Abstracts tagged "Synovitis"

Abstract Number: 0793 • ACR Convergence 2021
Contributing Factors of Good Outcome in Difficult-to-treat Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter RA Ultrasound Prospective Observational Cohort Study in Japan
Shin-ya Kawashiri¹, Tohru Michitsuji¹, Yushiro Endo¹, Ayako Nishino¹, Toshimasa Shimizu¹, Remi Sumiyoshi¹, Tomohiro Koga¹, Naoki Iwamoto¹, Kunihiro Ichinose² and Atsushi Kawakami¹, ¹Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: The concept of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (D2T RA) has emerged as the greatest unmet need in recent years. We have investigated the clinical characteristics…
Abstract Number: 0800 • ACR Convergence 2021
Digital Spatial Profiling Reveals Distinct Synovial Tissue Transcriptomic Signature of Sustained Disease Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Risk of Disease Flare After Treatment Tapering or Discontinuation
Stefano Alivernini¹, Simone Perniola², Marco Gessi³, Maria Rita Gigante⁴, Clara Di Mario⁵, Luca Petricca⁴, Dario Bruno⁵, Laura Bui¹, Annamaria Paglionico¹, Valentina Varriano¹, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino⁶, Barbara Tolusso¹ and Elisa Gremese⁷, ¹Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ²Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - University of Verona, Santeramo in Colle, Italy, ³Fondazione PoliclinicoUniversitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ⁶Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
Background/Purpose: Sustained disease remission is the treatment goal for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) leading patients to be eligible to treatment tapering or discontinuation. However, disease flare…
Abstract Number: 0943 • ACR Convergence 2021
Metabolomic Profiling of Synovial Tissue of Patients with Osteoarthritis
Jessica Murillo Saich¹, Roxana Coras², Robert Meyer³ and Monica Guma⁴, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California San Diego/Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, San Diego, CA, ³San Diego VA Healthcare Service, La Jolla, CA, ⁴University of California San Diego/San Diego VA Healthcare Service/Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Increasing evidence indicates that osteoarthritis (OA) progression is mediated not simply by progressive degeneration of cartilage, but also by low-grade synovial inflammation (synovitis) that…
Abstract Number: 0945 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Single-cell Atlas of Human Synovial Endothelial Cells in Inflammatory Arthritis
Sam Edalat¹, Reto Gerber², Miranda Houtman¹, Raphael Micheroli³, Kristina Buerki¹, Nadja Izanc¹, Blaz Burja⁴, Tadeja Kuret⁵, Snežna Sodin-Šemrl⁵, Adrian Ciurea³, Oliver Distler³, Caroline Ospelt¹, Chantal Pauli⁶, Mark Robinson⁷ and Mojca Frank-Bertoncelj³, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich and Department of Molecular Life Sciences and SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich/University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich and Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁶Department of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Molecular Life Sciences and SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Dysregulated endothelial cell (EC) function and altered (lympho)angiogenesis crucially contribute to synovial pathology in inflammatory arthritis. Additionally, endothelium plays a key role in the…
Abstract Number: 0968 • ACR Convergence 2021
Granzyme K+ CD8 T Cells Form the Core Population of Inflamed Human Tissue-associated CD8 T Cells
Anna Helena Jonsson¹, Fan Zhang², Emma Gomez-Rivas¹, Gerald Watts¹, Garett Dunlap³, Heather Faust¹, Karishma Rupani¹, Joseph Mears¹, Deepak Rao¹, Runci Wang⁴, Gregory Keras¹, Nida Meednu⁵, Jonathan Coblyn¹, Elena Massarotti¹, Derrick Todd¹, Andrew McDavid⁶, Jennifer Anolik⁵, Accelerating Medicines Partnership AMP: RA/SLE Network⁷, Kevin Wei¹, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹ and Michael Brenner⁸, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Harvard University, Somerville, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, NY, ⁶University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁷NIH/FNIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: T cell-derived pro-inflammatory cytokines are a major driver of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. While CD4 T cells have traditionally been assumed to be the…
Abstract Number: 1125 • ACR Convergence 2021
Synovial Perivascular Edema Is Associated with Altered Knee Loading Patterns During Gait in Patients with Medial Compartment-Dominant Knee Osteoarthritis
McKenzie Carter¹, Holly Philpott¹, Trevor Birmingham², Ryan Pinto³, Codie Primeau¹, J. Robert Giffin¹, Brent Lanting² and Tom Appleton², ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Western University, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Synovial inflammation and aberrant joint loads are independent risk factors for knee osteoarthritis (OA) incidence and progression. Perivascular edema, the accumulation of fluid around…
Abstract Number: 1221 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Neutrophil Lymphocyte and Platelet Lymphocyte Ratios with Joint Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diyu Pearce-Fisher¹, Dana Orange², Bella Mehta³, Deanna Jannat-Khah¹ and Susan Goodman¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: It can be challenging to determine whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who require arthroplasty have ongoing inflammation, in addition to damage in the affected…
Abstract Number: 1358 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clusters of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients at Baseline Based on Different Ultrasound Detected Synovitis: Exploratory Analysis from a Phase III Study
Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹, Georg Schett², Corine Gaillez³, Philip Conaghan⁴, Esperanza Naredo⁵, Philippe Carron⁶, Ruben Burgos-Vargas⁷, Peter Mandl⁸, Javier Rosa⁹, Maarten Boers¹⁰, Punit Goyanka¹¹, Weibin Bao¹² and David Demanse³, ¹Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Gemelli”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ²Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Ghent, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, General Hospital of Mexico, Ciudad de Mxico, Mexico, ⁸Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medical Services, and University Institute, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁰Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India, ¹²Novartis, East Hanover, NJ
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is characterized by inflammation of synovial membranes and entheseal sites leading to pain, structural damage, impairment of physical function and quality…
Abstract Number: 1360 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultrasound Demonstrates Continued Improvement in Psoriatic Arthritis Synovitis and Enthesitis with Secukinumab: 52-week Results from a Phase III Study
Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹, Georg Schett², Corine Gaillez³, Carlos Guerrero⁴, PETRA HANOVA⁵, Tomas Cazenave⁶, Maria S. Stoenoiu⁷, Marina Backhaus⁸, Gael Mouterde⁹, Maarten Boers¹⁰, Anne-Marie Duggan¹¹, Punit Goyanka¹² and Philip Conaghan¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Gemelli”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ²Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Dermatologico Country, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofisica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Park-Klinik Weissensee Academic Hospital of the Charité, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology department, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ¹⁰Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Novartis Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ¹²Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India, ¹³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) is a sensitive non-invasive imaging tool to visualize a wide range of articular and periarticular inflammation in psoriatic arthritis (PsA).1,2…
Abstract Number: 0029 • ACR Convergence 2021
JAK1 Regulates Autophagy and Reinforces the Inflammatory and Autoimmune Potentials in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Keita Ninagawa¹, Masaru Kato¹, Yuki Kudo², Masaru Yoshimura², Michihito Kono², Yuichiro Fujieda¹, Kenji Oku² and Tatsuya Atsumi³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ²1. Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ³Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is pathologically characterized by autoimmunity against citrullinated proteins, proliferative synovitis, and ultimately joint destruction. Synovial fibroblasts (SFs) are, when activated, capable…
Abstract Number: 1522 • ACR Convergence 2021
Potential Predictors of Persistence in Immune Check Point Inhibitor Induced Arthritis
Anu Desai¹, Lakshmi Priya Shadananan¹, Adam Croft², Lalit Pallan¹, Neil Steven³ and Benjamin Fisher⁴, ¹University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²University of Birmingham, Halesowen, United Kingdom, ³Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy/University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Immune Check Point Inhibitors (ICIs) are widely used in Oncology and are associated with multiple autoimmune and systemic inflammatory reactions called immune-related adverse events.…
Abstract Number: 0060 • ACR Convergence 2021
Lipidomic Profiling Identifies Different Expression of Oxylipins Between Synovial Tissue and Plasma of Patients with Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis
Abha Singh¹, Jessica Murillo Saich², Roxana Coras³, Julio Ramirez⁴, Eric Chang², Raquel Celis⁵, Aaron Armando², Oswald Quehenberger², Arthur Kavanaugh², Juan D Cañete⁶ and Monica Guma⁷, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³University of California San Diego/Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, San Diego, CA, ⁴Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clinic and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷University of California San Diego/San Diego VA Healthcare Service/Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Oxylipins are bioactive lipids derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) that modulate inflammation. Oxylipins derived from n-6 PUFA precursors, such as arachidonic acid (AA),…
Abstract Number: 1786 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of the Improvement of Synovitis and Enthesitis with Quality of Life/Patient Reported Outcomes in Patients with PsA Treated with Ixekizumab
Lars Erik Kristensen¹, Dennis McGonagle², Martin Rudwaleit³, Hideto Kameda⁴, Thorsten Holzkaemper⁵, Celine El Baou⁶ and Josef Smolen⁷, ¹Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen,, Denmark, ²University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Bielefeld University, Rheumatology, Klinikum Bielefeld, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Eli Lilly and Company, Bad Homburg, Germany, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: PsA is an inflammatory rheumatic disease with manifestations including synovitis and enthesitis. During extensive study programs, IXE has shown a treatment effect across domains…
Abstract Number: 0153 • ACR Convergence 2021
Echogenic and Hypervascular Synovium Detected on Ultrasound Are Predictive of a Favorable Response After Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Robert Dima¹, Trevor Birmingham², Ryan Pinto³, Holly Philpott¹, McKenzie Carter¹ and Tom Appleton², ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Western University, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular corticosteroids (IACS) are commonly used for symptom management in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients, despite the fact that many patients do not respond to…
Abstract Number: 0217 • ACR Convergence 2021
The OMERACT Knee Inflammation MRI Scoring System: Validation of Quantitative Methodologies and Tri-compartmental Overlays by Comparison with the MRI Osteoarthritis Knee Score
Walter Maksymowych¹, Jacob Jaremko², Susanne Pedersen³, Iris Eshed⁴, Ulrich Weber⁵, Paul Bird⁶, Andrew McReynolds², Stephanie Wichuk², Joel Paschke⁷ and Robert Lambert², ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Rigshospitalet, Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ⁵Practice Buchsbaum Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, ⁶University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, ⁷CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Bone marrow lesions (BML) and synovitis on MRI are independently associated with the severity and progression of osteoarthritis (OA) and randomized controlled trials have…