Influence of Immunosuppressive Therapy on Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

    Lea Stamm1, Alexandru Garaiman1, Norina Zampatti1, Mike Becker1, Cosimo Bruni1, Rucsandra Dobrota1, Muriel Elhai1, Sherif Ismail2, Suzana Jordan1, Aurora Tatu3, Oliver Distler1 and Carina Mihai1, 1Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, 2Department of Internal Medicine, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, 3Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Background/Purpose: The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is frequently affected in systemic sclerosis (SSc), leading to considerable morbidity and even mortality. While important progress has been made…
  • Abstract Number: 1127 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Unsupervised Clustering Analysis of the Serum Proteome Identifies Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Distinctive Clinical Features

    Chary Lopez-Pedrera1, Rafaela Ortega-Castro1, Tomás Cerdó2, Pilar Font1, María Martinez-Monllor3, Laura Muñoz-Barrera1, Ismael Sánchez-Pareja2, María Carmen Ábalos-Aguilera3, Nuria Barbarroja1, Eduardo Collantes1, María Ángeles Aguirre-Zamorano4 and Carlos Pérez-Sánchez1, 1IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, 2IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, 3Imibic/ University of Córdoba/ Reina Sofía Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, 4Reina Sofía University Hospital/ Rheumatology Department, Córdoba, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an heterogeneous autoimmune disease. There is an unmet need of biomarkers for diagnosis, progression and therapeutic response.This study aimed to…
  • Abstract Number: 2176 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Novel Tissue Turnover Blood Markers Are Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and NYHA Stages in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

    Signe Holm Nielsen1, Sine Søndergaard Korsholm2, Axel Diederichsen3, Morten Karsdal1, John Bonde Knudsen4, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen1, Louise Diederichsen5 and Christoffer Tandrup Nielsen6, 1Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, 2Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dept of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital (OUH), Odense, Denmark, 3Dept of Cardiology, OUH, Odense, Denmark, Odense, 4Dept of Rheumatology, OUH, Odense, Denmark., Odense, 5Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Dragør, Denmark, 6Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by vasculopathy and fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Cardiac involvement, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and interstitial lung…
  • Abstract Number: 1167 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Towards an Autologous 3D Skin-like Tissue Harboring Patient-Derived Fibroblasts, Keratinocytes, T-cells and Macrophages

    Sasha Shenk1, Jonathan Garlick1, Lev Brown2, Jamie Riesenberg2, Christian Evans2, Julia Jaffe Zweifach2, Andrew Macklin2, Tamar Abel3, Noelle Kosarek4, Mengqi Huang5, Avi Smith1, Tammara Wood3, Gretel Torres6, Patricia pioli6 and Michael Whitfield7, 1Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 2Tufts University, Boston, MA, 3Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 4Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, 5University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PN, 6Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, 7Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Lebanon, NH

    Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis; SSc) is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology that is characterized by vascular dysfunction, fibrosis, and inflammation. A lack of human…
  • Abstract Number: PP23 • ACR Convergence 2022

    The Journey to Collaborative Care and Patient-Centric Educational Opportunities for a Scleroderma Patient

    Amy Gietzen and Hannah Bowen, The Ann Steffens Scleroderma Foundation, Albany, NY

    Background/Purpose: In 2001 I started to experience forearm, elbow, and wrist pain. My fingers were constantly swollen, and sensitive. After 6 months of living in…
  • Abstract Number: 1368 • ACR Convergence 2022

    How Common Is the Coexistence of Juvenile Localized and Systemic Scleroderma? Results of a Multination Survey

    Ivan Foeldvari1, Nicola Helmus2 and Suzanne Li3, 1Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, 2Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany, 3Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, West Orange, NJ

    Background/Purpose: Pediatric scleroderma consists of two diseases, juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) and juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc). While jLS and jSSc share some disease processes, there…
  • Abstract Number: 1518 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Prevalence, Risk Factors and Treatment Patterns of Digital Ischemic Complications in Systemic Sclerosis: A Single Center Cross-Sectional Study

    Ashima Makol1, Alicia Hinze2, Rachel Giblon1, Yasser Radwan3, Tina Gunderson4, David Liedl1, Kenneth J. Warrington4, Cynthia Crowson5 and Paul Wennberg1, 1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, 2Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, 3Mayo Clinic/ Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, 4Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 5Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN

    Background/Purpose: Digital ischemic complications (DICs, including digital ulcers, digital pitting/scars, gangrene and/or amputation) can significantly impact hand function, disability and overall prognosis in SSc. We…
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