Abstracts tagged "skin"

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: 0821 • ACR Convergence 2022
Imiquimod Exaggerates Obesity-associated Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Murine Psoriasis Model
Hee Joo Kim¹, Dong Il Jeong² and YunJae Jung³, ¹Department of Dermatology, Gachon Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Dermatology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Microbiology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Recently, obesity has been known to be associated with psoriasis: obesity has negative effects on the prevalence, severity, and treatment response of psoriasis. High…
Abstract Number: 1695 • ACR Convergence 2022
Dermatomyositis (DM) Macrophages Upregulate Genes Involved in the Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix and Activate Keratinocytes in a Novel 3D Tissue Model of DM Skin Disease
Zoe Chafouleas¹, Angelique Cortez¹, James Whitley¹, Dorothea Barton¹, Lin Brown¹, Michael Whitfield², Patricia pioli³ and Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner¹, ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Lebanon, NH, ³Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: With an incidence of 10 cases per million and lack of animal or ex vivo disease models, dermatomyositis (DM) remains a debilitating disease without…
Abstract Number: 1015 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Nail Response with Guselkumab: A Post Hoc Analysis of the VOYAGE 2 Clinical Trial
Alexander Egeberg¹, William Tillett², Enikö Sonkoly³, Patricia Gorecki⁴, Anna Tjärnlund⁵, Jozefien Buyze⁶, Sven Wegner⁷ and Dennis McGonagle⁸, ¹Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Dermatology and Venereology Division, Karolinska Institutet; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Janssen-Cilag Ltd, High Wycombe, United Kingdom, ⁵Janssen-Cilag AB, Solna, Sweden, ⁶Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium, ⁷Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Neuss, Germany, ⁸Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Understanding factors that impact response to therapy may help improve disease management, clinical outcomes and patient quality of life. Nails are often overlooked in…
Abstract Number: 1848 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characterizing Nailfold Capillary Changes in Dermatomyositis with a Dermatoscope
Josh Dan¹, Grant Sprow², Josef Concha³, Nilesh Kodali⁴, DeAnna Diaz⁵, Felix Chin⁶, Thomas Vazquez⁷ and Victoria Werth³, ¹Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴New Jersey Medical School, Coppell, TX, ⁵Philadelphia College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷FIU Wertheim College of Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA
Background/Purpose: Nailfold capillary (NC) abnormalities are increasingly utilized in the evaluation of rheumatic conditions. Their presence can distinguish primary Raynaud's phenomenon from secondary etiologies and…
Abstract Number: 1095 • ACR Convergence 2022
A20(Tnfaip3) in Keratinocytes Restricts an Early Antiviral Gene Program Associated with Psoriatic Skin and Joint Disease
Bahram Razani¹, Jared Liu¹, Ryan Tobias¹, Sugandh Kumar¹, Zhi-Ming Huang¹, Wilson Liao², Barbara Malynn³ and Averil Ma³, ¹Dept. of Dermatology, UCSF, San Francisco, ²Dept. of Dermatology, San Francisco, ³Division of Gastroenterology, UCSF, San Francisco
Background/Purpose: A20 (Tnfaip3) levels are reduced in psoriatic plaques and polymorphisms in the TNFAIP3 gene locus are associated with increased risk for both psoriasis and psoriatic…
Abstract Number: 2153 • ACR Convergence 2022
Key Differences Between US Rheumatologists’ and Dermatologists’ Management of Psoriatic Arthritis
Maxine Yarnall, Spherix Global Insights, Exton, PA
Background/Purpose: The last few years have seen the approval of many new agents for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and psoriasis (PSO), resulting in…
Abstract Number: 0003 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rituximab versus Cyclophosphamide for the Treatment of Connective Tissue Disease Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (RECITAL): A Sub-group Analysis of a Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trial
Toby Maher¹, Veronica Tudor², Peter Saunders³, Michael Gibbons⁴, Sophie Fletcher⁵, Helen Parfrey⁶, Chris Denton⁷, Rachel Hoyles³, Elizabeth Renzoni², Maria Kokosi², Athol Wells², Deborah Ashby⁸, Matyas Szigeti⁸ and Philip Molyneaux⁸, ¹University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ³Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom, ⁵Southampton University Hospitals, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁶Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁷University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The RECITAL trial (NCT01862926) compared rituximab to cyclophosphamide as first line therapy for patients with severe or progressive interstitial lung disease due to idiopathic…
Abstract Number: 1150 • ACR Convergence 2022
Spatial Transcriptomics Stratifies Health and Psoriatic Disease Severity by Emergent Cellular Ecosystems
Rochelle Castillo¹, Ikjot Sidhu¹, Igor Dolgalev¹, Ipsita Subudhi¹, Di Yan¹, Piotr Konieczny¹, Brandon Hsieh¹, Tinyi Chu², Rebecca Haberman¹, Shanmugapriya Selvaraj¹, Tomoe Shiomi¹, Rhina Medina¹, Parvathy Vasudevanpillai Girija¹, Adriana Heguy¹, Cynthia Loomis¹, Luis Chiriboga¹, Shane Meehan¹, Christopher Ritchlin³, Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez⁴, John Carucci¹, Andrea Neimann¹, Shruti Naik¹ and Jose Scher⁵, ¹NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ²Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, ³Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY, ⁴University of Rochester, West Henrietta, NY, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The skin is recognized as a window into the immunopathogenic mechanisms driving the vast phenotypic spectrum of psoriatic disease.Methods: To better decipher the cellular…

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