Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 1507 • ACR Convergence 2025
Temporal Trends in the Incidence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in the United States (US): Holding Steady?
Sasha Bernatsky¹, Sharon Dowell², Brittany Banbury³, Jeffrey Curtis⁴, Grace Wright⁵, Emily Holladay⁶, Amy Mudano⁷, Cristiano Moura⁸ and Gail Kerr⁹, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, Jonesboro, AR, ³Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Grace C Wright MD PC, New York, NY, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Edmond, OK, ⁷Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research (FASTER), Birmingham, AL, ⁸Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Canada, ⁹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Since SLE is associated with significant morbidity and healthcare burden, estimates of SLE incidence are needed to inform research and public health initiatives, including…
Abstract Number: 2650 • ACR Convergence 2025
LFA-REAL Outperforms SLEDAI and BILAG in Detecting Clinical Change in Lupus Activity
Alberto Nordmann-Gomes¹, Leila Khalili², Cynthia Aranow³, Meghan mackay⁴, Mimi Kim⁵, Diane Kamen⁶, Cristina Arriens⁷, Maya Souvignier⁸, Wei Tang⁹, Stephen Suh⁸, Maria Dall'Era¹⁰, Joan Merrill¹¹ and Anca Askanase², ¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY, ⁹Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ¹¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma
Background/Purpose: Disease activity measures in SLE have important limitations that restrict their performance in clinical practice and research. The Lupus Foundation of America-Rapid Evaluation of…
Abstract Number: 2573 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impaired Humoral Response to Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Rituximab Treated Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Patients: A Prospective Controlled Phase 4 Study
Nadia Emi Aikawa¹, Henrique Dalmolin², Sandra G Pasoto³, Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro³, Luciana Parente Costa Seguro⁴, Emily Figueiredo Neves Yuki⁵, Carlos Emilio Insfran Echauri³, Clovis Artur Silva⁶ and Eloisa Bonfa⁴, ¹Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Santa Casa de Sao Paulo and Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Faculdade de Medicina da USP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) are at increased risk for herpes zoster (HZ), especially those treated with B-cell depleting agents. Although the recombinant…
Abstract Number: 2461 • ACR Convergence 2025
Targeting treatment-resistant Systemic Lupus Erythematosus through transcriptome-informed drug repurposing
Alexandra Ainatzoglou¹, Georgia-Savina Moysidou², Danae-Mona Nöthling³, Fanouriakis Antonis⁴, George Bertsias⁵, Panagiotis Garantziotis³, Georg Schett⁶ and Dimitrios Boumpas⁷, ¹⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Athens, Greece, ²Sorbonne université, Service de rhumatologie, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Athens, Greece, ³Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Heraklion and University of Crete Medical School and Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Infections and Immunity, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Heraklion, Greece, ⁶Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Joint Rheumatology Program, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) therapies elicit distinct transcriptional responses, yet a subset of patients fails to achieve clinical remission. To guide precision repurposing, we…
Abstract Number: 2443 • ACR Convergence 2025
Mitochondrial dysfunction drives natural killer cell dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus
Natalia Fluder¹, Morgane Humbel², Camillo Ribi¹ and Denis Comte¹, ¹Lausanne University Hospital / University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by immune dysregulation and widespread inflammation. Natural killer (NK) cells, essential for immune surveillance,…
Abstract Number: 2425 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neutrophil Transcriptomics in SLE: Exploring Intrinsic, Ex Vivo Adaptation, and CAR-T Cell Therapy-Induced Changes
Ehsan Dehdashtian¹, Stefania Gallucci², Guangnan Hu³, Dominic Borie⁴ and Roberto Caricchio⁵, ¹UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Temple University School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, ³UMass Chan School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, ⁴Kyverna Therapeutics, Emeryville, CA, ⁵University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by dysregulation of the adaptive and innate immune systems. Neutrophils, key players in innate immunity,…
Abstract Number: 2406 • ACR Convergence 2025
Machine Learning-Based Artificial Intelligence in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review of Outcome Prediction and Patient Stratification
Jorge Juan Fragío Gil¹, Roxana González Mazario², Pablo Martínez Calabuig³, Laura Salvador Maicas⁴, Mireia Sanmartin Martínez⁴, Iván Jesús Lorente Betanzos⁴, Amalia Rueda Cid⁴, Juan José Lerma Garrido⁴, Isabel Martínez Cordellat⁴ and Cristina Campos Fernández⁵, ¹Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, ²Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ³Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Spain/ Uversidad Catolica de Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain, Ontinyent, Spain, ⁴Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁵Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia
Background/Purpose: Systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with prognostic challenges due to its cyclic diversity. Artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) has emerged…
Abstract Number: 2389 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Comparison of Patients with Older Onset vs. Younger Onset SLE: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Chelsea Guan¹, Milad Heydari-Kamjani², Keri Ann Pfeil¹, Elleson Harper¹, Lindsay Frumker³, Meghan Gump¹ and Omer Pamuk², ¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ³University hospitals Cleveland medical center, Highland Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: SLE is a systemic autoimmune disease that can present at different ages and with various multiorgan complications. In this study, we aimed to analyze…
Abstract Number: 2225 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Impact of Pregnancy Planning on the Prevalence of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Retrospective Study from Three Japanese Tertiary Referral Centers
Takehiro Nakai¹, Nanase Honda², YORIKAZU HASHIMOTO³, Eri Soga⁴, Sho Fukui⁵, Ayako Kitada⁶, Kensuke Nakanishi⁷, Naoto Yokogawa⁸ and Masato Okada⁹, ¹Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa hospital, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ³Nanbu Medical Center & Children's Medical Center, Naha, Japan, ⁴Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tama, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶St Luke's International hospital, nagareyama-shi, chiba- ken, Japan, ⁷Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children's Medical Center, Haebaru, Okinawa, Japan, ⁸Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Taito City, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) compared to the general population. Although several APO risk…
Abstract Number: 2150 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rheum to Grow:An Approach Towards Human Centered Design through a Qualitative Analysis on the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Rheumatology
Lillian Chang¹, Rhea Sharma², Elyse Guziewicz¹, Jordan Jackson³, Katrina Romagnoli¹, Gemme Campbell¹, Saritha Korukonda¹, Priyanka Pawar¹, Jonida Cote⁴, Thomas Davis¹ and Emily Brunner¹, ¹Geisinger, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency, Danville, PA, ³Geisinger Medical Center Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Danville, PA, ⁴Geisinger Health System, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Background/Purpose: Up to half of patients who transition to adult care are lost to follow up within 2 years of transfer from pediatric to adult…
Abstract Number: 1897 • ACR Convergence 2025
Changes in SLE Mortality During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Laura Hernandez¹ and Ram Singh², ¹University of California, Los Angeles, Murrieta, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are vulnerable to infections due to both underlying immune dysfunction and the use of immunosuppressive therapies. Hence, it…
Abstract Number: 1842 • ACR Convergence 2025
Social Vulnerability Index, Type 2 Lupus Symptoms, and Select Dysregulated Immune Features Identify Stage 2 (Pre-classification) SLE in the Lupus Autoimmunity in Relatives (LAUREL) Follow-up Cohort
Melissa Munroe¹, Zoe Reed², Joel Guthridge², Diane Kamen³, Timothy Niewold⁴, Kendra Young⁵, Angel Weng⁵, Emma Wu⁵, Gary Gilkeson⁶, Michael Weisman⁷, Mariko Ishimori⁷, Daniel Wallace⁸, John Harley⁹, David Karp¹⁰, Jill Norris¹¹ and Judith James², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, ⁵Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LOS ANGELES, CA, ⁸Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ⁹US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁰UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹Colorado School of Public Health, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Socioeconomic environmental factors are associated with SLE disease activity and early mortality and may contribute to disease progression in at-risk populations. Blood relatives (BRs)…
Abstract Number: 1763 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spatial Organization and Function of Disease-Associated Macrophages in Lupus Nephritis: Insights from Cross-Species Analyses
Paul Hoover¹, Chirag Raparia², Rollin Leavitt³, Nir Hacohen⁴, Arnon Arazi⁵ and Anne Davidson², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ³Broad Institute, Boston, MA, ⁴Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ⁵The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset
Background/Purpose: Myeloid cells are linked to kidney injury in lupus nephritis (LN) but lack targeted therapies, underscoring the need to better understand myeloid biology in…
Abstract Number: 1699 • ACR Convergence 2025
Protein-coding Somatic Genetic Variation in Lymphocytes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Siva Kasinathan¹, Minh Pham² and Ansuman Satpathy², ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: The genetic and environmental factors underlying pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are incompletely resolved. While inherited genetic variation has been extensively queried in…
Abstract Number: 1552 • ACR Convergence 2025
Treatment With Anifrolumab Prevents Long-Term Cardiovascular Damage Accrual Compared With Real-World Standard of Care in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Findings From the LASER Study
Zahi Touma¹, Ian Bruce², Richard Furie³, Eric Morand⁴, Raj Tummala⁵, Shelly Chandran⁶, Gabriel Abreu⁷, Jacob Knagenhjelm⁷, Cathy Emmas⁸, Lyra Agustin⁸, Alessandra Venerus⁹, Tarana Mehdikhanova¹⁰, Zheyuan Yang¹⁰ and Miina Waratani⁸, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁴Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁵AstraZeneca, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Gaithersburg, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁶AstraZeneca, Medical & Scientific Affairs, R&I, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁷AstraZeneca, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁸AstraZeneca, BioPharmaceuticals Medical, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁹IQVIA, EMEA Real World Methods and Evidence Generation, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰IQVIA, EMEA Real World Methods and Evidence Generation, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can develop cardiovascular (CV) damage (angina, myocardial infarction, ventricular dysfunction, valvular disease, or pericarditis for 6 months/pericardiectomy) particularly…

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