Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma, Systemic"

Abstract Number: 0435 • ACR Convergence 2022
Onset of ANCA-associated Vasculitides in Systemic Sclerosis: Phenotype, Management and Outcomes
deborah Eshagh¹, Thomas Quéméneur², Alexandre Karras³, Viviane Queyrel⁴, Jean Francois Augusto⁵, Christian Agard⁶, Vincent Audard⁷, Marion Couderc⁸, PIerre Duffau⁹, Cecile-Audrey Durel¹⁰, Stan Faguer¹¹, Noemie Jourde Chiche¹², Aurelie Lavergne¹³, Christian Lavigne⁵, Nicolas Limal¹, Amélie Servettaz¹⁴, Perrine Smets¹⁵, Alexis Regent¹⁶, Luc Mouthon¹⁶ and Benjamin Terrier¹⁶, ¹APHP, Paris, France, ²Valenciennes Hospital, Valenciennes, France, ³HEGP, Paris, France, ⁴CHU NIce, Nice, France, ⁵CHU Angers, Angers, France, ⁶Internal medicine, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ⁷CHU Henri Mondor, Creteil, France, ⁸University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁹CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁰CHU Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹¹CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ¹²APHM, Marseille, France, ¹³CHU Rennes, Rennes, France, ¹⁴CHU Reims, Reims, France, ¹⁵CHU Clermont Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹⁶National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody production, skin and visceral fibrosis, and vasculopathy. The onset of ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV)…
Abstract Number: 2160 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Role of CCL21 in Serum Samples from Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Henriette Didriksen¹, Øyvind Molberg², Adi Mehta³, Suzana Jordan⁴, Håvard Fretheim³, Einar Gude³, Thor Ueland³, Cathrine Brunborg³, Vyacheslav Palchevskiy⁵, Torhild Garen³, Øyvind Midtvedt³, Arne Andreassen³, Fridtjof Lund-Johansen³, Oliver Distler⁴, John Belperio⁵ and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold³, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Moss, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Chemokines appear to be important for the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Humans may generate antibodies targeting chemokines leading to inhibition of signaling and driving…
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: 0500 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Phenotypes of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis with Distinct Molecular Signatures in the Skin
Monica Yang¹, Vivien Goh², Monica Espinoza³, Yiwei Yuan⁴, Julia Lee⁵, Mary Carns⁶, Dinesh Khanna⁷, Zsuzsanna McMahan⁸, Michael Whitfield⁹ and Monique Hinchcliff¹⁰, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH, ⁴Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ⁵Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ¹⁰Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Although two subsets in systemic sclerosis (SSc) have been identified based on degree of skin disease, the current classification system, limited vs. diffuse cutaneous,…
Abstract Number: 1382 • ACR Convergence 2021
Survey on Treatment Practices in Subclinical Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Sabrina Hoa¹, Murray Baron² and Marie Hudson³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal; Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a leading cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Early detection and treatment of SSc-ILD may lead to improved…
Abstract Number: 0541 • ACR Convergence 2021
N-formyl Methionine Peptide-mediated Neutrophil Activation in Systemic Sclerosis
Runa Kuley¹, Ryan Stultz², Bhargavi Duvvuri², Roger Hesselstrand³, J Lee Nelson⁴ and Christian Lood², ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex systemic autoimmune disease, and its etiology is unknown. Exaggerated neutrophil activation and formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs)…
Abstract Number: 1383 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prediction of Digital Ulcers in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Based on the Use of Platelet Inhibitors and Other Parameters – A EUSTAR Study on Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Model
Alexandru Garaiman¹, Klaus Steigmiller², Catherine Gebhard³, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁴, Jorg Henes⁵, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra⁶, Vanessa Smith⁷, Andrea Doria⁸, Yannick Allanore⁹, Lorenzo Dagna¹⁰, Branimir Anic¹¹, Carlomaurizio Montecucco¹², Otylia Kowal-Bielecka¹³, Mickael Martin¹⁴, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁵, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁶, Ulrike Held², Oliver Distler¹⁷ and Mike Oliver Becker¹⁸, ¹University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Department of Biostatistics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁵University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁸University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁹Université de Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁰10Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, ¹¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb and University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ¹³Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, ¹⁴Internal Medicine, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France, ¹⁵University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁷Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich/University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Digital ulcers (DUs) affect half of the patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and can be complicated by gangrene and amputation. Platelets are known to…
Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2021
Targeting CD13/aminopeptidase N as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Scleroderma Fibrosis
Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou, M.Asif Amin, Phillip Campbell, Mikel Gurrea-Rubio, Morgan Omara, Ellen Model, Pamela Palisoc, Mustafa Ali, Sirapa Vichaikul, Jonatan Hervoso, Jeffrey Ruth, Dinesh Khanna and David Fox, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Aminopeptidase N, also known as CD13, is a Zn2+-dependent membrane bound ectopeptidase widely expressed in mammalian cells including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS),…

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