Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 1587 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mitochondrial Z-DNA and ZBP1 Drive Autoimmune Photosensitivity
Benjamin Klein, Mack Reynolds, Bin Xu, Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani, Amanda Victory, Shannon Loftus, Mary O'Riordan and J. Michelle Kahlenberg, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune photosensitivity is observed in type I Interferon (IFN) mediated diseases such as systemic and cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SLE/CLE) and dermatomyositis. Type I IFN…
Abstract Number: 1685 • ACR Convergence 2023
SLE Disease Activity Is a More Important Risk Factor Than Immunosuppression for Acquiring Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Zehra Kazmi¹, Carlos Lorenzo² and Agustin Escalante³, ¹University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²UT Heath San Antonio, Shavano Park, TX, ³UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Background/Purpose: SLE patients have increased rates of HPV infection and cervical cancer. Although some factors are recognized for HPV infection in SLE, the relationship with…
Abstract Number: 1923 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence and Patterns of Comorbidities in Different Rheumatic Diseases: A Study from Tertiary Healthcare Centre
Smruti Ramteke¹, sanjay Ramteke² and Sandeep Yadav³, ¹Arthritis Clinic, Jasleen Hospital, Nagpur, India, ²Government Super Speciality Hospital Nagpur, Nagpur, India, ³P D Hinduja national Hospital and medical Research centre, Mumbai, India
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of comorbidities in rheumatic diseases may vary by disease and geographic region. This study aimed to investigate the comorbidities associated with rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 2264 • ACR Convergence 2023
Proposal for Defining Moderate and Severe Activity States in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Impact on Flares and Other Outcomes
Ivonne Lourdes Mamani Velarde¹, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa², Sara García Pérez¹, Irene Altabás González³, CORAL Mourino Rodriguez⁴, Norman Jiménez⁵, JULIA MARTINEZ BARRIO⁶, Maria Galindo-Izquierdo⁷, Jaime Calvo- Alén⁸, Celia Eurasquin⁹, Belen Serrano Benavente¹⁰, Esther Uriarte Isacelaya¹¹, Eva Tomero Muriel¹², Mercedes Freire González¹³, Ricardo Blanco¹⁴, Eva Salgado-Pérez¹⁵, Paloma Vela¹⁶, Antonio Fernandez-Nebro¹⁷, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués¹⁸, Clara Sanguesa Gomez¹⁹, Javier Narvaez²⁰, Raúl Menor-Almagro²¹, Jose Rosas²², José Ángel Hernández Beriain²³, JAVIER MANERO²⁴, Elena Aurrecoechea Aguinaga²⁵, Oihane Ibarguengoitia-Barrena²⁶, Carlos Montilla-Morales²⁷, Gema Bonilla²⁸, Vicente Torrente-Segarra²⁹, Ana Paula Cacheda³⁰, Maria J. García-Villanueva³¹, Clara Moriano Morales³², Concepción Fito Manteca³³, Nuria Lozano Rivas³⁴, Cristina Bohórquez³⁵ and Jose-Maria Pego-Reigosa³⁶, ¹University Hospital of Vigo, Department of Rheumatology. IRIDIS Group (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Diseases), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IISGS), Vigo, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Vigo. IRIDIS Group (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Diseases), Vigo, Spain, ⁴Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo. IRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain, ⁵IIRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute., Vigo, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, University Hospital of 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Bioaraba Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Doctor Negrín University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, University Hospital of Donosti, San Sebastián, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁹Severo Ochoa Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Rheumatology, Hospital Jerez, Puerto De Santa María, Spain, ²²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Villajoyosa, Alicante, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain, ²⁶Galdakao-Usansolo University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, 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, ³³Complejo Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ³⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ³⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, ³⁶Rheumatology, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), there is no definition of states of moderate and severe SLE activity. How these states may influence different disease…
Abstract Number: 2281 • ACR Convergence 2023
Epidemiology and Risk of Brain Abscess in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Taiwan: A Nationwide Population-based Study
Ke-Hung Lin¹, Tzu-Min Lin¹ and Chi-Ching Chang², ¹Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ²Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune systemic disorder with high morbidity and mortality. Although CNS infections account for only 0.53–2.25% of all infections…
Abstract Number: 2298 • ACR Convergence 2023
SLE Patients Are at High Risk for Tuberculosis Infection: Data from a Lupus Center of an Endemic Country
Victor Leda¹, Andreia Sousa¹, Fernanda Lopes¹, Emily Neves¹, Sandra Pasoto², Danieli Andrade², Michelle Ugolini¹, Eloisa Bonfa², Eduardo Borba¹, Adriana Tonacio¹ and Luciana Seguro¹, ¹Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: SLE patients are at high risk for tuberculosis (TB) infection especially in endemic countries. Despite the importance of this infection condition, there are still…
Abstract Number: 2314 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of Disease Severity and Outcomes in Adolescent-Onset and Young Adult-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Emma Materne¹, Baijun Zhou¹, Hyon K. Choi², Yuqing Zhang³ and April Jorge¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Adolescent-onset SLE is associated with more severe disease than adult-onset SLE, but young adults may also experience adverse outcomes. We sought to compare disease…
Abstract Number: 2331 • ACR Convergence 2023
Molecular Predictors of Treatment Response in Two Trials of Abatacept in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kevin Thomas¹, Miles Smith¹, Carla Guthridge¹, Nicolas Dominguez¹, Susan Macwana¹, Wade DeJager¹, Catriona Wagner¹, Peter Schafer², Stan Kamp¹, Betty Diamond³, David Wofsy⁴, Aikaterini Thanou⁵, Cristina Arriens⁶, Cynthia Aranow³, Joan Merrill¹, Judith James¹ and Joel Guthridge¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Belle Mead, NJ, ³Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of Oklahoma Health, Edmond, OK, ⁶Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Abatacept (ABA) is a fusion protein that disrupts T cell co-stimulation by inhibiting interactions between CD28 and CD80/86. ABA is effective in RA, but…
Abstract Number: 2350 • ACR Convergence 2023
Upregulation of Both APRIL and BAFF in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Suggests Non-Redundant Roles, Further Revealed by Dual Inhibition with Povetacicept (ALPN-303; TACI vTD-Fc)
Tiffany Blair, Elizabeth Repash, Armand Bankhead, Amanda Enstrom, Lawrence Evans, Susan Debrot, Allison Chunyk, Sherri Mudri, Stanford Peng and Stacey Dillon, Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc., Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: B cell activating factor (BAFF) and a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) are cytokines that signal through transmembrane activator and CAML interactor (TACI), B cell maturation…
Abstract Number: 2487 • ACR Convergence 2023
Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous (s.c.) Dose Ianalumab (VAY736; Anti-BAFFR mAb) Administered Monthly over 28 Weeks in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) of Moderate-to-Severe Activity
Nan Shen¹, Stanislav Ignatenko², Alexander Gordienko³, Josefina Cortés Hernández⁴, Nancy Agmon-Levin⁵, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin⁶, Katarzyna Romanowska -Prochnicka⁷, Hana Ciferska⁸, Masanari Kodera⁹, James Cheng-Chung Wei¹⁰, Piotr Leszczynski¹¹, Joung-Liang Lan¹², Eduardo Mysler¹³, Rafal Wojciechowski¹⁴, Tunde Tarr¹⁵, Elena Vishneva¹⁶, Yi-Hsing Chen¹⁷, Yuko Kaneko¹⁸, Stephanie Finzel¹⁹, Alberta Hoi²⁰, Ajchara Koolvisoot²¹, Shin-Seok Lee²², Lie Dai²³, Hiroshi Kaneko²⁴, Bernadette Rojkovich²⁵, Lingyun Sun²⁶, Eugeny Zotkin²⁷, Jean-Francois Viallard²⁸, Masao Katayama²⁹, Berta Paula Magallares-Lopez³⁰, Tirtha Sengupta³¹, Carol Sips³² and Stephen J Oliver³², ¹Shanghai Institute of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTUSM), Shanghai, China, ²Charité Research Organisation GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ³SM Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, ⁴Lupus Unit, Rheumatology Department, Vall d’Hebron Hospitals, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Yabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Disease, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁶Rheumatic Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁷Department of Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁹Department of Dermatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁰Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medicine Sciences, Poznan, PL, Poznań, Poland, ¹²China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹³Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology and Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, University Hospital No. 2, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ¹⁵Division of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ¹⁶LLC Family Clinic, Yekaterinburg, RU, Yekaterinburg, Russia, ¹⁷Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²⁰Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ²²Chonnam National University Medical School & Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²⁴Division of Rheumatic Disease, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ²⁶Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, ²⁷VA Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ²⁸CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, ²⁹National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, JP, Nagoya, Japan, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Novartis Pharma India, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, ³²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Ianalumab is a novel defucosylated human IgG1 mAb targeting the receptor for B cell Activating Factor belonging to the TNF Family (BAFF-R) providing potent…
Abstract Number: 2556 • ACR Convergence 2023
End-of-Life in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Beset by Increased Flares and Higher Treatment Burden: Data from a Prospective Large Multinational Cohort
Jiacai Cho¹, Liang Shen², Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake³, Vera Golder³, Worawit Louthrenoo⁴, Yi-Hsing Chen⁵, Laniyati Hamijoyo⁶, Shue-Fen Luo⁷, Yeong-Jian J Wu⁸, Leonid Zamora⁹, Zhanguo Li¹⁰, Sargunan Sockalingam¹¹, Yasuhiro Katsumata¹², Masayoshi Harigai¹², Yanjie Hao¹³, Zhuoli Zhang¹⁴, BMDB Basnayake¹⁵, Madelynn Chan¹⁶, Jun Kikuchi¹⁷, Tsutomu Takeuchi¹⁸, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁹, Shereen Oon²⁰, Sean O’Neill²¹, Fiona Goldblatt²², Kristine Ng²³, Annie Law²⁴, Nicola Tugnet²⁵, Sunil Kumar²⁶, Cherica Tee²⁷, Michael Tee²⁷, Naoaki Ohkubo²⁸, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁸, Sandra Navarra⁹, Chak Sing Lau²⁹, Alberta Hoi³⁰, Mandana Nikpour³¹, Eric Morand³² and Aisha Lateef³³, ¹National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Clayton, Australia, ⁴Chiang Mai University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ⁵Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁶Padjadjaran University/Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bandung, Indonesia, ⁷Chang Gung University, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ⁸Chang Gung University, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, ⁹University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Joint and Bone Center, Manila, Philippines, ¹⁰Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, ¹¹University of Malaya, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ¹²Tokyo Women's Medical University, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹³The University of Melbourne Department of Medicine at St Vincents Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ¹⁴Peking University First Hospital, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Beijing, China, ¹⁵Division of Nephrology, Teaching Hospital Kandy, Adelaide, Australia, ¹⁶Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁷Keio University, Keio, Japan, ¹⁸Keio University School of Medicine and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Department of Rheumatology, Seoul, South Korea, ²⁰Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ²¹Department of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia, ²²Royal Adelaide Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ²³Waitemata DHB, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁴Singapore General Hospital; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ²⁵Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁶Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁷University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines, ²⁸University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²⁹University of Hong Kong, Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³⁰Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, ³¹The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Melbourne, Australia, ³²Monash University, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, ³³National University Hospital, Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: SLE patients suffer high symptom burden at the end-of-life. However, the course of disease and treatment burden in the last year of life have…
Abstract Number: 0124 • ACR Convergence 2023
Utility of the 2019 EULAR/ACR SLE Classification Criteria Score as Predictor for Mortality and Hospitalizations in a Population-Based Cohort: The Lupus Midwest Network
Gabriel Figueroa-Parra¹, Andrew Hanson², Alain Sanchez-Rodriguez³, Jose Meade-Aguilar¹, Cynthia Crowson³ and Ali Duarte-Garcia³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE experience increased all-cause mortality and have a higher risk of hospitalization than the general population. Recently the classification criteria for SLE…
Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association Between Area Deprivation Index and Organ Damage Accumulation in a Statewide Incident Lupus Cohort
Jonathan Katz¹, Bryn Sutherland², Ang Yu³, Jenna Cormier², Yiran Jiang², David Gazeley⁴, Felix Elwert³ and Christie M. Bartels⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous systemic autoinflammatory disease that disproportionately effects young women and minoritized populations. Disparities are multifactorial with genetic, hormonal,…
Abstract Number: 0476 • ACR Convergence 2023
Factors Associated with the Need for Assisted Reproductive Therapies in a Spanish Cohort of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Antía García-Fernández¹, Fernando Rengifo-García¹, Raquel Senosiain-Echarte¹, Miguel álvaro-Navidad¹, Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay² and Juan A Martínez-López¹, ¹Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ²IDIVAL and School of Medicine, UC, Santander; Department of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases (RMD) have a lower pregnancy rate, with infertility being one of the main causes. The rate of assisted reproductive therapies…
Abstract Number: 0559 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development of Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) Comorbidities and CCI Score in Danish Nationwide Cohort of 3,178 Patients with Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Renata Baronaite Hansen, Copenhagen Research Center for Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Comorbidity risk is remarkably increased in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) compared with the general population. A better understanding of comorbidity development in…

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