Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma, Systemic"

Abstract Number: 0811 • ACR Convergence 2025
SSc Skin Cell Atlas: a Scalable Web Portal for scRNA-Seq Analysis
Helen Jarnagin¹, Zhiyun Gong¹, Rachael Bogle², Alex Tsoi², Rezvan Parvizi³, Madeline Morrisson⁴, Dinesh Khanna⁵, Johann Gudjonsson⁵ and Michael Whitfield⁶, ¹Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ²University of Michigan, Holland, OH, ³Dartmouth, lebanon, NH, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Despite the recent popularity and utility of modern high-resolution sequencing technologies, leveraging publicly available single-cell studies remains hampered by the need for substantial computational…
Abstract Number: 2653 • ACR Convergence 2025
First Prospective Evaluation of Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Systemic Sclerosis: Immunogenicity, Safety, and Disease Activity Outcomes
Ana Paula Luppino-Assad¹, Renata P Mello², Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro³, Nadia E Aikawa⁴, Sandra G Pasoto³, Leonard V Kupa⁵, Renata Miossi⁶, Percival D Sampaio-Barros⁶, Eduardo Borba⁷, Eloisa Bonfa⁷ and Clovis Artur Silva⁸, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SAO PAULO, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, ⁷Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients are at higher risk of herpes zoster (HZ) due to underlying immune dysregulation and immunosuppressive therapies. Vaccination is a key…
Abstract Number: 1587 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Clinical Response to JAK Inhibitors in Systemic Sclerosis: A Real-Life Multicentric Study Across Clinical Domains
Stefano Di Donato¹, JUAN JOSE ALEGRE SANCHO², Anastas Batalov³, Zguro Batalov⁴, Silvia Bellando-Randone⁵, carmela coccia⁶, Marco de Pinto⁷, Dilia Giuggioli⁸ and Michael Hughes⁹, ¹University of Leeds, Canosa Sannita, Chieti, Italy, ²Department of rheumatology. Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ³Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁴UMHAT Kaspela, Ploudiv, Bulgaria, ⁵University of Florence, Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁷Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Parma, Parma, Italy, ⁸Scleroderma Unit, Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Modena, Italy, ⁹Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: JAK inhibitors (JAKi) have shown promising early results in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients, yet real-world data on their longitudinal effects across different disease domains…
Abstract Number: 0968 • ACR Convergence 2025
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Systemic Sclerosis are Dysfunctional and Have a Profibrotic and Senescent Phenotype
Marianela Brizio¹, Benoit Brilland¹, Maximilien Lora², Mathieu Mancini¹, David Langlais¹, Marie Hudson³ and Ines Colmegna⁴, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ³McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are non-hematopoietic multipotent cells with immunomodulatory, proangiogenic, and antifibrotic properties. MSC functions are mediated by paracrine soluble factors and small…
Abstract Number: 0259 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inhaled pirfenidone as an innovative therapeutic approach to treat autoimmune ILD and other forms of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: Phase 2b Study Design
Kristin Highland¹, Colin Reisner², Allison Trucillo³, Deepthi Nair⁴, Felix Woodhead⁴, Howard Lazarus⁴, Craig Conoscenti⁴ and Martin Kolb⁵, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Shaker Heights, OH, ²DevPro Biopharma, Basking Ridge, NJ, ³Avalyn Pharma, Austin, TX, ⁴Avalyn Pharma, Cambridge, MA, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis (PPF) is an increasingly recognized condition, defined in 2022 to address the progression of pulmonary fibrosis in patients with interstitial lung…
Abstract Number: 2493 • ACR Convergence 2025
Investigating scoring systems to measure clinically relevant changes in systemic sclerosis-related finger acro-osteolysis over time, as assessed in serial hand radiographs
Michael Hughes¹, Graham Dinsdale², Aayushi Agnihotri³, Joanne Manning², Muditha Samaranayaka⁴, Jonathan Harris² and Ariane Herrick⁵, ¹The University of Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ²Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, ³The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁵The University of Manchester, UK, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Acro-osteolysis (A-O, terminal tuft digit resorption) is characteristic of systemic sclerosis (SSc), occurring in 20-25% of patients (1). Outcome measures are much needed. Following…
Abstract Number: 1580 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lung vasculature quantification on computed tomography predicts new onset of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis
Maria Iacovantuono¹, Nicholas landini², lisa Jungblut³, Gesa Sauer⁴, Rucsandra Dobrota⁵, Sinziana Muraru⁶, Muriel Elhai⁷, Carina Mihai⁸, Mike Becker⁹, Maria Sole Chimenti¹⁰, Thomas Frauenfelder³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹¹, Oliver Distler¹² and Cosimo Bruni¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Spinete, Italy, ²Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, "Sapienza" University, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy. Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Rueil Malmaison, France, ³Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁷University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁸University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, Roma, Italy, ¹¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is highly prevalent in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and a leading cause of mortality. Recent studies have identified clinical risk factors…
Abstract Number: 0965 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inhibition of Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase Reverses Fibroblast Activation via Epigenetic and Metabolic Remodeling in Systemic Sclerosis
Kamal Saba¹, Rong Huang², Priyanka Verma¹, M Asif Amin¹ and John Varga¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by progressive fibrosis driven by sustained fibroblast activation and senescence. Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT), a SAM-dependent enzyme, is upregulated in…
Abstract Number: 2492 • ACR Convergence 2025
Autoantibody Profiles and Disease Trajectories in Early Systemic Sclerosis: Insights from a Prospective Cohort
Marzieh Jamali¹, Amisha Kaur¹, Suiyuan Huang¹, James St. Clair², John Varga¹, Carleigh Zahn², Erica Mulcaire-Jones¹, Alain Lescoat¹ and Dinesh Khanna¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease with high mortality. Early stratification by autoantibody (SSc-Ab) profile may inform prognosis and management, but data…
Abstract Number: 1578 • ACR Convergence 2025
Use of the CD19/CD3 T cell engager blinatumomab in refractory diffuse systemic sclerosis : a case series
Marc Scherlinger¹, Yannick dieudonne², Anna Molto³, Emmanuel Chatelus⁴, aurelien Guffroy⁵, Thierry Martin², Jacques-eric GOTTENBERG⁶, Celestine Simand⁷, Anne El Aatmani⁸, Justine Decroocq⁹, Eden Sebbag¹, Jean Sibilia¹⁰ and Jérôme AVOUAC¹¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, National Center for Rare autoimmune disease RESO,Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Immunology Department, National Center for Rare autoimmune disease RESO,Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ³Assistance Publique Hôpitauxde Paris, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France, ⁵CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, ⁶Hautepierre Hospital, STRASBOURG, Alsace, France, ⁷ICANS, Strasbourg, France, ⁸CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁹APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, National Center for Rare autoimmune disease RESO,Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ¹¹Rheumatology department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe autoimmune disease with limited treatments. While anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy shows promise, its use is limited by cost…
Abstract Number: 0705 • ACR Convergence 2025
Multimodal Imaging Evaluation of Patients with Raynaud’s Phenomenon meeting the Criteria for “Early” Systemic Sclerosis according to LeRoy versus Healthy Controls: a Prospective Cross-sectional study
Ramona Govender¹, Elvis Hysa², Rosanna Campitiello³, Steven Wallaert¹, Matthias Vandycke¹, Emanuele Gotelli³, Tessa Du Four¹, Maurizio Cutolo⁴ and Vanessa Smith⁵, ¹University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ²University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ³University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, ⁴University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disorder. To date, no comparative multi-modal imaging data exist for precursor patients, those with Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP)…
Abstract Number: 2489 • ACR Convergence 2025
Unraveling IPAF, VEDOSS and connective tissue diseases classifications through the mixed connective tissue disease spectrum
Kevin Chevalier¹, Benjamin Torreau², Marc Michel³, Bertrand Godeau³, Christian AGARD⁴, Thomas Papo⁵, Karim Sacré⁶, Brigitte Bader-Meunier⁷, Raphaele Seror⁸, Xavier Mariette⁹, Cacoub Patrice¹⁰, Ygal Benhamou¹¹, Hervé Levesque¹², Cécile goujard¹³, Olivier Lambotte¹⁴, Bernard Bonnotte¹⁵, Maxime Samson¹⁶, Félix Ackermann¹⁷, Jean Schmidt¹⁸, Pierre Duhaut¹⁸, Isabelle Kone-Paut¹⁴, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn¹⁹, Thomas Hanslik¹⁹, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau²⁰, Benjamin Terrier²⁰, Alexis REGENT²¹, bertrand Dunogue²², Pascal Cohen²³, Véronique Le Guern²⁰, Eric HACHULLA²⁴, Benjamin Chaigne²² and Luc Mouthon²², ¹Université Paris Cité, Montrouge, France, ²Internal Medicine and Immunology, CHU Tours, Tours, France, ³Henri Mondor hospital, Créteil, France, ⁴Internal medicine, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ⁵Bichat hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Bichat University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁷Necker hospital, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, National referral center for auto immune disease and Sjogren disease, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM UMR¹¹⁸⁴: Centre for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, Paris, France., le kremlin bicetre, France, ⁹Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Sorbonne Universités, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Centre national de références Maladies Autoimmunes et systémiques rares, Centre national de références Maladies Autoinflammatoires rares et Amylose inflammatoire (CEREMAIA), INSERM, UMR S⁹⁵⁹, Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy (I³), Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹¹Internal Medicine, CHU Rouen, Rouen, France, ¹²Rouen hospital, Rouen, France, ¹³Université Paris Saclay, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Bicêtre Hospital, APHP, UMR¹¹⁸⁴ Inserm, CEA, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ¹⁴Bicêtre hospital, Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ¹⁵Internal medicine and clinical immunology, Université Bourgogne Europe , CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France, ¹⁶CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France, ¹⁷Foch hospital, Suresnes, France, ¹⁸Amiens hospital, Amiens, France, ¹⁹Ambroise Paré hospital, Boulogne, France, ²⁰Cochin hospital, Paris, France, ²¹Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ²²Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ²³Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Cochin, Paris, France, ²⁴CHU Lille, Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-Immunes et Auto-Inflammatoires Rares du Nord, Nord-Ouest, Méditerranée et Guadeloupe (CeRAINOM), Lille, France, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare systemic disorder that belongs to connective tissue diseases (CTD). Approximately 25% of MCTD patients will meet…
Abstract Number: 1579 • ACR Convergence 2025
Exploring the Pulmonary Vascular Changes on Computed Tomography in predicting progression and mortality of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Maria Iacovantuono¹, Nicholas landini², lisa Jungblut³, Florian Käs⁴, Rucsandra Dobrota⁵, Sinziana Muraru⁶, Carina Mihai⁷, Muriel Elhai⁸, Mike Becker⁹, Maria Sole Chimenti¹⁰, Thomas Frauenfelder³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹¹, Oliver Distler¹² and Cosimo Bruni¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Spinete, Italy, ²Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, "Sapienza" University, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy. Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Rueil Malmaison, France, ³Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁷University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁹Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, Roma, Italy, ¹¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the main cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Among radiomics features, the automated quantification of pulmonary vascular volume…
Abstract Number: 0699 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Retrospective Comparison of Transplant Outcomes in Patients with and without Systemic Sclerosis
Lilit Grigoryan, Sumbal Wajid, Giovanni Faddoul and Swati Mehta, Albany medical center, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is one of the life threatening complications of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Up to 20-50% require long term dialysis and subsequently…
Abstract Number: 2488 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy and Safety of Rituximab for Skin Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: A Single-Center Study
Kanako Chujo¹, Taichi Miyagi¹, Hiromi Shimada², Shusaku Nakashima², Yusuke Ushio¹, Koichi Sugihara², Mao Mizusaki², Naoto Manabe¹, Mayuko Wada², Risa Wakiya³ and Hiroaki Dobashi², ¹Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ²Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Departent of Internal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) was approved in Japan as a new treatment strategy for systemic sclerosis (SSc). Intravenous rituximab (375mg/m2) is administered once a week for…

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