Abstracts tagged "Sjogren’s syndrome"

Abstract Number: 2682 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Does Primary Sjogren Syndrome Present in Biopsy-Proven Patients without Circulating Ro/La Autoantibodies? Characteristics at Diagnosis of 2073 Patients from the SjöGren Big Data Project
Pilar Brito-Zerón^1,2,3, Nihan Acar-Denizli⁴, Margit Zeher⁵, Astrid Rasmussen⁶, Raphaele Seror⁷, Elke Theander⁸, Xiaomei Li⁹, Chiara Baldini¹⁰, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹¹, Debashish Danda¹², Luca Quartuccio¹³, Roberta Priori^14,15, Gabriela Hernandez-Molina¹⁶, Aike A. Kruize¹⁷, Valeria Valim¹⁸, Marika Kvarnström¹⁹, Damien Sene²⁰, Roberto Gerli²¹, Sonja Praprotnik²², David A. Isenberg²³, Roser Solans²⁴, Maureen Rischmueller²⁵, Seung-Ki Kwok²⁶, Gunnel Nordmark²⁷, Yasunori Suzuki²⁸, Roberto Giacomelli²⁹, Valerie Devauchelle-Pensec³⁰, Michele Bombardieri³¹, Benedikt Hofauer³², Hendrika Bootsma³³, Johan G. Brun³⁴, Guadalupe Fraile³⁵, Steven E. Carsons³⁶, Tamer Gheita³⁷, Jacques Morel³⁸, Cristina F. Vollenweider³⁹, Fabiola Atzeni⁴⁰, Soledad Retamozo⁴¹, Ildike-Fanny Horvath⁵, Kathy Sivils⁶, Thomas Mandl^42,43, Pulukool Sandhya¹², Salvatore De Vita⁴⁴, Jorge Sánchez-Guerrero⁴⁵, Eefje van der Heijden¹⁷, Virginia Moça Trevisano⁴⁶, Marie Wahren-Herlenius¹⁹, Xavier Mariette⁷, Manuel Ramos-Casals^3,47,48 and EULAR-SS Task Force Big Data Consortium (ASSES, GEAS-SEMI, EULAR), ¹Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Hospital CIMA- Sanitas, Barcelona., Bacelona, Spain, ²Laboratory of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases “Josep Font”, CELLEX, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, ICMID, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Laboratory of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases “Josep Font”, CELLEX, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, ICMID, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey, Istabul, Turkey, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary., Debrecen, Hungary, ⁶Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Université Paris Sud, INSERM, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Anhui Medical University Affiliated Provincial Hospital, China, Hefei, Anhui, China, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France, ¹²Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, Vellore, India, ¹³Rheumatology Clinic, DSMB, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ¹⁴Rheumatology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ¹⁵Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, ¹⁶Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil, Vitória, Brazil, ¹⁹Department of Medicine, Solna, Unit of Experimental Rheumatology, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ²⁰Service de Médecine Interne 2, Hôpital Lariboisière, Université Paris VII, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 2, Paris, France, Paris, France, ²¹Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Perugia, Italy, Perugia, Italy, ²²Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²³Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College Hospital London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ²⁴Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, Crawley, Australia, ²⁶[email protected], Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ²⁷Rheumatology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, ²⁸Division of Rheumatology , Kanazawa University Hospital , Kanazawa , Ishikawa , Japan, Ishikawa, Japan, ²⁹Clinical Unit of Rheumatology, University of l'Aquila, School of Medicine, L'Aquila, Italy, L'Aquila, Italy, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, Brest, France, ³¹Willian Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, QMUL, UK, London, United Kingdom, ³²Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik und Poliklinik, Technische Universität München, München, Germany, München, Germany, ³³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands, ³⁴Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen. Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Bergen, Norway, ³⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ³⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Winthrop-University Hospital, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY, USA, Mineola, NY, ³⁷Rheumatology, Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ³⁸Department of Rheumatology, Teaching hospital and University of Montpellier, France, Montpellier, France, ³⁹Rheumatology, German Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴⁰IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ⁴¹Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁴²Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Rheumatology, Malmö, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden, ⁴³Department of Rheumatology, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ⁴⁴Clinic of Rheumatology, Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ⁴⁵Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico, ⁴⁶Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, San Paulo, Brazil, ⁴⁷Sjögren Syndrome Research Group (AGAUR), Barcelona, Spain, ⁴⁸Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: To analyse the main characteristics of patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (SjS) with focal lymphocytic sialadenitis (FLS) unrelated to the presence of circulating anti-Ro/La…
Abstract Number: 657 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Expression of Type-III Interferons (IFNλs) and Their Receptor in Sjögren’s Syndrome
Eirini Apostolou¹, Efstathia K. Kapsogeorgou², Orsia D. Konsta¹, Ioannis Giotakis³, Maria Ioanna Saridaki⁴, Evangelos Andreakos⁴ and Athanasios G. Tzioufas⁵, ¹Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³2nd Otolaryngology, “Attikon” University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁴Immunology, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁵School of Medicine, Pathophysiology Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Type-III IFNs or IFNλs(IFNλ1/IL29, IFNλ2/IL28A and IFNλ3/IL28B) consist a recently identified group of IFNs,initiallyimplicated inseveral human diseases, including cancer and autoimmunity. In this study,…
Abstract Number: 1401 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonography of Major Salivary Glands in Juvenile SjöGren’s Syndrome − Preliminary Findings in a Multi-Center Study
Daniel S. Hammenfors¹, Valeria Valim², Vibke Lilleby³, Blanca Bica⁴, Sandra Gofinet Pasoto⁵, Clovis Silva⁶, Juan Carlos Nieto⁷, Scott Lieberman⁸, Akaluck Thatayatikom⁹, Roland Jonsson¹⁰, Johan G. Brun¹¹ and Malin V. Jonsson¹², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil, Vitória, Brazil, ³Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁵Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Pediatrics (Division of Rheumatology), University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA, ⁹University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ¹⁰Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ¹¹Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen, Norway, ¹²Department of Clinical Dentistry, Section for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Sjögren’s syndrome (jSS) is a rare, poorly defined and possibly underdiagnosed condition. Mean age of diagnosis is approximately 10 years, with major salivary…
Abstract Number: 2683 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Isolated Anti-La/SS-B Positivity in Patients Diagnosed with Primary Sjogren Syndrome: Analysis of 222 Patients from the Sjogren Big Data Cohort
Pilar Brito-Zerón^1,2,3, Nihan Acar-Denizli⁴, Margit Zeher⁵, Astrid Rasmussen⁶, Raphaele Seror⁷, Elke Theander⁸, Xiaomei Li⁹, Chiara Baldini¹⁰, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹¹, Debashish Danda¹², Luca Quartuccio¹³, Roberta Priori^14,15, Gabriela Hernandez-Molina¹⁶, Aike A. Kruize¹⁷, Valeria Valim¹⁸, Marika Kvarnström¹⁹, Damien Sene²⁰, Roberto Gerli²¹, Sonja Praprotnik²², David A. Isenberg²³, Roser Solans²⁴, Maureen Rischmueller²⁵, Seung-Ki Kwok²⁶, Gunnel Nordmark²⁷, Yasunori Suzuki²⁸, Roberto Giacomelli²⁹, Valerie Devauchelle-Pensec³⁰, Michele Bombardieri³¹, Benedikt Hofauer³², Hendrika Bootsma³³, Johan G. Brun³⁴, Guadalupe Fraile³⁵, Steven E. Carsons³⁶, Tamer Gheita³⁷, Jacques Morel³⁸, Cristina F. Vollenweider³⁹, Fabiola Atzeni⁴⁰, Soledad Retamozo⁴¹, Ildike-Fanny Horvath⁵, Kathy Sivils⁶, Thomas Mandl⁴², Pulukool Sandhya¹², Salvatore De Vita⁴³, Jorge Sánchez-Guerrero⁴⁴, Eefje van der Heijden¹⁷, Virginia Moça Trevisano⁴⁵, Marie Wahren-Herlenius¹⁹, Manuel Ramos-Casals^3,46,47 and EULAR-SS Task Force Big Bata Consortium (ASSES, GEAS-SEMI EULAR), ¹Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Hospital CIMA- Sanitas, Barcelona., Bacelona, Spain, ²Laboratory of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases “Josep Font”, CELLEX, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, ICMID, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Laboratory of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases “Josep Font”, CELLEX, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, ICMID, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istambul, Turkey, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary., Debrecen, Hungary, ⁶Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Université Paris Sud, INSERM, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Anhui Medical University Affiliated Provincial Hospital, China, Hefei, Anhui, China, ¹⁰University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France, ¹²Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, Vellore, India, ¹³Rheumatology Clinic, DSMB, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ¹⁴Rheumatology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ¹⁵Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, ¹⁶Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁸Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil, Vitória, Brazil, ¹⁹Department of Medicine, Solna, Unit of Experimental Rheumatology, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ²⁰Service de Médecine Interne 2, Hôpital Lariboisière, Université Paris VII, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 2, Paris, France, Paris, France, ²¹Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Perugia, Italy, Perugia, Italy, ²²Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²³Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College Hospital London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ²⁴Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, Crawley, Australia, ²⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ²⁷Rheumatology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, ²⁸Division of Rheumatology , Kanazawa University Hospital , Kanazawa , Ishikawa , Japan, Ishikawa, Japan, ²⁹Clinical Unit of Rheumatology, University of l'Aquila, School of Medicine, L'Aquila, Italy, L'Aquila, Italy, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, Brest, France, ³¹Willian Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, QMUL, UK, London, United Kingdom, ³²Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik und Poliklinik, Technische Universität München, München, Germany, München, Germany, ³³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands, ³⁴Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen. Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Bergen, Norway, ³⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ³⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Winthrop-University Hospital, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY, USA, Mineola, NY, ³⁷Rheumatology, Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ³⁸Department of Rheumatology, Teaching hospital and University of Montpellier, France, Montpellier, France, ³⁹Rheumatology, German Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴⁰IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ⁴¹Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁴²Department of Rheumatology, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ⁴³Clinic of Rheumatology, Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ⁴⁴Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico, ⁴⁵Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, San Paulo, Brazil, ⁴⁶Sjögren Syndrome Research Group (AGAUR), Barcelona, Spain, ⁴⁷Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: To describe the clinical, immunological and histopathological profile of patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (SjS) presenting with isolated circulating anti-La/SS-B antibodies in the absence…
Abstract Number: 659 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Dose IL-2 Therapy Can Restore the Balance of Th17 and Treg Cells in Refractory Patients with Sjogren’s Syndrome
Miao Miao¹, Shengxiao Zhang¹, Xiao-Qing Liu¹, Xiaoyan Wu², Chong Gao³ and Xiao-Feng Li², ¹The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, ²Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, ³Department of Pathology, Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: The therapy for sjogren’s syndrome (SS) focuses on biological agents, immune inhibitors and glucocorticoid which can’t correct the problem of unbalance of Th17 and…
Abstract Number: 1516 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evidence of Labial Salivary Gland Epithelial Cell Activation from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sicca Symptomatology
George Fragoulis¹, James Reilly¹, Shauna Kerr¹, Iain B McInnes² and Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos³, ¹Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Great Britain, ³Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: In primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), labial minor salivary gland epithelial cells (LMSGEC) inappropriately express various molecules, including B7, HLA-DR, ICAM, as assessed previously by…
Abstract Number: 2685 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound of the Major Salivary Glands Is a Reliable Imaging Technique for Diagnosing Patients Clinically Suspected with SjöGren’s Syndrome
Konstantina Delli¹, Suzanne Arends², Pieter U. Dijkstra³, Jolien F. van Nimwegen², Alja J Stel², Hendrika Bootsma⁴, Arjan Vissink¹ and Fred K.L. Spijkervet⁵, ¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Department of Rehabilitation, Center for Rehabilitation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In the classification criteria of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), involvement of the salivary glands is currently assessed by sialography, scintigraphy, sialometry and histopathology. Recent discussions…
Abstract Number: 660 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Expression of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR5 Is Decreased in the Periphery of Patients with Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome
Marie Wahren-Herlenius¹, Lara Adnan Aqrawi¹, Margarita Ivanchenko¹, Albin Björk¹, Jorge Ramírez¹, Marika Kvarnström¹, Janicke Cecilie Liaaen Jensen² and Kathrine Skarstein³, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ³University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Background/Purpose: CXCR5 is a chemokine receptor expressed on B and T cell subsets, which binds the CXCL13 ligand produced by follicular dendritic cells. It is…
Abstract Number: 1904 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated GITRL Is Associated with Multi-Organ Involvement and Increased Disease Activity of Primarty Sjogren’s Syndrome and Promotes Pathogenic Th1/17 Differentiation
Xiaolin Sun¹, Yuzhou Gan Sr.², Jing He³ and Zhanguo Li⁴, ¹People's hospital,Peking University, Beijing, China, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Peking Univerisity People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁴Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Accumulating data showed that Glucocorticoid-induced Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Family-related Protein (GITR), with its ligand (GITRL), plays an important role in promoting T-cell-mediated immunity…
Abstract Number: 2686 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Objective Improvement in Fatigue Scores for Primary Sjögren’s Patients Receiving a Tailored Multidisciplinary Fatigue Intervention in a Generic Fatigue Clinic
Katie Hackett^1,2, Robert Forder³, Dennis W Lendrem⁴, Ben Hargreaves⁵, Victoria Strassheim^1,3, Zoe Gotts³, Vincent Deary^1,6, Wan-Fai Ng^7,8 and Julia Newton^1,3, ¹CRESTA Fatigue Clinic, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ²Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ³Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁴Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁵Musculoskeletal Directorate, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ⁶School of Health Psychology, Northumbia University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁷Musculoskeletal Research Group Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle University, Newcastle, England, ⁸Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (PSS) is an autoimmune disease which targets secretary glands resulting in dry eyes and mouth. Approximately 70% of PSS patients experience…
Abstract Number: 11L • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Results of a Double-Blind Randomised Trial of Rituximab Anti-B-Cell Therapy in Patients with Primary Sjogrens Syndrome
Simon Bowman¹, Colin Everett², Michele Bombardieri³, Robert Busch⁴, Paul Emery⁵, Frances Hall⁶, Colin T. Pease⁷, Costantino Pitzalis⁸, Elizabeth Price⁹, Luke Dawson¹⁰, Peter Smith¹¹, Nurhan Sutcliffe³, Wan-Fai Ng¹², Catherine Fernandez¹³, Sharon Ruddock¹³, Linda Sharples¹³, Catherine Reynolds¹³ and Sue Pavitt¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology Dept, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute for Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, LEEDS, United Kingdom, ³Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Gen Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁸Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Great Western Hospital, Swindon, United Kingdom, ¹⁰School of Dental Sciences, University of Liverpool,, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ¹¹School of Dental Sciences,, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ¹²NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹³Leeds Institute for Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Division of Applied Health & Clinical Translation , School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Evidence from open-label and observational studies support anti-B-cell therapy in patients with primary Sjogren’s Syndrome (PSS). The TRACTISS trial aimed to determine the extent…
Abstract Number: 2803 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Interferon Type I and Type II Signatures Present in Distinct Subsets of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: En Route Towards More Selective Targeting
Naomi I Maria¹, Cornelia G. van Helden-Meeuwsen¹, Eline C. Steenwijk¹, Arne S. IJpma², Zana Brkic¹, Paul L. van Daele^1,3, P. Martin van Hagen^1,3, Peter J. van der Spek², Hemmo A. Drexhage¹, Wan-Fai Ng⁴ and Marjan A. Versnel¹, ¹Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Bioinformatics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease with a large heterogeneity in clinical phenotype. The IFN type I signature is present in…
Abstract Number: 623 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Seronegative Sjögren’s Syndrome Is Characterized By a Lower Prevalence of B-Cell Related Clinical Manifestations and a Lower Biologic Systemic Activity
Luca Quartuccio¹, Chiara Baldini^2,3,4, Elena Bartoloni Bocci⁵, Roberta Priori⁶, Francesco Carubbi⁷, Laura Corazza¹, Alessia Alunno⁸, Serena Colafrancesco⁶, Nicoletta Luciano², Roberto Gerli⁹, Roberto Giacomelli¹⁰, Guido Valesini¹¹, Stefano Bombardieri¹² and Salvatore De Vita^13,14, ¹S. Maria della Misericordia, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Pila, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Clinic, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ⁸Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Clinic, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ¹⁰University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ¹¹Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties Department, Policlinico Umberto I, La Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, ¹³Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ¹⁴Rheumatology, DSMB, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
Background/Purpose: The American-European Consensus Group (AECG) Criteria (1) for Sjögren's syndrome (SS) require the presence of at least one of the following two conditions: the…
Abstract Number: 643 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ethnicity of Sjögren’s Syndrome
Rohan Sharma¹, Astrid Rasmussen², Lida Radfar³, David M. Lewis⁴, Kiely Grundahl⁵, C. Erick Kaufman⁶, Donald U. Stone⁷, Joan T. Merrill⁸, Christopher Lessard⁹, Kathy L. Sivils⁹ and Robert Hal Scofield¹⁰, ¹Medical Service, US Department of Veterans Affaris Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oral Diagnosis and Radiology Department, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴College of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma CIty, OK, ⁶Medicine, University of Oklahoam Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoam Health Sciences Center; Dean McGee Eye Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Clinical Pharmacology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁰Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: We undertook this study to describe the racial and ethnic diversity of SS compared to that found among patients with SLE. SLE is known…
Abstract Number: 2014 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Deficiency of IL-27 Exacerbate Sjögren’s Syndrome through Inhibiting Differentiation of Type 1 Regulatory T Cells
Genhong Yao¹, Bingyu Shi¹, Jingjing Qi¹, Ying Wang¹, Weiwei Chen¹, Xiaojun Tang¹, Dandan Wang², Xuebing Feng¹ and Lingyun Sun¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, ²Department of Rheumatology and immunology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation involving the exocrine glands, particularly the salivary and lacrimal glands. The pathogenesis…

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