Abstracts tagged "skin"

Abstract Number: 1537 • ACR Convergence 2022
Proteomic Profiling of Plasma Microvesicles Isolated from Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Line Iversen¹, Ole Østergaard², Tina Friis³, susanne Ullman⁴, Søren Jacobsen⁵ and Jesper Olsen², ¹Department of Dermatology, Odense University Hospital., Odense, Denmark, ²Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Department of Autoimmunology and Biomarkers, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: In the current work, we used a mass spectrometry based proteomics workflow to analyze isolated plasma microvesicles from systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and from…
Abstract Number: 0556 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immune Checkpoint VISTA Regulates Type I Interferon (IFN-I) Production and Controls UV Light Triggered Skin IFN-I Response
Zachary Peters¹, Lindsay Mendyka¹, Sicong Shan¹, Angelique Cortez¹, William Rigby², Christopher Burns¹, Randolph Noelle³ and Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner¹, ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, PA, ³Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Most lupus patients chronically exhibit higher IFN-I scores in the skin, peripheral blood, and kidneys that is exacerbated by ultraviolet (UV) light. In normal…
Abstract Number: 1559 • ACR Convergence 2022
Long Term Clinical Effects of Apremilast on Behcet’s Disease and Changes in Serum Cytokines
Yusuke Ushio¹, Risa Wakiya², Kiyo Ueeda³, Tomohiro Kameda², shusaku nakashima⁴, Hiromi Shimada², Mikiya Kato², taichi miyagi⁵, Rina Mino⁶, Kanako Chujo⁷ and Hiroaki Dobashi⁸, ¹Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ²Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ³Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ⁴Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ⁵Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ⁶Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁷Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ⁸Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: Apremilast, the small-molecule phosphodiesterase -4 inhibitor, was approved for the treatment of recurrent oral ulcers associated with Behcet's disease (BD) in Japan from September…
Abstract Number: 0567 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gain-of-Function Mutations in Lyn Kinase Cause a Novel Autoinflammatory Disease with Small Vessel Vasculitis and Liver Fibrosis
Adriana Almeida de Jesus¹, Guibin Chen², Dan Yang², Tomas Brdicka³, Natasha Ruth⁴, David Bennin⁵, Dita Cebecauerova⁶, Hana Malcova⁷, Helen Freeman⁸, Neil Martin⁹, Karel Svojgr⁶, Murray Passo⁴, Farzana Bhuyan¹⁰, Sara Alehashemi¹¹, Andre Rastegar¹², Kat Uss¹², Lela Kardova¹², Iris Duric³, Ebun Omoyinmi¹³, Petra Peldova⁶, Chyi-Chia Richard Lee¹⁴, David Kleiner¹⁴, Colleen Hadigan¹⁵, Stephen Hewitt¹⁴, Stefania Pittaluga¹⁴, Carmelo Carmona-Rivera¹⁶, Katherine R. Calvo¹⁵, Nirali Shah¹⁴, Miroslava Balascakova⁶, Danielle Fink¹⁷, Radana Kotalova⁶, Zuzana Parackova⁶, Lucie Peterkova⁶, Daniela Kuzilkova⁶, Vit Campr⁶, Lucie Sramkova⁶, Stephen Brooks¹⁶, Eric Meffre¹⁸, Rebecca Harper², Hyesun Kuehn¹⁵, Mariana Kaplan¹⁶, Paul Brogan¹⁹, Sergio Rosenzweig¹⁵, Zuoming Deng¹⁶, Anna Huttenlocher⁵, Susan Moir¹², Douglas Kuhns¹⁷, Manfred Boehm², Karolina Skvarova Kramarzova²⁰ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky²¹, ¹NIAID, NIH, Silver Spring, MD, ²National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Laboratory of Leukocyte Signaling, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁵Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ⁶Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University/University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University/University Hospital Motol, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁸Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁹Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹⁰National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹NIH/NIAID/TADS, Clarksville, MD, ¹²National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹³Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁵Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁶National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁷National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD, ¹⁸Yale University, New Haven, CT, ¹⁹UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²⁰Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University/University Hospital Motol, Prague, ²¹NIH/NIAID, Potomac, MD
Background/Purpose: Lyn kinase is a member of the Src family of tyrosine kinases that regulates innate and adaptive immune responses. Lyn C-terminal tail tyrosine residue,…
Abstract Number: 1577 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Cutaneous Vasculitis on Health-Related Quality-of-Life
Sarah Mann¹, Aamir Hussain², Anisha Dua³, Angelina Patrone⁴, Kalen Larson⁵, Peter Merkel⁶ and Robert Micheletti⁷, ¹Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Dermatology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Patient Partner, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Departments of Dermatology and Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous manifestations of vasculitis can cause pruritus, pain, and ulceration, and their psychosocial impacts may be significant. However, the quality-of-life (QoL) impact of skin…
Abstract Number: 0654 • ACR Convergence 2022
Lymphatic Dysfunction and Immune Activation in Lupus
william ambler¹, Madhavi Somaraju¹, JiHyun Sim¹, Ethan Seltzer¹, Noa Schwartz², Ecem Sevim³, Doruk Erkan¹, Jinyeon Shin⁴, Rahgu Kataru⁴, Babak Mehrara⁵ and theresa Lu¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Campus, New York, NY, ⁴Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a prototypic autoimmune disease in which patients frequently have photosensitivity. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) causes the eruption of cutaneous…
Abstract Number: 1657 • ACR Convergence 2022
Extreme Phenotype Approach Identifies Rare Variants in Systemic Sclerosis and Dermatomyositis Patients with Severe Calcinosis
Srijana Davuluri¹, Urvashi Kaundal², Christian Lood³, Puneet Kapoor¹, Yumeko Kawano⁴, Stefania Dell'Orso⁵, Zuoming Deng⁶, Zsuzsanna McMahan⁷, Ami Shah⁷, Laura Hummers⁸, Daniel Kastner⁹, Fredrick Wigley¹⁰, David Fiorentino¹¹, Pravitt Gourh¹² and Lorinda Chung¹¹, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, ⁹National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ¹²National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis, deposition of insoluble calcium salts in skin and subcutaneous tissues, affects up to 40% of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients, and up to 20%…
Abstract Number: 0667 • ACR Convergence 2022
Correlation Matrices Visualize Differential Degree of Cell and Pathway Heterogeneity in Skin of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Treatment Subgroups
Felix Chin¹, Thomas Vazquez², Josh Dan³, DeAnna Diaz⁴, Grant Sprow⁵, Jay Patel⁶, Nilesh Kodali⁷, Rui Feng⁸ and Victoria Werth⁹, ¹University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²FIU Wertheim College of Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA, ³Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ⁴Philadelphia College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PN, ⁷New Jersey Medical School, Coppell, TX, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ⁹University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: First-line treatment for cutaneous lupus erythematosus involves the use of antimalarials. Treatment response is highly variable with some patients responding well to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ),…
Abstract Number: 1662 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nationwide Distribution of Other Connective Tissue Disease (OCTD) and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) in Areas of Environmental Concern
Noelle Kosarek¹, Megan Romano², Robert Simms³, Angeline Andrew⁴, Erika Moen⁴, Patricia pioli⁴ and Michael Whitfield⁵, ¹Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁵Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, vascular abnormalities, and autoantibody formation. The etiology…
Abstract Number: 0752 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Phase I Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerance, Pharmacokinetics and Immunogenicity of Ebdarokimab in Patients with Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis
Rui Chen¹, Yu Xia², Baiyong Li², Xiang Ni², Guoqin Wang², Cui Zhang², Benchao Chen², Li Wang² and Hongzhong Jin³, ¹Clinical Pharmacology Research Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, NMPA Key Laboratory for Clinical Research and Evaluation of Drug, Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical PK & PD Investigation for Innovative Drugs, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²Akeso Biopharma, Inc., Zhongshan, China, ³Department of Dermatology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Disease, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and interleukin-23 (IL-23) are two essential cytokins involved in the immune-mediated inflammatory disorders of psoriasis. Anti-IL-12/IL-23 therapy has been developed for the…
Abstract Number: 1694 • ACR Convergence 2022
Skin Exposure to UV Light Triggers Podocyte and Distal Tubular Injury, in the Presence of CD177+ Neutrophil Cell Cluster
Angelique Cortez¹, Lindsay Mendyka¹, Fred Kolling² and Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner¹, ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Sensitivity to ultraviolet (UV) light affects ~ 80% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. UV light exposure of lupus skin leads to local and…
Abstract Number: 1759 • ACR Convergence 2021
An Analysis of Medication Responsiveness Based on Subtype and Race Within a Cohort of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Emily Keyes¹, Anisha Jobanputra², Madison Grinnell³, Rui Feng⁴, Thomas Vazquez⁵, DeAnna Diaz⁶ and Victoria Werth⁷, ¹Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VAMC, OMAHA, NE, ⁴University of Pennsylvania Department of Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵FIU Wertheim College of Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA, ⁶Philadelphia College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) can present in association with or without concomitant SLE, and with skin manifestations varying by subtype – acute CLE, subacute…
Abstract Number: 1784 • ACR Convergence 2021
Characterizing Musculoskeletal Disease Burden in Mild to Moderate Psoriasis Patients Suggestive of Comorbid PsA: Analysis of CorEvitas’ Psoriasis Registry
Alexis Ogdie-Beatty¹, Bruce Strober², Mark Lebwohl³, Angel Cronin⁴, Tin-chi Lin⁴, Hyung-Joo Kang⁴, Nicole Middaugh⁴, Jacqueline O’Brien⁴, Shauna Jardon⁵, Sven Richter⁶, Yuri Klyachkin⁷ and Philip Mease⁸, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Yale University, New Haven, CT, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁵Amgen Inc., Gilbert, AZ, ⁶Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁷Amgen Inc., Lexington, KY, ⁸Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with mild to moderate psoriasis (PsO) and musculoskeletal disease burden may be diagnosed with PsA upon referral to a rheumatologist. Early intervention…
Abstract Number: 1857 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultra-High Frequency Ultrasound Compared to Durometry and Skin Score for Cutaneous Assessment in Systemic Sclerosis
Marco Di Battista¹, Saverio Vitali², Simone Barsotti³, Alessandra Della Rossa⁴, Valentina Dini⁵, Marco Romanelli⁵ and Marta Mosca³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Radiology Unit - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Dermatology Unit - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: To assess skin involvement in a cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) comparing results obtained from modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS), durometry and…
Abstract Number: 0046 • ACR Convergence 2021
Psoriatic Arthritis Skin Is Transcriptionally Different to Psoriasis Skin and Enriched in Immunoglobulin Transcripts
Hanna Johnsson¹, John Cole¹, Stefan Siebert¹, Iain McInnes² and Gerard Graham¹, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow, School of Medicine, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Up to 30% of patients with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The traditional assumption is that the skin disease is the same in both…

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