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  • Abstract Number: 2454 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate Trends in Systemic Sclerosis in the United States from 1999 to 2020

    Ansaam Daoud1, Loai Dweik2, Muhammad Shamim3, Haseeb Chaudhary4 and Omer Pamuk5, 1Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Akron, OH, 2Cleveland Clinic Akron General Internal Medicine, Akron, OH, 3University Hospitals/ Case Western Reserve University, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 4Case Western Reserve University, Westlake, OH, 5University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

    Background/Purpose: Of all rheumatic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc) has the highest disease-specific mortality, with a higher mortality risk than the general population. North America has…
  • Abstract Number: 0283 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Transcriptomic Profiles in Muscle Biopsies from Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Different Autoantibodies

    Maria Casal-Dominguez1, Jose Cesar Milisenda2, Iago Pinal-Fernandez1, Katherine Pak3, Sandra Muñoz-Braceras1, Jose Jiram Torres-Ruiz1, Stefania Dell´Orso4, Faiza Naz4, Gustavo Gutierrez-Cruz4, Shamima Islam1, Yaiza Duque-Jaimez2, Ana Matas-Garcia2, Francesc J Garcia-Garcia2, Mariona Guitart-Manpel2, Gloria Garrabou2, Ernesto Trallero-Araguas5, Brian Wallit6, Lisa Christopher-Stine7, Tom Lloyd8, Alfredo Guillen-Del-Castillo9, Carmen Pilar Simeon-Aznar10, Josep Maria Grau2, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan5 and Andrew Mammen11, 1Muscle Disease Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2Muscle Research Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 3National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 4National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 5Systemic Autoimmune Disease Unit, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain, 6National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 7Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 8Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 9Unit of Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, 10Department of Internal Medicine, Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebronh, Barcelona, Spain, 11NIH, Bethesda, MD

    Background/Purpose: The inflammatory myopathies (IM) include dermatomyositis (DM), antisynthetase syndrome (AS), immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM), inclusion body myositis (IBM), and overlap myositis (OM), in which…
  • Abstract Number: 0641 • ACR Convergence 2023

    The Evaluation of Lower Extremities Arterial Disease in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Through Rheumatologist-Vascular Surgeon Multidisciplinary Management: Preliminary Data from an Italian Single Center Study

    Maria Grazia Lazzaroni1, Liala Moschetti1, Eleonora Pedretti1, Paolo Baggi2, Franco Franceschini3, Stefano Bonardelli2 and Paolo Airò1, 1Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 2Vascular Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 3Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Background/Purpose: The occurrence of lower limbs macrovascular complications configuring lower extremities arterial disease (LEAD) has been reported in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) patients. Recently, digital ulcers…
  • Abstract Number: 0945 • ACR Convergence 2023

    The Nuclear Receptor TR4 Orchestrates Cytoskeletal Organization in a Gα12/ROCK-dependent Manner to Promote Myofibroblast Differentiation and Tissue Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis

    Yun Zhang1, Lichong Shen2, yi-nan Li1, Hermina Györfi1 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, 2Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Members of the superfamily of nuclear receptors have been implicated in inflammatory processes and pathologic tissue remodeling and have emerged as attractive targets for…
  • 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…
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