Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 2277 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Comparative Study Between Two Large, Multi-centric, Spanish and Argentinian Registers, Focused on Outcomes Differences
Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa¹, Rosana M Quintana², JULIA MARTINEZ BARRIO³, Mercedes García⁴, Maria Galindo-Izquierdo⁵, Lucila Garcia⁶, Jaime Calvo- Alén⁷, Carla Gobbi⁸, Esther Uriarte Isacelaya⁹, Paula Alba⁸, Eva Tomero Muriel¹⁰, Verónica Bellomio¹¹, Mercedes Freire González¹², Susana Roverano⁶, Victor Martinez-Taboada¹³, Analia Patricia Alvarez¹⁴, Eva Salgado-Pérez¹⁵, Cesar Enrique Graf¹⁶, Paloma Vela¹⁷, Cecilia Pisoni¹⁴, Antonio Fernandez-Nebro¹⁸, Valeria Arturi¹⁹, Clara Sanguesa Gomez²⁰, Catalina Gomez¹⁴, Javier Narvaez²¹, Zulema Plaza²², Gregorio Santos Soler²³, Silvia Papasidero²⁴, José Ángel Hernández Beriain²⁵, Raul Paniego⁶, Angela Pecondón²⁶, Maria Celina De La Vega⁶, Oihane Ibarguengoitia-Barrena²⁷, Emma Civit⁸, Gema Bonilla²⁸, Luciana Gonzalez Lucero¹⁴, Vicente Torrente-Segarra²⁹, Maria Victoria Martire⁶, Ana Paula Cacheda³⁰, Rodrigo Aguila Maldonado¹⁴, Maria J. García-Villanueva³¹, Sergio Gordon¹⁴, Clara Moriano Morales³², Marina Micelli⁶, Loreto Horcada³³, Romina Nieto³⁴, Nuria Lozano Rivas³⁵, Gretel Rausch¹⁴, Guillermo Pons-Estel³⁴ and Jose-Maria Pego-Reigosa³⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ²Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumticas (CREAR), Grupo Oroño, Rosario, Argentina, ³Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos José de San Martín, La Plata, Argentina, ⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital of 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁶RELESSAR, CABA, Argentina, ⁷Rheumatology, Bioaraba Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ⁸RELESSAR, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁹Rheumatology, University Hospital of Donosti, San Sebastián, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹RELESSAR, Tucuman, Argentina, ¹²Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹⁴Study Group of the Argentine Society of Rheumatology for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ¹⁶RELESSAR, ENTRE RIOS, Argentina, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, ¹⁹RELESSAR, La Plata, Argentina, ²⁰Severo Ochoa Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, Hospital Marina Baixa Villajoyosa, Alicante, Spain, ²⁴Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Madrid, Spain, ²⁷Galdakao-Usansolo University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ²⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moises Broggi,, Sant Joan Despí, Spain, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ³¹Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ³²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ³³Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ³⁴RELESSAR, Rosario, Argentina, ³⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ³⁶Rheumatology, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by multi-organ involvement, associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. A characteristic that distinguishes lupus patients…
Abstract Number: 2295 • ACR Convergence 2023
Predictors of Adherence to Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Lindsay Cho and Alexandra Legge, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Background/Purpose: Women with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) are at increased risk for cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer. In our jurisdiction, current guidelines recommend that average-risk…
Abstract Number: 2311 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect on Lupus Outcomes of the Protective Allele at rs1876453 in the Complement Receptor 2 Gene
Ani Oganesyan¹, Rachel Sharp², Philip O’Neill³, Cynthia Aranow⁴, Laurent Arnaud⁵, Anca Askanase⁶, Sang-Cheol Bae⁷, Sasha Bernatsky⁸, Ian Bruce⁹, Jill Buyon¹⁰, Winn Chatham¹¹, Ann Clarke¹², Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau¹³, Mary Anne Dooley¹⁴, Paul R. Fortin¹⁵, Ellen Ginzler¹⁶, Dafna Gladman¹⁷, Caroline Gordon¹⁸, John G. Hanly¹⁹, Murat Inanç²⁰, David Isenberg²¹, Soren Jacobsen²², Andreas Jonsen²³, Kenneth Kalunian²⁴, Diane L. Kamen²⁵, S. Sam Lim²⁶, Anselm Mak²⁷, Eric Morand²⁸, Christine Peschken²⁹, Michelle Petri³⁰, Bernando A. Pons-Estel³¹, Anisur Rahman³², Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman³³, John Reynolds³⁴, Juanita Romero-Diaz³⁵, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza³⁶, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero³⁷, Kristjan Steinsson³⁸, Murray Urowitz³⁹, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁴⁰, Evelyne Vinet⁴¹, Alexandre Voskuyl⁴², Daniel Wallace⁴³, Susan Manzi⁴⁴, Kenneth L. Jones⁴⁵ and Susan A. Boackle⁴⁶, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁵University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁶Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁷Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Department of Rheumatology, Seoul, South Korea, ⁸Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁰NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹²University of Calgary, Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹³Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ¹⁴Raleigh Neurology Associates, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁵Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ¹⁶SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁷Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²⁰Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ²¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²²Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²³Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²⁵Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²⁶Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²⁷Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²⁸Monash University, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, ²⁹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³⁰Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ³¹Study Group of the Argentine Society of Rheumatology for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³²Centre for Rheumatology, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³⁴University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³⁵Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ³⁶Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ³⁷University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³⁸Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ³⁹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute; University of Toronto Lupus Clinic; Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴⁰Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴¹McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴²Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴⁴Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴⁵Bioinformatics Solutions, Sheridan, WY, ⁴⁶None, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a heterogenous autoimmune disease characterized by inflammatory damage to multiple organ systems. We have shown that the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)…
Abstract Number: 2327 • ACR Convergence 2023
Hydroxychloroquine Improves Low Complement Levels
Michelle Petri¹, Rebecca Jacobson², Andrea Fava³ and Larry Magder⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Low complement is associated with clinical disease activity and future organ damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Prior studies from Japan, although…
Abstract Number: 2347 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy of Belimumab in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Race and Ethnicity: A Large Post Hoc Integrated Analysis of Five Clinical Trials
Saira Sheikh¹, Amit Saxena², Angela Carroll³, Christine Henning³, Julia HN Harris⁴, Bernard Rubin⁵, David D'Cruz⁶ and Alvin F Wells⁷, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Immunology Biostatistics, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs and Immuno-inflammation, Durham, NC, ⁶Guy’s Hospital, Louise Coote Lupus Unit, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Advocate Health Department of Rheumatology, Franklin, WI
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL) is approved for the treatment of active SLE, and lupus nephritis, with standard therapy.1 The prevalence and severity of SLE tend to…
Abstract Number: 2460 • ACR Convergence 2023
Health Care Segregation, but Not Metropolitan Area Segregation, Magnifies Racial Disparities in Hospital Outcomes of Pediatric Lupus
Joyce Chang¹, Jessica Liu¹, Laura Berbert¹, Edie Weller¹, Gabrielle Alonzi¹, Emily Smitherman², Pooja Patel³, Mary Beth Son⁴ and Karen Costenbader⁵, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Racial disparities and hospital-level variation in pediatric SLE (pSLE) outcomes are well described, but it is not known how the racial and ethnic composition…
Abstract Number: 2553 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence, Determinants and Outcomes of Target Attainment in SLE Patients with Clinically Active Disease in a Large Multinational Prospective Lupus Cohort
Yanjie Hao¹, Dylan Hansen², Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake³, Worawit Louthrenoo⁴, Yi-Hsing Chen⁵, Jiacai Cho⁶, Aisha Lateef⁶, Laniyati Hamijoyo⁷, Shue-Fen Luo⁸, Yeong-Jian J Wu⁹, Sandra Navarra¹⁰, Leonid Zamora¹⁰, Zhanguo Li¹¹, Sargunan Sockalingam¹², Yasuhiro Katsumata¹³, Masayoshi Harigai¹³, Zhuoli Zhang¹⁴, Madelynn Chan¹⁵, Jun Kikuchi¹⁶, Tsutomu Takeuchi¹⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁸, Fiona Goldblatt¹⁹, Sean O’Neill²⁰, Kristine Ng²¹, Annie Law²², BMDB Basnayake²³, Nicola Tugnet²⁴, Sunil Kumar²⁵, Cherica Tee²⁶, Michael Tee²⁶, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁷, Chak Sing Lau²⁸, Vera Golder³, Alberta Hoi²⁹, Eric Morand³⁰, Shereen Oon³¹ and Mandana Nikpour³², ¹The University of Melbourne Department of Medicine at St Vincents Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ²Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia, ³Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Clayton, Australia, ⁴Chiang Mai University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ⁵Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁶National University Hospital, Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore, ⁷Padjadjaran University/Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bandung, Indonesia, ⁸Chang Gung University, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ⁹Chang Gung University, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, ¹⁰University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Joint and Bone Center, Manila, Philippines, ¹¹Peking University Health Science Center, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ¹²University of Malaya, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ¹³Tokyo Women's Medical University, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁴Peking University First Hospital, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Beijing, China, ¹⁵Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁶Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁷Keio University School of Medicine and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁸Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Department of Rheumatology, Seoul, South Korea, ¹⁹Royal Adelaide Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ²⁰Department of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia, ²¹Waitemata DHB, Auckland, New Zealand, ²²Singapore General Hospital; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ²³Division of Nephrology, Teaching Hospital Kandy, Adelaide, Australia, ²⁴Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁵Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁶University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines, ²⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²⁸University of Hong Kong, Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²⁹Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, ³⁰Monash University, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, ³¹University of Melbourne at St Vincent’s Hospital, Departments of Rheumatology and Medicine, Fitzroy, Australia, ³²The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: There is increasing interest in adopting the principle of treating to target (T2T) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Remission and low disease activity states…
Abstract Number: 0120 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incidence and Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Urban China, 2013-2017: A Nationwide Population-based Study
Mucong Li¹, Chaiquan Li², Mengzhuo Cao³, Ke Lu², Chanyuan Wu³, Jiuliang zhao¹, Qian Wang⁴, Xinping Tian¹, Xun Tang², Mengtao Li¹, xiaofeng Zeng⁴ and Pei Gao², ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²Peking University, Beijing, China, ³Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is becoming a public health concern because of increasing disease and economic burdens. Epidemiological information on SLE, especially its incidence…
Abstract Number: 0184 • ACR Convergence 2023
Material Need Insecurities Are Associated with Worse Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Individuals with SLE
Donavon Sandoval-Heglund¹, Eric Roberts², Joonsuk Park², Maria Dall'Era², Kamil Barbour³, Cristina Lanata⁴, Kurt Greenlund³, Caroline Gordon⁵, Patti Katz⁶ and Jinoos Yazdany², ¹University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, La Quinta, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁴National Human Genome Research Institute, Washington, DC, ⁵Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA
Background/Purpose: Lower socioeconomic status is associated with greater disease activity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); however, mechanisms driving this are yet to be…
Abstract Number: 0463 • ACR Convergence 2023
Appropriate Preconception Care Improves Pregnancy Outcomes in SLE Patients
Hiromi Shimada¹, Rina Mino², Risa Wakiya³, Shusaku Nakashima³, Taichi Miyagi⁴, Yusuke Ushio⁵, Koichi Sugihara⁶, Mao Mizusaki³, Kanako Chujo⁷, Ryoko Kagawa⁵, Hayamasa Yamaguchi⁵, Tomohiro Kameda³ and Hiroaki Dobashi³, ¹Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ²Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ³Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ⁴Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ⁵Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁶Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁷Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pregnancies complicated by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are known to be at high risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs). Previous studies have shown that…
Abstract Number: 0555 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluation and Management of the “False Positive” ANA and Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease Amongst Rheumatologists
Neha Gupta¹, Sarah Ford², Lane Scheiber², Tangada Rao² and Abhishek Nandan², ¹Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: The management of a positive anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) is one of the most common consultations in rheumatology outpatient practice. The prevalence of a positive…
Abstract Number: 0572 • ACR Convergence 2023
Serum/ Urine Levels and Expression of CD163 in Lupus Nephritis
Erdem Gurel¹, Suzan Cinar², Ozge Hurdogan³, Yasemin Ozluk³, Isin Kilicaslan⁴, Sibel Varelci¹, Safak Mirioglu⁵, Yasemin Yalcinkaya⁶, Ahmet Gul⁶, Lale Ocal¹, Murat Inanc⁶ and Bahar Artim-Esen⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Department of Immunology, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Department of Pathology, Istanbul University Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Department of Pathology, Istanbul University Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbıl, Turkey, ⁵Division of Nephrology, Bezmialem Vakif University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: CD163 is a glycosylated membrane protein expressed in monocytes and macrophages that phagocytize the hemoglobin/haptoglobin complex. As a result of proinflammatory stimuli, CD163 is…
Abstract Number: 0590 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparing Safety and Efficacy of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors versus Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitors in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Jui-En Lo¹, Pin-Chia Huang², George Tsokos³, Vasileios Kyttaris⁴, Karen Costenbader⁵ and Kevin Sheng-Kai Ma², ¹Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ³Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴BIDMC, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), originally approved as oral hypoglycemic agents for type 2 diabetes (T2D), have been shown to reduce progression to end-stage…
Abstract Number: 0723 • ACR Convergence 2023
Investigating the Effects and Molecular Mechanisms of TRAF5 on the Pathogenesis of SLE Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Xiaoyue Deng¹, Junyan Qian¹, Ranran Wang², JIULIANG ZHAO³, Qian Wang⁴, Tianyi Yuan², MENGTAO LI¹ and Xiaofeng Zeng⁵, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ³Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁴Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a serious complication in SLE patients, with rapid progression and poor prognosis. In China, approximately 3% of the over…
Abstract Number: 0848 • ACR Convergence 2023
Performance of Serum MRP8/14, sCD14, IL-6 and Neutrophil CD64 in Isolation and in Combination for Differentiating Flare from Bacterial Infection in Febrile SLE Patients
Kishan Majithiya¹, Komal Singh¹, Pankti Mehta², Chengappa Kavadichanda³, seema Sharma¹, Able Lawrence¹ and Amita Aggarwal¹, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India, ²King George's Medical University, Mumbai, India, ³Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Disease flare and infections are the major causes of fever in a patient with SLE. It is vital to differentiate between these two as…

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