Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma, Systemic"

Abstract Number: 2644 • ACR Convergence 2024
Baseline Fibroblast Immunophenotype Predicts Clinical Improvement Among Individuals with Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Lakin¹, Robert Spiera², John Spivack¹, Yaxia Zhang¹, Jessica Gordon³ and dana Orange⁴, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Scleroderma, Vasculitis, and Myositis Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁴Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that fibroblast CD34 is low and alpha-smooth muscle actin (aSMA) is high in severe diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) skin,…
Abstract Number: L06 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improvement in Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes for Refractory Juvenile-Onset Systemic Sclerosis (jSSc) 6 Months to 2 Years After Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT)
Kathryn Torok¹, Paulina Horvei¹, Franziska Rosser¹, Kirsten Rose-felker², Vibha Sood², Adam Olsen², Nicole Hogue², Vickie Vandergrift², Lauren Farver², Devin Mcguire², Jonathan Li³, Haley Havrilla², Jessie Alexander⁴, Shawna McIntyre² and Paul Szabolcs¹, ¹University of Pittsburgh; UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Stanford Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile-onset systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is an inflammatory, fibrotic, and vasculopathic disease that causes severe multi-organ dysfunction leading to significant morbidity and early mortality.When patients…
Abstract Number: 0664 • ACR Convergence 2023
Quantitative Hand Held Dynamometry to Assess Muscle Strength in Scleroderma Associated Myopathy
Julie Paik¹, Christopher Mecoli², Anshula Nallapati¹, Ami Shah³, Fred Wigley⁴, Zsuzsanna McMahan⁵ and Laura Hummers¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Lutherville, MD
Background/Purpose: Manual muscle strength testing can be challenging in SSc associated myopathy (SSc-AM) due to contractures or skin tightening. Since there is currently no validated…
Abstract Number: 2090 • ACR Convergence 2023
Adaptation of the Making it WorkTM for People with Systemic Sclerosis
Janet Poole¹, Kristine Carandang², Mary Thelander Hill¹, Anna Koch³, Pamela Rogers⁴ and Diane Lacaille⁵, ¹University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²University of Wisconsin, San Diego, CA, ³New Mexico Highlands University, Rio Rancho, NM, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁵Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) limits participation in paid employment, threatening well-being. Few resources exist to help people with SSc remain in the work force despite…
Abstract Number: 0127 • ACR Convergence 2023
Time Trends, Cumulative Incidence, and Impact on Survival of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: Results from a Population-based Cohort Study
Anukul Karn¹, Sara Achenbach², Alicia Hinze³, Cynthia Crowson¹ and Ashima Makol², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Cardiopulmonary complications are the number one cause of mortality in Systemic sclerosis (SSc). We studied the prevalence, cumulative incidence, predictors and impact of interstitial…
Abstract Number: 0792 • ACR Convergence 2023
Single Cell RNA-seq of Myeloid Cells from Systemic Sclerosis Patients Identifies Circulating Monocyte Population with Interferon Signature Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease
Richard Ainsworth¹, Kim Taylor², Ye Cao³, Takanori Sasaki⁴, Deepak Rao⁵, Nunzio Bottini⁶ and Francesco Boin¹, ¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶University of California, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Growing evidence supports a critical role for innate immunity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) pathogenesis. Altered myeloid cell numbers and functions have been implicated in…
Abstract Number: 2352 • ACR Convergence 2023
High Serum C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 10 (CXCL10) Potentially Predicts New Onset of Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease
Yehya Al-Adwi, Isabella Atzeni, Berber Doornbos-van der Meer, Marcel J van der Leij, Bart-Jan Kroesen, Alja Stel, Wim Timens, C.Tji Gan, Harry van Goor, Johanna Westra and Douwe J Mulder, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is the leading cause of death in SSc patients. There is an unmet need for predictive biomarkers of ILD…
Abstract Number: 0128 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incidence, Trends, and Determinants of Multimorbidity in Systemic Sclerosis: Data from a Population-based Cohort
Anukul Karn¹, Sara Achenbach², Alicia Hinze³, Cynthia Crowson¹ and Ashima Makol², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the burden, longitudinal trends, and drivers of multimorbidity (MM; the presence of ≥2 morbidities) in patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) vs. age-…
Abstract Number: 0935 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sodium Pyruvate Improves Mitochondrial Fitness in SSc Fibroblasts to Prevent Fibroblast-to-myofibroblast Transition and Fibrotic Remodeling
Xiang Zhou¹, Thuong Trinh-Minh¹, Alexandru-Emil Matei¹, Honglin Zhu², Hermina Györfi¹, Cuong Tran Manh¹, Xuezhi Hong¹ and Joerg Distler¹, ¹Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 5 Department of Rheumatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Background/Purpose: Systematic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characteristic by fibroblast transition and overproduction of extracellular matrix, yet with limited treatment. Recent studies provided evidence…
Abstract Number: 2354 • ACR Convergence 2023
Is Midkine a Novel Biomarker for Acro-osteolysis in Systemic Sclerosis?
Ganiat Adeogun¹, Venkateswara Gogulamudi², Meridith Balbach¹, Anthony Donato² and Tracy Frech¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Acro-osteolysis is a hand complication in systemic sclerosis (SSc) characterized by the destruction of distal digital bone possibly related to repetitive ischemia-reperfusion injury. Diagnosis…
Abstract Number: 0129 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rising Incidence and High Mortality of Systemic Sclerosis: A Population-based Cohort Study (2010-2020)
Anukul Karn¹, Sara Achenbach², Alicia Hinze³, Cynthia Crowson¹ and Ashima Makol², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease characterized by immune-mediated dysfunction, vasculopathy and widespread internal organ fibrosis; and the highest case fatality…
Abstract Number: 0948 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nintedanib Alters Fibroblast and Macrophage Diversity in a 3D Skin Model of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
Noelle Kosarek¹, Tamar Abel², Sasha Shenk³, Tammara Wood², Jonathan Garlick⁴, Patricia Pioli⁵ and Michael Whitfield⁵, ¹Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ³Tufts University, Boston, MA, ⁴Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. While the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Nintedanib is…
Abstract Number: 2356 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Macrophage-Specific Mechanism for Mycophenolate Mofetil in the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis
Emily Morris, Rezvan Parvizi, Patricia Pioli and Michael Whitfield, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disease characterized by inflammation and fibrosis. Treatment with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), an inhibitor of lymphocyte…
Abstract Number: 0256 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nintedanib in Combination with Immunosuppressive Agents Improves Forced Vital Capacity in Connective Tissue Disease-associated PF-ILD: A Single-center Study
Yusuke Ushio¹, Risa Wakiya², Tomohiro Kameda², Shusaku Nakashima², Hiromi Shimada², Taichi Miyagi³, Koichi Sugihara⁴, Rina Mino⁵, Mao Mizusaki², Kanako Chujo⁶, Ryoko Kagawa⁷, Hayamasa Yamaguchi⁷ and Hiroaki Dobashi², ¹Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ²Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ³Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ⁴Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁵Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ⁶Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ⁷Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan
Background/Purpose: Japanese patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) are more likely to have interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) than those in Western countries and many CTD-ILDs…
Abstract Number: 0958 • ACR Convergence 2023
Shared Genetic Susceptibility Between Systemic Sclerosis and Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Analyses from Genome-Wide Association Studies
Yiming Luo¹, Atlas Khan², Gabriel Perreault³, Lili Liu², Cue Hyunkyu Lee⁴, Pravitt Gourh⁵, Sydney Pomenti³, Krzysztof Kiryluk² and Elana Bernstein⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multi-system autoimmune disorder characterized by organ inflammation, fibrosis, and vasculopathy. Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune disorder involving…

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