Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 013 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Applying Pathway Analysis to Whole Genome Data to Identify Pathophysiologic Pathways in Childhood-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Katie Heitzman¹, Luis Franco², Linda Hiraki³, Earl Silverman³, Christiaan Scott⁴, Ana Barrera-Vargas⁵, Zuoming Deng², Mariana Kaplan² and Laura Lewandowski², ¹NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Cape Town, South Africa, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disorder. The pathogenesis of SLE is not fully understood, but twin/sibling high concordance rate suggests…
Abstract Number: 116 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Clinical Significance of Anti-Scl-70 Antibodies in Pediatric Lupus Patients: A Single Center Cohort
Dawn Janysek¹, Yiressy Pina², Danielle Guffey³ and Marietta De Guzman¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Production of autoantibodies is a hallmark of SLE, with ANAs as a required diagnostic feature and anti-dsDNA and anti-Smith antibodies being disease-specific. Anti-Scl-70 antibodies…
Abstract Number: 014 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Characterizing Lupus in African American Children in Southern United States
Anita Dhanrajani¹, Taylor Long¹, Spencer Hagwood², Leslie Johnson¹ and Cynthia Karlson¹, ¹University of Mississipi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²University of Mississipi Medical Center School of Medicine, Jackson, MS
Background/Purpose: African-American (AA) ethnicity is a known predisposing factor for childhood onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and a predictor of poor outcomes. In addition to…
Abstract Number: 130 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Levels of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Correlate with Disease Activity in Pediatric Lupus
Lydia Thomas¹, Jenna Battaglia², Bharati Matta³, Kim Simpfendorfer⁴, Joyce Hui-Yuen⁵ and Betsy Barnes³, ¹Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, ²Northwell Health, New York, NY, ³Center for Autoimmune, Musculoskeletal, and Hematopoietic Diseases Research, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, Lake Success, New York; Center for Autoimmune, Musculoskeletal, and Hematopoietic Diseases Research, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Pediatric lupus (pSLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody production leading to organ damage. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are considered a potential…
Abstract Number: 018 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Using the Electronic Health Record to Identify Subjects with Rheumatic Disease
Alysha Taxter¹, Matthew Basiaga², Rajdeep Pooni³, Caitlan Pinotti⁴, Lisa Buckley⁵ and CARRA Registry Investigators⁶, ¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Duke, Durham, NC, ⁵Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁶CARRA, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Research teams spend hours manually searching the electronic health records (EHRs) to identify potential candidates eligible for recruitment to the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology…
Abstract Number: 029 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Scleroderma Spectrum Disorders: A Single Center Experience
Meredith Rae, Tam Doan and Eyal Muscal, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Cardiac disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children with SLE and SSc. Various studies have demonstrated an association between duration…
Abstract Number: 041 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Cognitive Performance Score of the Pediatric Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics Software in a Brazilian Cohort
Jaqueline De Amorim¹, Simone Kishimoto¹, Paula Fernandes¹, Roberto Marini¹, Lilian Costallat¹, Zahi Touma², Hermine Brunner³ and Simone Appenzelle⁴, ¹UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The PedAnam (Pediatric Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics) is an automatic software to evaluate cognitive performance that has recently been validated into Portugues (Brazil). The…
Abstract Number: 047 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of North American Youth with Lupus Nephritis Requiring Dialysis Treated with Cyclophosphamide
Christine Wang¹, Rebecca Sadun², Wenru Zhou³, Kristen Miller³, Claire Palmer³, Stacy Ardoin⁴, Christine Bacha⁵, Emily Hause⁶, Joyce Hui-Yuen⁷, Nicole Ling⁸, Maria Pereira⁹, Meredith Riebschleger¹, Kelly Rouster-Stevens¹⁰, Aliese Sarkissian¹¹, Julia Shalen¹², William Soulsby¹³, Marinka Twilt¹⁴, Eveline Wu¹⁵, Laura Lewandowski¹⁶, Scott Wenderfer¹⁷ and Jennifer Cooper¹⁸, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁴Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, ⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, Lake Success, New York; Center for Autoimmune, Musculoskeletal, and Hematopoietic Diseases Research, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁸UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ¹⁰Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ¹¹UNC- Chapel Hill, Durham, NC, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁴Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁵UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁶NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁷British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁸University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Few studies have evaluated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of youth with lupus nephritis (LN) treated with cyclophosphamide (CYC) who initially required kidney replacement…
Abstract Number: 050 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Predictive Value of the 2019 EULAR/ACR SLE Criteria’s Extra-Renal Domains to Renal Response One Year After Treatment in a Pediatric Lupus Nephritis Cohort
Sara Patrizi¹, Megha Tandel², Derek Boothroyd² and Joyce Hsu¹, ¹Stanford Medicine, Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA, ²Quantitative Sciences Unit, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: In 2019, new classification criteria for SLE were developed by the EULAR/ACR. Prior research in adult lupus cohorts found a positive correlation between high…
Abstract Number: 069 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Neutrophil-Lymphocyte and Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratios of Patients with Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Rogerio do Prado¹, Fabiola I Suano-Souza¹, Wellington D. R. Rodrigues², Lucila Pereira¹, Maria Teresa Terreri³ and Roseli O. S. Sarni⁴, ¹FMABC, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Unicid, São Paulo, Brazil, ³UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Centro Universitário Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC), Brazil
Background/Purpose: The Neutrophil-Lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and Platelet-Lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are markers of systemic inflammation easily available from the blood count. Previous studies have revealed that…
Abstract Number: 076 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
COVID-Distress in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Brooke Rezmer¹, Michelle Adler², Tamar Rubinstein³, Andrea Knight⁴ and Natoshia Cunningham⁵, ¹Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, ²Michigan State University, East Lansing, ³Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: Psychological symptoms are common in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and may impact other psychological and health-related outcomes. Mental health problems such as anxiety…
Abstract Number: 086 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Syndrome: A Case Series from a Single Large Pediatric Center
Jessica Nguyen¹, Miriah Gillispie-Taylor¹, Eyal Muscal¹ and Marietta Deguzman², ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare but potentially life-threatening autoimmune condition with features including immune, fibrotic, and vascular manifestations affecting the skin and…
Abstract Number: 001 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Serious Infections Among Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Pediatric Health Information System
Jordan Roberts, Anna Faino, Mersine Bryan, Jonathan Cogen and Esi Morgan, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: High rates of serious infection have beenreported in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE), but modern care practices including pneumococcal vaccination, changing corticosteroid use, and…
Abstract Number: 087 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Delays in Care, Declines in Health, and Food Insecurity in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rebecca Hetrick¹, Maria Pereira² and Marietta De Guzman³, ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic created dramatic societal disruptions. Social distancing and measures to reduce disease spread rapidly reshaped healthcare delivery. Recognizing the burden of frequent…
Abstract Number: 002 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Re-analysis of the APPLE (Atherosclerosis Prevention in Paediatric Lupus Erythematosus) Trial Identifies Novel Determinants of Patient Heterogeneity and a Distinct Lipid Metabolomic Signature of Atherosclerosis Progression
Coziana Ciurtin¹, Junjie Peng¹, Pierre Donnes¹, Stacy Ardoin², Laura Schanberg³, Laura Lewandowski⁴, George A Robinson¹ and Elizabeth Jury¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁴NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) is associated with chronic inflammation and increased risk of atherosclerosis. The APPLE trial was a randomised, placebo-controlled trial of…

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