Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma"

Abstract Number: 1528 • ACR Convergence 2023
Intravenous or Subcutaneous Immunoglobulins as Potential Treatment for Gastrointestinal, Cutaneous and Vascular Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: Data from an Italian Cohort of 65 Patients
Francesco Bonomi¹, Arianna Damiani¹, Carmela Coccia¹, Juela Levani¹, elisa Fiorentini², silvia peretti¹, Gemma Lepri¹, martina orlandi¹, francesca bartoli¹, marco Matucci Cerinic³, silvia bellando randone¹ and serena guiducci¹, ¹Department of Experimental and Clinical medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ²Department of Experimental and Clinical medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ³Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: Treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is challenging, and in the last 2 decades there has been an increasing interest for immunoglobulin (Igs) treatment as…
Abstract Number: 2369 • ACR Convergence 2023
Investigating Macrophage Heterogeneity in the Esophagus of SSc Patients
Hadijat Makinde¹, Matthew Dapas², Salina Dominguez², Tyler Therron¹, Miranda Gurra¹, Mary Karns³, Kathleen Aren³, Alexandra Soriano², Lutfiyya Muhammad⁴, Carla Cuda¹, Dustin Carlson¹, Jane Dematte⁵, Darren Brenner¹, John Pandolfino⁶, Harris Perlman¹, Deborah Winter⁷ and Marie-Pier Tetreault¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University FSM Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Northwestern University, Elmhurst, IL, ⁶Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Wilmette, IL, ⁷Northwestern University, Skokie, IL
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by an initial inflammatory phase followed by fibrosis. Esophageal dysfunction in SSc is associated with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD),…
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…
Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Characteristics of Systemic Sclerosis, Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Syndromes and Systemic Sclerosis-mixed Connective Tissue Disease in an Asia-Pacific Cohort- an APLAR Scleroderma Special Interest Group Study
Sue-Ann Ng¹, Seyed Ehsan Saffari², Wendy Stevens³, JASMIN RAJA⁴, Suparaporn Wangkaew⁵, Grace Ho⁶, Gim Gee Teng⁷, Susanna Proudman⁸, Mandana Nikpour⁹ and Andrea Hsiu Ling Low¹⁰, ¹Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Center for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ⁶Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁷Alexandra Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, ⁸Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁹The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Melbourne, Australia, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with clinical features of another connective tissue disease (CTD) may have different clinical characteristics from patients with SSc alone. Our…
Abstract Number: 0950 • ACR Convergence 2023
KL-6 and IL-18 Levels Are Negatively Correlated with Respiratory Function Tests and ILD Extent Assessed on HRCT in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-related Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD)
Cristiana Sieiro Santos¹, Sara Calleja², Javier de la Calle Lorenzo², Carmen López Garay², Clara Moriano², Elena Bollo de miguel² and Elvira Díez Álvarez², ¹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²CAULE, León, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the leading causes of mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Serum biomarkers have been suggested as…
Abstract Number: 1530 • ACR Convergence 2023
Outcomes in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Following Lung Transplantation: An Italian Multicentre Experience
Claudia Iannone¹, Maria Rosa Pellico¹, Letizia Corinna Corinna Morlacchi², Valeria Rossetti², Marco Vicenzi², Paolo Airò³, Marta Saracco⁴, Annamaria iagnocco⁴, Lorenzo Beretta⁵, Adriana Severino⁵, Eleonora Zaccara⁶, paola Faggioli⁶, Fabio Cacciapaglia⁷, Stefano Stano⁸, Silvia Cavalli⁹, Antonina Minniti⁹, giorgia Trignani⁹, francesco Blasi⁵, Roberto F. Caporali¹⁰ and Nicoletta Del Papa¹¹, ¹ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milan, Italy, ²Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴AO Mauriziano di Torino, Torino, Italy, ⁵Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy, ⁶Legnano-ASST-Ovest Milanese, Legnano, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁸Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁹ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹¹Scleroderma Clinic, Dipartimento di Reumatologia, ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milano, Italy
Background/Purpose: Lung transplantation (LT) is gaining ground in managing advanced ILD in SSc patients. However, concerns remain among surgeons due to SSc's complexity, multiorgan involvement…
Abstract Number: 2593 • ACR Convergence 2023
FT011 for the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis. Results from a Phase II Study
Christopher Denton¹, Wendy Stevens², Nicole Kruger³, Michelle Papadimitriou⁴, Fay Khong⁴, Michelle Bradney³, Darren Kelly⁴ and Robert Lafyatis⁵, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia, ³Certa Therapeutics, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Certa Therapeutics and Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by vascular damage, inflammation, and fibrosis of the skin and organs, with no approved disease modifying…
Abstract Number: 0609 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mortality After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Autoimmune Disease: Do Scleroderma Patients Fare Worse?
Marina Birck¹, Autumn Neville¹, Jan Storek², Harry Atkins³, Marie Hudson⁴, Ines Colmegna⁵, Jessie R. Lavoie⁶, Jun Gao⁷ and Sasha Bernatsky¹, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Health Canada, Centre for Oncology, Radiopharmaceuticals and Research, Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷Health Canada, Centre for Regulatory Excellence, Statistics and Trials, Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has benefitted some patients with autoimmune disease (AD) but is associated with toxicity and treatment-related mortality. Autologous HSCT…
Abstract Number: 0650 • ACR Convergence 2023
Understanding the Employment Landscape in People with Systemic Sclerosis
Hila Jazayeri¹, Zareen Ahmad¹, Monique Gignac² and Sindhu Johnson³, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic rheumatic disease that restricts participation in various life roles, including in the workplace. Our objectives were to identify…
Abstract Number: 0952 • ACR Convergence 2023
Unraveling the Role of MiR-181 in Skin Fibrosis Pathogenesis by Targeting NUDT21
Tingting Mills¹, Minghua Wu², Hydia Puente³, Jerry Alonso⁴, Julio charles⁴, Maureen Mayes⁴ and Shervin Assassi⁵, ¹Biochemistry Department, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³UTHealth-Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Nudix Hydrolase 21 (NUDT21, also known as CFIm25) is a master regulator of alternative polyadenylation. Previous studies have revealed that NUDT21 is significantly decreased…
Abstract Number: 1532 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety and Microvascular Effects of Long-term Treatment with Aminaphtone in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: A Retrospective Analysis
Alberto Sulli¹, Rosanna Campitiello¹, Emanuele Gotelli¹, Andrea Cere¹, Elvis Hysa², Tamara Vojinovic², Carlotta Schenone¹, Carmen Pizzorni¹, Sabrina Paolino¹, Elisa Alessandri¹, Vanessa Smith³ and Maurizio Cutolo⁴, ¹Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, ²Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy, ³Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁴Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: The progressive endothelial damage is one of the hallmarks of systemic sclerosis (SSc), an autoimmune connective tissue disease characterized by organ fibrotic involvement. Aminaphtone…
Abstract Number: 2594 • ACR Convergence 2023
Trajectories of Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD)
Oliver Distler¹, Madelon Vonk², Arata Azuma³, Maureen Mayes⁴, Dinesh Khanna⁵, Kristin B Highland⁶, Gerrit Toenges⁷, Margarida Alves⁸ and Yannick Allanore⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Pulmonary Medicine and Oncology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, and Meisei Hospital, Saitama, Japan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁹Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The SENSCIS trial enrolled patients with SSc-ILD without a requirement for them to have evidence of recent progression. During the trial, nintedanib reduced the…
Abstract Number: 0610 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nailfold Capillaroscopy for Prediction of Novel Severe Organ Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Cristiana Sieiro Santos¹, Rúben Rego Salgueiro², Clara Moriano Morales³, Carolina Álvarez Castro³ and Elvira Díez Álvarez³, ¹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²ULS Guarda, Guarda, Portugal, ³CAULE, León, Spain
Background/Purpose: Nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) has been suggested as a potential biomarker of disease severity in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Several studies report the association between capillary…
Abstract Number: 0652 • ACR Convergence 2023
Ethnic Variations in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Patrick Donio¹, Wesley Fidler², Juan Pablo Diaz-Martinez³, Elvira Bangert⁴, Zareen Ahmad⁵, Medha Soowamber⁶ and Sindhu Johnson⁷, ¹Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Queen's University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, ²Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, ³Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Toronto Scleroderma Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Toronto Scleroderma Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Toronto Scleroderma Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Woodbridge, ON, Canada, ⁷Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem fibrosing autoimmune disease with a high mortality rate. Ethnicity can influence prevalence and disease characteristics in SSc. Less…
Abstract Number: 0954 • ACR Convergence 2023
Non-canonical WNTA Promotes Cytoskeletal Rearrangement and Integrin Alpha V Clustering via JNK and ROCK to Control the Activation of Latent TGFβ
Thuong Trinh-Minh¹, Chih-Wei Chen², Cuong Tran Manh¹, yi-nan Li¹, Honglin Zhu³, Debomita Chakraborty⁴, Yun Zhang¹, Simon Rauber⁵, Clara Dees⁵, Christina Bergmann⁶, Alexander Kreuter⁷, Christiane Reuter⁸, Florian Groeber-Becker⁸, Beate Eckes⁹, Oliver Distler¹⁰, Andreas Ramming¹¹, Georg Schett¹² 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., Erlangen, Germany, ³3 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, ⁴3 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, ⁵3 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., Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department Internal Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Clinic for Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, HELIOS St. Elisabeth Clinic, Oberhausen, Germany, ⁸Translational Center for Regenerative Therapies, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC) Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁹Translational Matrix Biology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. 9 Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disorder with vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis of the skin and organs. Fibrosis is caused by the abnormal…

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