Abstracts tagged "SLE"

Abstract Number: 464 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Long Term Outcomes in Chinese Children Diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Biopsy Proven Lupus Nephritis – a 18-Year Cohort
Grace Chiang^1,2, Sik Nin Wong³, Clara Law⁴, Kwok Piu Lee⁵, Cheuk Chun Szeto⁶, Chi Chiu Mok⁷, Lai-Shan Tam⁸ and Ting Fan Leung⁹, ¹Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, ²Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Tune Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁴Medicine and Therapeutics, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁵Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁶Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁷Medicine and Geriatrics, Tune Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁸Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁹Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: Renal disease occurs in 50-70% of all childhood onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). The prevalence of LN is higher in children and the manifestations…
Abstract Number: 936 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Selective Deficiency of Serine Arginine-Rich Splicing Factor 1 (SRSF1) in T Lymphocytes Leads to mTORC1 Activation, Treg Dysfunction and Systemic Autoimmune Disease
Takayuki Katsuyama¹, Hao Li¹, Denis Comte², Michael W. Mosho³, Andrew R. Gillooly³, George C Tsokos⁴ and Vaishali R. Moulton¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Medicine/ Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) exhibit defects in signaling and cytokine production, and aberrant numbers and/or function of regulatory T…
Abstract Number: 1681 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of the Proposed American College of Rheumatology / European League Against Rheumatism 2017 Classification Criteria for SLE in Adult and Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Anti-Nuclear Antibody Related Rheumatic Diseases
Chengappa KG¹, Gunjan Kumar², Swaminathan R P³ and Vir Singh Negi¹, ¹Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India, ²Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India, ³Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: A new classification criteria for SLE was proposed at the ACR/ARHP 2017 annual meet. The aim of this study was to compare the performance…
Abstract Number: 2111 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ifnβ Affects Osteogenesis-Adipogenesis Axis in SLE Bone Marrow
Lin Gao, Mary O'Connell, Jennifer Anolik and R. John Looney, Medicine- Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: SLE patients are especially vulnerable to corticosteroid induced avascular necrosis. While it is appreciated that multiple factors contribute to AVN, the bone-fat axis in…
Abstract Number: 2683 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Selective Expansion and Targeting of FoxP3+CD127lo Regulatory T Cells By Low-Dose IL-2 Therapy in Active SLE
Jens Humrich¹, Caroline von Spee-Mayer², Philipp Enghard³, Angelika Rose⁴, Elise Siegert⁵, Tobias Alexander⁵, Falk Hiepe⁶, Gerd R. Burmester⁷ and Gabriela Riemekasten⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ²Immunology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ³Department of Nephrology, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Rheumatology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is crucial for the growth and survival of regulatory T cells (Treg), and thus for the control of autoimmunity. In previous studies…
Abstract Number: 467 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevalence and Clinical Features of Co-Occurring Autoimmunity in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Legacy Registry
Ohoud AlAhmed¹, Vidya Sivaraman², Melissa Moore-Clingenpeel³, Stacy P. Ardoin⁴ and Sharon Bout-Tabaku⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, COLUMBUS, OH, ³Research, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Dublin, OH, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: The co-occurrence of autoimmune disorders (AI) with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in adults is associated with poor disease outcomes. We describe the co-occurrence of…
Abstract Number: 938 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dermal Lymphatic Dysfunction and Photosensitivity in the MRL/Lpr Lupus Model
Noa Schwartz¹, Susan Chyou², Thomas Li³, William D. Shipman^2,4,5 and Theresa T. Lu³, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Autoimmunity and Inflammation Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY, ⁵Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Proper function of lymphatic vessels is needed to limit the magnitude and duration of tissue inflammation. Chronic inflammatory states such as obesity and psoriasis…
Abstract Number: 1685 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL2 Decrease Is Associated to ANTI-DNA Positivity in Systemic LUPUS Erythematous Patients
Elena Grau Garcia¹, Francisco Miguel Ortiz-Sanjuán¹, Cristina Alcañiz Escandell¹, Karla Arevalo Ruales¹, Inmaculada Chalmeta Verdejo¹, Marta De la Rubia Navarro¹, Jorge Juan Fragio Gil¹, Roxana Gonzalez Mazario¹, Luis Gonzalez Puig¹, Jose Ivorra Cortes¹, Isabel Martinez Cordellat¹, Rosa Negueroles Albuixech¹, Jose Eloy Oller Rodriguez¹, Elvira Vicens Bernabeu¹, Carmen Najera Herranz¹, Ines Canovas Olmos¹, David Hervás Marín², Meritxel Fernandez Matilla³, Nagore Fernandez-Llanio Cornella³, Jose Antonio Castellano Cuesta³, Cristobal Antonio Pavez Perales¹ and Jose Andres Roman Ivorra¹, ¹Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²Biostatistics Unit. IIS La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ³Rheumatology Section. Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by deregulation of cytokine production. IL2 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine in SLE, but its loss…
Abstract Number: 2112 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IFN-Gene Expression Is Elevated in Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematous and DLE and Decreases with Treatment in DLE
Stephanie Lazar¹, Rajaie Namas², Celine C. Berthier³ and Michelle Kahlenberg⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ³Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE have increased type I IFN-regulated gene expression in peripheral blood, which has been correlated with systemic disease activity. IFN-regulated gene expression…
Abstract Number: 2684 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Type I IFN, TLR7, MHC Class I, B Cell and OX40 Pathways Suppressed By Anifrolumab (anti-type I IFN receptor) in Moderate to Severe SLE Patients
Katie Streicher¹, Jixin Wang¹, Philip Z. Brohawn², Brandon W. Higgs², Raj Tummala³ and Koustubh Ranade⁴, ¹Translational Medicine, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, ²MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, ³MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁴Translational Medicine, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Type I interferon has been identified as one of the central mediators in the pathogenesis of SLE, such that patients are characterized by activation…
Abstract Number: 475 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adolescents’ Perspectives on Living with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Onengiya Harry¹, Angela C Combs², Brooke Hater², Emily Roemisch², Leslie A. Favier³, Najla Aljaberi⁴, Aimee W Smith², Rhyanne McDade², Lauren Fussner⁵, Jennifer L. Huggins⁶, Lori E Crosby² and Avani C Modi⁷, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Childrens' Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Behavior Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Center for Treatment Adherence and Self-Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Non-adherence to medical recommendations in childhood-onset systematic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) is estimated to be between 40-50%. For patients with cSLE, non-adherence results in increased…
Abstract Number: 975 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Alteration of Vascular Inflammatory Markers in SLE By Anifrolumab in the Phase IIb Muse Study
KA Casey¹, WI White¹, Nickie L. Seto², Martin Playford³, MA Smith¹, P Carlucci², B Yu⁴, L Wang⁵, G Illei⁴, Nehal Mehta³ and Mariana J. Kaplan², ¹MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, ²NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ³NHLBI, Bethesda, MD, ⁴MedImmune, Gaithersberg, MD, ⁵AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and the disease is widely known to feature premature…
Abstract Number: 1699 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies to M-Phase Phosphoprotein I (MPP-1: KIF20B) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
May Choi¹, Eric Campbell², Ann E. Clarke¹, Michelle Jung², Claire Barber³, Yvan St.Pierre⁴ and Marvin J. Fritzler¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: M-phase phosphoprotein (MPP-1), also termed kinesin interacting protein (KIF20B), is a 210 kDa protein that is highly expressed during cell division. Autoantibodies to MPP-1…
Abstract Number: 2120 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CD47- Signal Regulatory Protein Alpha Interaction Potentiates Proinflammatory Response in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jin Kyun Park¹, Ye Ji Lee², Ji Soo Park³, Eun Young Lee⁴, Eun Bong Lee⁴ and Yeong Wook Song⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Department of Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
CD47-Signal Regulatory Protein-Alpha Interaction Potentiates Proinflammatory Response in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease mediated by unbalanced activation of…
Abstract Number: 2792 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of B Cell Targeted Therapies on Autoantibodies and Excessive Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Laura van Dam¹, Zgjim Osmani¹, Tineke Kraaij¹, Sylvia W.A. Kamerling¹, Jaap A. Bakker², Hans U. Scherer³, Ton Rabelink¹, Reinhard Voll⁴, David A. Isenberg⁵, Cees van Kooten¹ and Y.K. Onno Teng¹, ¹Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁵University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a severe systemic autoimmune disease characterized by immune-complexes (ICx) which cause inflammation and damage. Effective targeting of autoantibody secreting…

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