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Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma, Systemic"

  • Abstract Number: 0706 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Single Center Prospective Cohort of Systemic Sclerosis Patients Who Are At-Risk for Pulmonary Hypertension

    Carleigh Zahn1, Scott Visovatti2, Rosemary Gedert1, Suiyuan Huang1, Victor Moles1, Amber Young1, Vallerie McLaughlin1 and Dinesh Khanna1, 1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2The Ohio State University, Columbus

    Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a leading cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We launched an IRB approved prospective study (NOVEL) in 2013 at…
  • Abstract Number: 1691 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Treatment Response Biomarkers for Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

    Elizabeth Volkmann1, Holly Wilhalme2, Donald Tashkin2, Grace Kim2, Jonathan Goldin2, Alana Haussmann2, Masataka Kuwana3, Michael Roth2 and Shervin Assassi4, 1University of California, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, 2UCLA, Los Angeles, 3Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 4UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Despite the expanding treatment landscape for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD), the lack of early and valid treatment response biomarkers (measurable in the…
  • Abstract Number: 2641 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Identification of Systemic Sclerosis Intrinsic Subtypes in the ASSET Clinical Trial Using PBC Gene Expression

    Zhiyun Gong1, Timothy Sullivan2, Tammara Wood3, David Fox4, Dinesh Khanna5 and Michael Whitfield6, 1Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, 2Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, 3Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 4University of Michigan, Dexter, MI, 5University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 6Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is molecularly heterogeneous and distinct subtypes of patients have been identified based on gene expression in skin.  Although treatments have improved,…
  • Abstract Number: 0708 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Outcomes of Intermittent Intravenous Steroid Use During Infusion Therapy in Systemic Sclerosis

    Vangala Adarsh1, dihowm Fatma1, Eyerusalem Akpan2, Meredith Keller2, Maheswari Muruganandam2, N. Suzanne Emil2, Frank O'Sullivan3, Roderick Fields2 and wilmer sibbitt1, 1UNM, Albuquerque, NM, 2University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 3University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM

    Background/Purpose: Use of high dose corticosteroids in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is considered a significant risk factor for development of scleroderma renal crisis (SRC). Intravenous (IV)…
  • Abstract Number: 1829 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Genomic Analysis of Skin Biopsies Differentiates Major Anti-Nuclear Autoantibody Subsets in Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis

    Philip Yee1, Medha Kanitkar2, Kristina Clark3, Voon Ong1 and Christopher Denton4, 1University College London, London, England, United Kingdom, 2University College London, London, United Kingdom, 3University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 4University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) displays significant heterogeneity. Those with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) experience significant systemic organ involvement similar to those with diffuse cutaneous…
  • 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…
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