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Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma, Systemic"

  • 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…
  • Abstract Number: 2366 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging as a Novel Method to Quantify Longitudinal Skin Changes in Scleroderma

    Hung Vo1, Aarohi Mehendale2, Anahita Pilvar3, Eugene Kissin4, Marcin Trojanowski5, Michael York6, Darren Roblyer2 and Andreea Bujor6, 1Boston Medical Center, Peabody, MA, 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 4Boston University, Newton, MA, 5Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 6Boston University, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by excessive collagen deposition in the skin and internal organs, along with vascular dysfunction. The modified…
  • Abstract Number: 0332 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Initial Characterization of a Skin Symptom Questionnaire for Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

    Jeong Min Yu1, John VanBuren2, Angela Child2, Jessica Alvey2, Lisa Mandl3, Laura Pinheiro4, Shervin Assassi5, Elana Bernstein6, Flavia Castelino7, Lorinda Chung8, Luke Evnin9, Tracy Frech10, Faye Hant11, Laura Hummers12, Dinesh Khanna13, Kimberly Lakin1, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina14, Yiming Luo15, Ashima Makol16, Jerry Molitor17, Duncan Moore18, Carrie Richardson19, Nora Sandorfi20, Ami Shah21, Ankoor Shah22, Victoria Shanmugam23, Brian Skaug24, Virginia Steen25, Elizabeth Volkmann26 and Jessica Gordon1, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 3Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 4Weill Cornell Medicine College, New York, NY, 5University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, 6Columbia University, New York, NY, 7Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 8Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Woodside, CA, 9Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, 10Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 11Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 12Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 13University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 14University of Utah, Cottonwood Heights, UT, 15Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 16Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, 17University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 18Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 19Northwestern University, Riverside, IL, 20University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 21Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, 22Duke University, Durham, NC, 23Victoria Shanmugam, MD, Great Falls, VA, 24Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 25Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 26University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

    Background/Purpose: Skin disease is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) is physician performed measurement that assesses the extent and…
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