Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 0657 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Value of the Six-Minute Walk Test in Detecting Cardiopulmonary Involvement in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Saad Ahmed, Sophie Liem, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra and Thomas Huizinga, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Cardiopulmonary involvement (CPI) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Early detection and timely treatment is warranted. The Six-minute walk…
Abstract Number: 0791 • ACR Convergence 2023
Expression of TL1A, Inflammatory, and Fibrotic Pathways in Patients with Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis
Heather Llewellyn¹, Lam (Alex) Tsoi², Minghua Wu³, Kristina Grigaityte¹, Tony (Yong) Wang¹, James R. Seibold¹, Ernesto Muñoz-Elias¹, Dinesh Khanna⁴ and Johann E. Gudjonsson⁴, ¹Prometheus Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, ²Department of Dermatology and Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multiorgan disease characterized by systemic vascular injury, inflammation, and fibrosis. While SSc mainly affects the skin, pulmonary manifestations such…
Abstract Number: 0953 • ACR Convergence 2023
Flavin-containing Monooxygenase (FMO3) Links the Gut and Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Priyanka Verma¹, Bharath Yalavarthi¹, Karen Ho², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Seokjo Kim⁴, Johann Gudjonsson¹, Rebecca C Schugar⁵, Mark Brown⁶, Xinmin Li⁶, Stanley L Hazen⁷, Swati Bhattacharyya¹ and John Varga¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴4SCM Lifescience Co. Ltd, South Korea, Japan, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Trimethylamine (TMA) generated by the gut microbiome is converted into trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) via the host enzyme FMO3. The TMA-FMO3-TMAO metaorganismal axis has been…
Abstract Number: 1520 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identifying Core Domains for Clinical Trials in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Digital Ulcers Using the Delphi Consensus Method
Susanna Proudman¹, Michael Hughes², Nancy Maltez³, Edith Brown⁴, Virginia Hickey⁵, shawna grosskleg⁶, B Shea⁶, Ariane Herrick⁷, John Pauling⁸ and Peter Merkel⁹, ¹Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ²Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Care Organisation, Salford, United Kingdom, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴OMERACT, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵OMERACT, Adelaide, Australia, ⁶OMERACT, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁸North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The OMERACT Scleroderma Vascular Disease Working Group sought to identify essential core outcome domains for inclusion in clinical trials focusing on Raynaud's phenomenon (RP)…
Abstract Number: 1701 • ACR Convergence 2023
Treatment Regimens and Mortality in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Light of the 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines
Hilde Jenssen Bjørkekjær¹, Cosimo Bruni², Cathrine Brunborg³, Patricia Carreira⁴, Paolo Airò⁵, Carmen Pilar Simeon-Aznar⁶, Marie-Elise Truchetet⁷, Alessandro Giollo⁸, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁹, Mickael Martin¹⁰, Christopher Denton¹¹, Armando Gabrielli¹², Havard Fretheim¹³, Imon Barua¹³, Helle Bitter¹⁴, Oyvind Midtvedt¹³, Torhild Garen¹⁵, Kaspar Broch¹⁶, Arne Andreassen¹⁷, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁸, Gabriela Riemekasten¹⁹, Ulf Müller-Ladner²⁰, marco Matucci Cerinic²¹, Iván Castellvi²², Elise Siegert²³, Eric Hachulla²⁴, Oliver Distler² and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand & University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebronh, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ⁸University of Verona, Rheumatology Section, Department of Medicine, Verona, Italy, Verona, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, INSERM U1313, Poitiers University, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France, ¹¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹²Ospedali Riuniti Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁴Sorlandet sykehus, Kristiansand, Norway, ¹⁵Dept of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Department of Cardiology, Oslo, Norway, KG Jebsen center, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁷Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Department of Cardiology, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁸University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁹University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Germany, ²⁰Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²¹Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ²²Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Hospital, Charité Platz 1, D-10117, Berlin, Germany, ²⁴University of Lille, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: The 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines recommend upfront combination therapy for low- and intermediate-risk, and triple therapy for high-risk patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated pulmonary arterial…
Abstract Number: 2365 • ACR Convergence 2023
Decoding the Peripheral Immune Landscape of Systemic Sclerosis to Investigate Disease Stages and Interstitial Lung Disease Progression
Vasuki Ranjani Chellamuthu¹, Maria Noviani², Ahmad bin Mohamed Lajam¹, Andrea Hsiu Ling Low² and Salvatore Albani¹, ¹Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth, Singapore, Singapore, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogenous autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis, vascular abnormalities and immune dysregulation. Characterization of peripheral blood immune signatures in relation…
Abstract Number: 0618 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incident versus Prevalent Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis in the EUSTAR Database: Different Disease Phenotypes and Prognosis
liubov Petelytska¹, Arthiha Velauthapillai², Lorenzo Tofani³, Patricia Carreira⁴, Giovanna Cuomo⁵, Eric Hachulla⁶, Ivan Castellvi⁷, Radim Becvar⁸, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁹, Paolo Airò¹⁰, Irena Litinsky¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Madelon Vonk¹³, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹⁴, Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁵, marco Matucci Cerinic¹⁶, Oliver Distler¹⁷ and Cosimo Bruni¹⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Department of Precision Medicine, “Luigi Vanvitelli” University of Campania, Naples, Italy, ⁶University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁹Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ¹¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ¹²University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁵Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Although 50% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) present with interstitial lung disease (ILD) at baseline, new onset of ILD can also occur later…
Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2023
Chasing Pain: Investigating Somatosensory Profiles in Patients with Rheumatological Diseases Using Quantitative Sensory Testing
Claus Juergen Bauer¹, Ruth Sophie Schrapper², Simon Petzinna³, Charlotte Behning⁴, Tim T.A. Bender⁵, Peter Brossart¹, Martin Muecke⁶ and Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁵University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁶Universital Hospital of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Pain is a prominent symptom in numerous rheumatological diseases. In order to allow for a standardized quantification and the assessment of nociceptive and non-nociceptive…
Abstract Number: 0658 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluating the Associations Between Autonomic Dysfunction, Clinical Phenotype and Gastrointestinal Transit in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Maria Paula Alvarez Hernandez¹, Brittany Adler², Jamie Perin³, Michael Hughes⁴ and Zsuzsanna McMahan⁵, ¹Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Care Organisation, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁵Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Lutherville, MD
Background/Purpose: The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the second most commonly impacted organ in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, the pathogenesis and clinical expression of GI involvement…
Abstract Number: 0827 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development and Initial Validation of a Brief Measure of Uncertainty in Rheumatic Disease
Caleb Bolden¹, Claire Cook¹, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox¹, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Flavia Castelino¹, Hyon K. Choi², Cory Perugino¹, John Stone³, Elyse Park¹, Zachary Wallace⁴ and Daniel Hall¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARD) are often tasked with monitoring ambiguous and unpredictable physical symptoms on their own. Higher levels of uncertainty…
Abstract Number: 0954 • ACR Convergence 2023
Non-canonical WNTA Promotes Cytoskeletal Rearrangement and Integrin Alpha V Clustering via JNK and ROCK to Control the Activation of Latent TGFβ
Thuong Trinh-Minh¹, Chih-Wei Chen², Cuong Tran Manh¹, yi-nan Li¹, Honglin Zhu³, Debomita Chakraborty⁴, Yun Zhang¹, Simon Rauber⁵, Clara Dees⁵, Christina Bergmann⁶, Alexander Kreuter⁷, Christiane Reuter⁸, Florian Groeber-Becker⁸, Beate Eckes⁹, Oliver Distler¹⁰, Andreas Ramming¹¹, Georg Schett¹² and Joerg Distler¹, ¹Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ³3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 5 Department of Rheumatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, ⁴3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵3 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department Internal Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Clinic for Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, HELIOS St. Elisabeth Clinic, Oberhausen, Germany, ⁸Translational Center for Regenerative Therapies, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC) Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁹Translational Matrix Biology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. 9 Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disorder with vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis of the skin and organs. Fibrosis is caused by the abnormal…
Abstract Number: 1522 • ACR Convergence 2023
Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases: A Meta-analysis
Mustafa Erdogan¹, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu², Burcak Kilickiran Avci³ and Gulen Hatemi², ¹Marmara University - Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Treatment options for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have expanded in the last two decades. However, evidence for the treatment of connective tissue disease-associated PAH…
Abstract Number: 1704 • ACR Convergence 2023
Esophageal Mucosal Erosions Can Predict the Deterioration of Lung Function over a Four-year Follow-up Period and Long-term Mortality in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Scleroderma
gerlando Natalello¹, enrico De Lorenzis¹, Ludovica Berardini², lucrezia verardi¹, pier giacomo Cerasuolo¹, Alfredo Papa³, Italo De Vitis³, Francesco Varone², Luca Richeldi², Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹ and Silvia Bosello¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Pulmonology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ³Division of Gastroenterology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of morbidity and disease-related death in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Esophageal disease is common in SSc, and…
Abstract Number: 2366 • ACR Convergence 2023
Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging as a Novel Method to Quantify Longitudinal Skin Changes in Scleroderma
Hung Vo¹, Aarohi Mehendale², Anahita Pilvar³, Eugene Kissin⁴, Marcin Trojanowski⁵, Michael York⁶, Darren Roblyer² and Andreea Bujor⁶, ¹Boston Medical Center, Peabody, MA, ²Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Newton, MA, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by excessive collagen deposition in the skin and internal organs, along with vascular dysfunction. The modified…
Abstract Number: 0619 • ACR Convergence 2023
Different Definitions of Disease Severity, Progression and Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Systematic Literature Review
liubov Petelytska¹, Francesco Bonomi², Carlo Cannistrà³, elisa Fiorentini⁴, Silvia Peretti³, Sara Torracchi³, Pamela Bernardini³, Carmela Coccia³, Riccardo De Luca³, Alessio Economou³, Juela Levani⁵, marco Matucci Cerinic⁶, Oliver Distler⁷ and Cosimo Bruni⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ³University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Department of Experimental and Clinical medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁵Department of Experimental and Clinical medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁶Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: There is no established consensus on defining the clinical course and the outcomes of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD), both among experts and…

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