Abstracts tagged "skin"

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…
Abstract Number: 0061 • ACR Convergence 2021
Harnessing Spatially-Resolved Gene Expression to Characterize the Transcriptional Landscape of Psoriatic Skin
Rochelle Castillo¹, Ikjot Sidhu¹, Di Yan¹, Piotr Konieczny¹, Rebecca Haberman¹, Brandon Hsieh¹, Andrea Neimann¹, Shruti Naik¹ and Jose Scher², ¹NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ²New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The skin is recognized as a window into the immunopathogenic mechanisms in the psoriatic arthritis (PsA) joint. This is evidenced by the fact that…
Abstract Number: 0356 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Role of Neutrophils in the Clinical Severity of Lupus Nephritis Patients with Concurrent Skin Disease
Lais Osmani, Sicong Shan, Zoe Chafouleas, Jason Pettus and Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Skin disease affects >80% of lupus patients and has been linked to lupus nephritis (LN) flares. We recently found that skin inflammation caused by…
Abstract Number: 0513 • ACR Convergence 2021
Spirulina Activates IFNγ via TLR4 in Dermatomyositis Skin and Peripheral Blood
DeAnna Diaz¹, Thomas Vazquez², Christina Bax³, Jay Patel⁴, Madison Grinnell⁵, Emily Keyes⁶, Yubin Li⁵ and Victoria Werth⁷, ¹Philadelphia College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²FIU Wertheim College of Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA, ³Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC/ Department of Dermatology, U Penn, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Department of Dermatology, U Penn, Philadelphia, NJ, ⁵Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Department of Dermatology, U Penn, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Our group has previously shown that Spirulina, a popular herbal supplement with purported immune boosting effects, is temporally associated with dermatomyositis (DM) onset and…
Abstract Number: 0545 • ACR Convergence 2021
SIRT1 Modulates the Senescent Phenotype in Scleroderma Endothelial Cells
Ellen Model, Morgan Omara, Pamela Palisoc, Dinesh Khanna and Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Vascular abnormalities in systemic sclerosis (SSc) are characterized by injury to vascular wall and extensive damage of the microvessels. It has been shown that…
Abstract Number: 0546 • ACR Convergence 2021
Integrated Analysis of Dermal Blister Fluid Proteomics and Genome-wide Skin Gene Expression Gives New Insight into Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis
Kristina Clark¹, Eszter Csomor², Corrado Campochiaro³, Adam Taylor⁴, Yee Voan Teo², Katherine Nevin², Mary Morse², Voon Ong⁵, Emma Derrett-Smith⁶, Nicolas Wisniacki², Shaun Flint² and Christopher Denton⁷, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, ³Royal Free Hospital London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University College London Medical School Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ⁶University College London Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁷University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Suction blister fluid provides a unique opportunity to analyse the dermal microenvironment of SSc. We report an integrated analysis of proteomic data from dermal…
Abstract Number: 0555 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pathway-Driven Drug Repositioning in Systemic Sclerosis from Omics Data
Dillon Popovich¹, Tamar Abel¹, Noelle Kosarek², Monica Espinoza³, Rezvan Parvizi⁴, Jonathan Garlick⁵ and Michael Whitfield⁴, ¹Geisel School of Medicine, West Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Hartford, VT, ³Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ⁵Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Omic analyses of systemic sclerosis (SSc) skin biopsy datasets identified distinct sets of patients that respond differently to treatment. The goal of this study…
Abstract Number: 0557 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Beta Secretase BACE1 Induces Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Fibroblast Activation Through the Regulation of the Pro-Fibrotic Notch Signalling Pathway
Christopher Wasson¹, Eva Clavane², Rebecca Ross¹, Paul Meakin² and Francesco Del Galdo³, ¹LIRMM University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²LICAMM University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Extensive work in the Alzheimer’s field has shown BACE1 plays an important role in amyloid beta processing. Additionally, there is evidence showing BACE1 regulating…
Abstract Number: L09 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Phase 2a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of Ziritaxestat in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis (NOVESA)
Dinesh Khanna¹, Christopher Denton², Daniel Furst³, Maureen Mayes⁴, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁵, Vanessa Smith⁶, Dick de Vries⁷, Liesbeth Deberdt⁸, Pieter‑Jan Stiers⁸, Niyati Prasad⁸ and Sohail Ahmed⁹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁵Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁹Ahmed Science Medicine, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: There is a high unmet need for systemic sclerosis (SSc) treatments. Ziritaxestat (ziri; GLPG1690) is an autotaxin inhibitor with a novel mechanism of action.…
Abstract Number: L10 • ACR Convergence 2020
Targeting Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Improves Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Skin Lesions and Reduces Type I Interferon Levels: Results of a Phase 1 Study of VIB7734
Victoria Werth¹, Jodi Karnell², William Rees², Nanette Mittereder³, Li Yan², Yanping Wu³, Jorn Drappa², Gabor Illei² and John Ratchford², ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Viela Bio, Gaithersburg, MD, ³Viela Bio, Gaithersburg
Background/Purpose: Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) secrete large amounts of type I interferon (IFN) and other cytokines upon activation. pDCs migrate to sites of active disease…
Abstract Number: 1397 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical and Demographic Features of Morphea Patients with Mucocutaneous Involvement: A Cross Sectional Study from the Morphea of Adults and Children Cohort
Smriti Prasad¹, Samantha Black², Shivani Sharma³ and Heidi Jacobe¹, ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Morphea is an autoimmune skin condition that produces skin and soft tissue sclerosis. While clinical manifestations of morphea have been well-described, mucocutaneous findings such…
Abstract Number: 1610 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cutaneous Side Effects of Hydroxychloroquine in Rheumatic Diseases –Combination of “Traditional” Multivariate Analysis for Risk Factors AndClassification Model Development Using Supervised Machine Learning –Single Centre Retrospective Cohort Study in India
Sandeep Surendran¹, Mithun CB¹, Arun Tiwari², Vishal Marwaha¹ and Sekhar Easwar¹, ¹Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India., Kochi, Kerala, India, ²Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India., Kochi, India
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is associated with varied cutaneous side effects but only few studies in literature characterizing the risk factors for this. Recently machine learning…

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