Abstracts tagged "skin"

Abstract Number: 2473 • ACR Convergence 2024
Criterion Validity of Modified Rodnan Skin Score: Does It Capture Skin Thickness or Hardening? Results of a Large Skin Histology Study
Shervin Assassi¹, Ruhani Desai², Jeffrey Browning³, Samuel Theodore¹, Meng Zhang¹, Brian Skaug¹, Jerry Alonso¹, Zsuzsanna McMahan¹, Maureen Mayes¹ and Minghua Wu¹, ¹UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ²UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, DeLand, FL, ³Boston University, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Modified Rodnan Skin Score is a widely used outcome measure for skin involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Its criterion validity (comparison to the gold…
Abstract Number: 0929 • ACR Convergence 2024
UVB-Induced Keratinocyte-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Cytokeratin 10 as a Marker of Epidermal Origin
Ahmed Eldaboush¹, Cristina Ricco¹, Luca Musante¹, Rohan Dhiman², Avital Baniel³, Daniella Faden¹, Caroline Stone¹, Ming-Lin Liu¹ and Victoria Werth⁴, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Newport Coast, CA, ³Perelman School of Medicine, UPENN, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Wynnewood, PA
Background/Purpose: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small lipid-bilayer particles released from cells that mediate various functions through their cargo, which includes proteins and nucleic acids. EVs…
Abstract Number: 1821 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single-Cell RNA SequencingBioinformatic Pipeline Optimized for Non-Coding GenesIdentified LINC01503 and MIR193-BHG as Potential Pathogenic Effectors in Systemic Sclerosis Fibroblasts
Sophie Wagner¹, Elena Pachera², Gino Andrea Bonazza³, Celina Geiss⁴, Astrid Hofman⁴, Laura Much⁴, Lumeng Li⁴, Pietro Bearzi³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁵ and Oliver Distler⁶, ¹University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) are a class of transcripts that regulate gene expression. Currently, only few lncRNAs have been linked to SSc pathogenesis. As…
Abstract Number: 2481 • ACR Convergence 2024
General, Nervous System, Eye, and Skin Involvement in the Phase 3 Trial of Avacopan for the Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Rula A. Hajj-Ali¹, Duvuru Geetha², Raashid Luqmani³, Christian Pagnoux⁴, Darcy Trimpe⁵, David Jayne⁶ and Peter Merkel⁷, and ADVOCATE Study Group, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of Oxford, Abingdon, United Kingdom, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The most common types of ANCA-associated vasculitis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), can affect a range of organs, including the kidneys,…
Abstract Number: 0254 • ACR Convergence 2023
Microvascular and Cutaneous Assessment in Adult Patients with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Alberto Sulli¹, Francesca Lalli², Elvis Hysa², Andrea Cere¹, Alessandro Pinelli², Silvia Sammorì¹, Emanuele Gotelli¹, Carmen Pizzorni¹, Marco Castori³, Fransiska Malfait⁴, Vanessa Smith⁵ and Maurizio Cutolo⁶, 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, ³Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, ⁴Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁶Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) is a hereditary connective tissue disease characterized by joint hypermobility, chronic musculoskeletal pain, and systemic manifestations, primarily caused by defects…
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: 0325 • ACR Convergence 2023
Understanding the Burden of Cutaneous Lupus: A Subset Analysis from the 2022 World Lupus Federation Global Impact (WLFGI) Patient Survey
Nnenna Ezeh¹, Joy Buie², Mike Donnelly³, Daria McClamb³, Lydia Oberholtzer⁴, Jana Sharp⁴ and Joseph Merola⁵, ¹Department of Dermatology; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Lupus Foundation of America, York, SC, ³Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC, ⁴Sharp Insight, LLC, Montgomery County, MD, ⁵Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: There is a paucity of data among a global population exploring the burden of CLE on patients, especially as compared to patients with SLE.…
Abstract Number: 2440 • ACR Convergence 2023
Synovial Shaping of Skin-derived Migrating Immune Cells Determines Initiation of Inflammation in Psoriatic Arthritis
Maria Gabriella Raimondo¹, Simon Rauber², Hashem Mohammadian³, Mario Angeli¹, Cong Xu¹, Aleix Rius Rigau⁴, Markus Luber¹, Hannah Labinsky⁵, Alina Ramming¹, Stefano Alivernini⁶, Jörg Distler¹, Ursula Fearon⁷, Douglas Veale⁸, Michael Sticherling⁹, Juan D Canete¹⁰, Georg Schett¹¹ and Andreas Ramming¹, ¹Department 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, 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, ³Department 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, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie (DZI), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Medical Department II, Rheumatology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁶Immunology Research Core Facility, Gemelli Science and Technology Park, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Division of Rheumatology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ⁷Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸St.Vincent's University Hosp, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Dermatology, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁰Hospital Clinic an IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Around 30% of the patients with psoriasis (PsO) develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA) overtime, suggesting the existence of a disease mediated skin-joint crosstalk. To date,…
Abstract Number: 0578 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prospective Observational Study of Microvascular C5b-9 Deposition in Non-lesional Skin in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients and Its Correlation with Active Lupus Nephritis
Meghan Anderson¹, Cynthia Magro² and H Michael Belmont³, ¹New York University, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Tissue damage in LN is mediated by immune complex activation of the classic complement pathway (PMID 23929771). In a study of LN, renal C5b-9…
Abstract Number: 2595 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Tacrolimus with Mycophenolate Mofetil in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis – Interstitial Lung Disease ( INSIST TRIAL)
Shefali Khanna Sharma¹, Jithin Mathew¹, Chirag Kopp¹, Varun Dhir², Sahajal Dhooria³, Anindita Sinha¹ and Sanjay Jain¹, ¹Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ²PGIMER, CHD, INDIA, Chandigarh, India, ³PGI CHANDIGARH, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis(SSc-ILD) is heterogeneous with limited therapeutic options. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is the most commonly used first line agent for…
Abstract Number: 0655 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Novel Association Between Lipodermatosclerosis and Key Vascular Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis
Srijana Davuluri¹, Puneet Kapoor², Swarna Nandyala², David Fiorentino³, Julia Simard⁴ and Lorinda Chung⁵, ¹Stanford University- School of Medicine, Sunnyvale, CA, ²Stanford University- School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ³Department of Dermatology, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, ⁴Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Woodside, CA
Background/Purpose: Lipodermatosclerosis (LDS) is a progressive manifestation of chronic venous insufficiency characterized by distinctive lower extremity changes, including an "inverted champagne bottle" appearance, skin hyperpigmentation,…
Abstract Number: 0892 • ACR Convergence 2023
Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Keratinocytes and Fibroblasts Drive Hippo and TGFb Dysregulation and Fibrosis in Epidermal Overexpression of VGLL3 in Cutaneous Lupus
Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani¹, Allison Billi¹, Jacob Martens¹, Marisa Hildebrandt¹, Amanda Victory¹, Mitra Maz², Shannon Loftus¹, J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹ and Johann E. Gudjonsson¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Fibrosis is characterized by collagen deposition, fibro/myofibroblast (MYOFB) accumulation, and extracellular matrix remodeling. In some subtypes of cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), particularly discoid lupus…
Abstract Number: 0936 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impaired DNA Repair Responses Activate a Novel FOXO1-dependent Metabolic Remodelling in Patients with Progressive Systemic Sclerosis to Promote Fibrosis
Lamia Khan, Desiree Redmond, Muhammad Elezzabi, Robert Gniadecki, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert and Mohamed Osman, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a deadly disease characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and fibrosis. SSc is the most lethal rheumatic disease associated with the…
Abstract Number: 0944 • ACR Convergence 2023
Macrophages Regulate Adipocyte Differentiation and Proliferation in Skin Fibrosis
Chanhyuk Park, Helen Jarnagin, Michael Whitfield and Patricia Pioli, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by inflammation, vasculopathy, and dermal and internal organ fibrosis. A widely-reported but poorly understood aspect of SSc skin…
Abstract Number: 0953 • ACR Convergence 2023
Flavin-containing Monooxygenase (FMO3) Links the Gut and Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Priyanka Verma¹, Bharath Yalavarthi¹, Karen Ho², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Seokjo Kim⁴, Johann Gudjonsson¹, Rebecca C Schugar⁵, Mark Brown⁶, Xinmin Li⁶, Stanley L Hazen⁷, Swati Bhattacharyya¹ and John Varga¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴4SCM Lifescience Co. Ltd, South Korea, Japan, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Trimethylamine (TMA) generated by the gut microbiome is converted into trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) via the host enzyme FMO3. The TMA-FMO3-TMAO metaorganismal axis has been…

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