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Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma, Systemic"

  • 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…
  • Abstract Number: 1519 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Using Galacetin-3 (Gal-3) and Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) for Early Detection of Primary Heart Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis as Seen on Cardiac MRI

    Erin Chew1, Sarah Wood1, Bibin Varghese1, Christopher Chew2, erin wilfong1 and Tracy Frech1, 1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

    Background/Purpose: Primary heart involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc-pHI) is characterized by myocardial inflammation with resultant fibrosis that is not secondary to ischemic heart disease or…
  • Abstract Number: 1534 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Blood Flow Assessment of Digital Arterioles and Capillaries in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Using Ultra-high Resolution Doppler Ultrasounds

    Pietro Francesco Bica1, Riccardo Picasso2, Federico Pistoia2, Federico Zaottini2, Sara Sanguinetti2, Francesca Bovis3, Marta Ponzano3, Carmen Pizzorni1, sabrina Paolino1, Alberto Sulli1, Emanuele Gotelli1, Carlo Martinoli2 and Maurizio Cutolo1, 1Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy, 2Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genova, Genova, Italy - IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy, 3Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genova, Genova, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic connective tissue disease, characterized by the early occurrence of vasculopathy [1], easily detected by nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) [2].…
  • Abstract Number: 1537 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Proteomic Profiling of Plasma Microvesicles Isolated from Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

    Line Iversen1, Ole Østergaard2, Tina Friis3, susanne Ullman4, Søren Jacobsen5 and Jesper Olsen2, 1Department of Dermatology, Odense University Hospital., Odense, Denmark, 2Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3Department of Autoimmunology and Biomarkers, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5Department of Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Background/Purpose: In the current work, we used a mass spectrometry based proteomics workflow to analyze isolated plasma microvesicles from systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and from…
  • Abstract Number: 1542 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Exploratory Clinical Subgroup Clustering in Systemic Sclerosis – Results from the Indian Progressive Systemic Sclerosis Registry

    Shery Susan Philip1, Ramya Janardana1, Revanesh S Mirji1, Chengappa Kavadichanda2, Devender Bairwa3, Geetabali Sircar4, Parasar Ghosh5, Anupam Wakhlu6, Padmanabha Shenoy7, Sumithra Selvam8 and Vineeta Shobha1, 1St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India, 2JIPMER, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India, 3Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, Puducherry, India, 4Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 5Govt of West Bengal, Kolkata, India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 6Apollo Medics Super Speciality Hospitals, Lucknow, India, 7Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence (CARE), Cochi, India, 8Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, St. John’s Research Institute, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India

    Background/Purpose: Classification of systemic sclerosis (SSc) into subsets has been a challenge due to it's heterogeneity. This study attempts to identify SSc subsets based on…
  • Abstract Number: 1662 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Nationwide Distribution of Other Connective Tissue Disease (OCTD) and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) in Areas of Environmental Concern

    Noelle Kosarek1, Megan Romano2, Robert Simms3, Angeline Andrew4, Erika Moen4, Patricia pioli4 and Michael Whitfield5, 1Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, 2Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, 3Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 4Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, 5Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Lebanon, NH

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, vascular abnormalities, and autoantibody formation. The etiology…
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