Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 2533 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Hydroxychloroquine Increases Low C3 in SLE
Michelle Petri¹ and Jessica Li ¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine is considered an immunomodulatory that does not affect serology. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was recently introduced into Japan. In SLE patients who started hydroxychloroquine, there…
Abstract Number: 2581 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical Impact of Decreasing Hydroxychloroquine Dose According to the 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology Guidelines in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nicolle Medina-Cintrón¹, Ileana Vázquez-Otero ¹, Mariangelí Arroyo-Ávila ¹, Lorena González-Sepúlveda ¹ and Luis Vilá ¹, ¹University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is one of the main drugs used for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Nonetheless, HCQ-induced retinal toxicity remains a major…
Abstract Number: 2815 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Lower IL-4R in IgD+ Naïve B Cells Is a Pre-disposing Factor for Development of T-bet+ DN2 B Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
John Mountz¹, Min Gao ², Qi Wu ³, PingAr Yang ², Alex Essman ⁴, Oluwagbemiga Ojo ⁴, Shanrun Liu ², Jake Chen ², Iñaki Sanz ⁵, W. Winn Chatham ² and Hui-Chen Hsu ², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VAMC, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ⁵Emory University, ATLANTA, GA
Background/Purpose: Studies to date have primarily focused on stimulators that are overexpressed and activate B cells in SLE subjects. Factors that can maintain B cells…
Abstract Number: 88 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Type I Interferon Signature Activation in Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Gene Expression Heterogeneity Among Disease Subsets
Irene Cecchi¹, Massimo Radin ¹, Elena Rubini ¹, Silvia Grazietta Foddai ¹, Ana Suarez ², Elisa Menegatti ¹, Dario Roccatello ¹, Savino Sciascia ³ and Javier Rodriguez Carrio ², ¹University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ²University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, ³Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases- Coordinating Center of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta Network for Rare Diseases, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Background/Purpose: Type I Interferons (IFN) play a key role in the pathogenesis and evolution of various autoimmune diseases. Previous studies have demonstrated that the expression…
Abstract Number: 663 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Peripheral Blood Toll Like Receptor 7 Expression and Serum Interferon Lambda 1 Levels in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Their Relation to Disease Activity and Lupus Nephritis
Hayam ElAggan¹, Nahla Farahat ¹, Mohamed Sakr ¹ and Shaymaa Tawfik ¹, ¹Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt, Alexandria, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) can sense single-stranded RNA with subsequent induction of different interferon (IFN) types including IFN lambda (IFNL) and may contribute to…
Abstract Number: 894 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Frequency, Severity and Costs of Flares Increase with Disease Severity in Newly Diagnosed Systematic Lupus Erythematous: A Real-World Cohort Study, United States, 2004–2015
Miao Jiang ¹, Barnabas Desta ¹, Aimee Near ², Xia Wang ¹ and Edward Hammond¹, ¹AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ²IQVIA, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: We evaluated the real-world frequency and severity of flares and associated costs 1 year post diagnosis in a US cohort with newly diagnosed SLE.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 1039 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Molecular Profiling Identifies Immunologic Subgroups and Informs Mechanism of Action of Baricitinib in SLE
Thomas Dörner¹, Yoshiya Tanaka ², Michelle Petri ³, Josef Smolen ⁴, Daniel Wallace ⁵, Ernst Dow ⁶, Damiano Fantini ⁶, Richard Higgs ⁶, Guilherme Rocha ⁶, Brenda Crowe ⁶, Robert Benschop ⁶, Adam Abel ⁶, Nicole Byers ⁶, Maria Silk ⁶, Stephanie de Bono ⁶ and Robert Hoffman ⁶, ¹Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin and DRFZ, Berlin, Germany, ²University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/University California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Baricitinib is an oral selective Janus kinase (JAK) 1 and JAK2 inhibitor. In the Phase II, 24-week, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study JAHH (NCT02708095), once-daily…
Abstract Number: 1558 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Should Lupus Podocytopathy Be a Subclass in Class I and Class II Lupus Nephritis?
Whitney Bembry¹, Dasha Lopez ², Christopher Mesa ³, Nirupa Patel ³ and Myriam Guevara ⁴, ¹Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ²Baton Rouge General Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA, ³Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ⁴Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Background/Purpose: Evidence of podocyte effacement on electron microscopy and significant proteinuria in a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patient with biopsy proven minimal mesangial (MM), mesangial…
Abstract Number: 1597 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Assessing Long-term Poor Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
Paramjit Singh¹, ¹Kaiser Permanente Fontana, Fontana
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a significant risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis, independent of the classic risk factors. Previous studies have found poor acute…
Abstract Number: 1735 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical Variables Influencing Prednisone Dosing Towards the Development of Corticosteroid Treatment Algorithms in Pediatric Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Nathalie Chalhoub¹, Tingting Qiu ², Jianghong Deng ³, Angela Merritt ², Bin Huang ⁴ and Hermine Brunner ⁴, ¹The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Beijing Children's Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids (CS) are the mainstay of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) therapy. However, there are no widely accepted CS…
Abstract Number: 2024 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Genetics of Longitudinal Kidney Function in Children and Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Thai-Son Tang¹, Declan Webber ², Jingjing Cao ³, Daniela Dominguez ⁴, Dafna Gladman ⁵, Andrea Knight ⁶, Deborah Levy ⁷, Lawrence Ng ⁴, Andrew D. Paterson ⁸, Earl D. Silverman ⁹, Zahi Touma ¹⁰, Murray Urowitz ¹⁰, Joan Wither ¹¹, Eleanor M. Pullenayegum ¹² and Linda Hiraki ¹³, ¹Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ³Genetics & Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Genetics & Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Translational Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ¹⁰University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹University Health Network, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Genetics influences kidney function (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN) risk. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified…
Abstract Number: 2284 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Titer of Anti-Double Stranded DNA Antibody Could Affect the Apgar Score of Newborns, Which Is Considered as the Predictive Clinical Index for Neurological or Physical Development
Hiromi Shimada¹, Risa Wakiya ², Mai Mahmoud Fahmy Mansour ², Shusaku Nakashima ², Mikiya Kato ², Taichi Miyagi ², Tomohiro Kameda ² and Hiroaki Dobashi ¹, ¹Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ²Kagawa University, Kagawa
Background/Purpose: Recently, the progression of treatment strategy enabled many systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) women to become mothers. On the other hand, some reports have revealed…
Abstract Number: 2534 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Factors in SLE
Michelle Petri¹, Jessica Li ¹ and Daniel Goldman ², ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D has effects on the cardiovascular system, including decreased renin-angiotensin, decreased insulin resistance, increased vascular relaxation and decreased vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation,…
Abstract Number: 2734 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family (SLAMF) Receptors Deregulation Is Implicated in the Altered Function of NK Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Morgane Humbel ¹, Florence Bellanger ¹, Craig Fenwick ², Alice Horisberger ³, Camillo Ribi ³ and Denis Comte¹, ¹Service of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Vaud, Switzerland, ²Service of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Epalinhes, Vaud, Switzerland, ³Service of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease characterized by quantitative and qualitative deficiencies of immune cells. Natural killer (NK) cells are innate…
Abstract Number: 2864 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Belimumab in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Across-Trial Comparison with the Adult Belimumab Studies
Antonio Nino¹, Damon L Bass ², Gina Eriksson ¹, Anne Hammer ¹, Beulah Ji ³, Holly Quasny ⁴ and David Roth ⁵, ¹GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ³GSK, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, ⁵GSK, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL) is the first treatment approved for children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) from 5 years of age and older.1 This approval was…

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