Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 0963 • ACR Convergence 2024
Stratification According to Autoantibody Status in Systemic Sclerosis Reveals Distinct Molecular Signatures
Bénédicte ROUVIERE¹, Christelle Le dantec², Eléonore Bettacchioli³, Lorenzo Beretta⁴, Céline Cao², Christophe Jamin², Jacques-Olivier Pers⁵, Nathan Foulquier², Martin Kerick⁶, Javier Martin⁶, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁷, Claire de Moreuil⁸, Divi Cornec³ and Sophie Hillion², and PRECISESADS Clinical Consortium, PRECISESADS Metabolomic Study Group, ¹CHRU de Brest, LBAI. UMR 1227, University of Brest, Brest, France, ²LBAI. UMR 1227, University of Brest, Brest, France, ³Service de Rhumatologie, CHU de Brest, Brest, France, ⁴Scleroderma Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁵University of Brest, Brest, France, ⁶Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina 'López-Neyra', CSIC, PTS Granada, Spain, Granada, Spain, ⁷Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, ⁸Service de médecine interne, CHU de Brest, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis is a heterogeneous disease, complicating its management. Its complexity and the insufficiency of clinical manifestations alone to delineate homogeneous patient groups further…
Abstract Number: 1570 • ACR Convergence 2024
Deconvolution of the Lipidomic Signature of Very Early Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis (VEDOSS) and Established Disease: Lipid Biomarker Features That Predict Disease Progression in Skin and Lung
Sunhwa Kim¹, Yingtao Bi², Vishal Kakkar³, Rebecca Ross⁴ and Francesco Del Galdo³, ¹AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA, ²Abbvie, Worcester, MA, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease with variable clinical presentations and progression rates. Accurate patient stratification is crucial for optimizing treatment strategies.…
Abstract Number: 1687 • ACR Convergence 2024
IgG and IgA anti-LIN28A Outperform Anti-dsDNA and anti-Sm in Distinguishing SLE from Health and Other Autoimmune Diseases
Ioannis Parodis¹, Dionysis Nikolopoulos², Julius Lindblom³, Denis Lagutkin³, Lorenzo Beretta⁴, Maria Orietta Borghi⁵, Janique Peyper⁶, Guillermo Barturen⁷, Per-Johan Jakobsson³, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁸, Natalia Sherina³ and Helena Idborg⁹, and PRECISESADS Clinical Consortium, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital; Örebro University, Solna, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di MIlano, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁵Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, Milano, Italy, ⁶Sengenics Corporation Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore, ⁷Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Andalusia, Spain, ⁸Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, ⁹Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterised by the production of a multitude of autoantibodies (abs). The diagnosis of SLE is supported by the presence…
Abstract Number: 1829 • ACR Convergence 2024
Genomic Analysis of Skin Biopsies Differentiates Major Anti-Nuclear Autoantibody Subsets in Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Philip Yee¹, Medha Kanitkar², Kristina Clark³, Voon Ong¹ and Christopher Denton⁴, ¹University College London, London, England, United Kingdom, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) displays significant heterogeneity. Those with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) experience significant systemic organ involvement similar to those with diffuse cutaneous…
Abstract Number: 2447 • ACR Convergence 2024
Features of Anti-Fibrillarin Positive Systemic Sclerosis Patients and Ethnic Differences: A European Multicenter Cohort
Roberto D'Alessandro¹, Stefano Rodolfi², Alix Calot¹, Louis Bébéar³, Corrado Campochiaro⁴, Veronica Codullo⁵, Francesco Del Galdo⁶, Ivan Castellvi Barranco⁷, Elisabetta Zanatta⁸, Silvia Bellando Randone⁹, Goncalo Boleto¹⁰, Loic Raffray¹¹, Emmanuel Chatelus¹², Patrice Cacoub¹³, Alexandre Le Joncour¹³, Paolo Airò¹⁴, cristiana sieiro santos¹⁵, Alain Lescoat¹⁶, Jérôme Avouac¹⁷, Christopher Denton¹⁸ and Yannick Allanore¹⁹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, Université Paris Cité, APHP, Paris, France, Paris, France, ²Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France., Bordeaux, France, ⁴IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁵Division of Rheumatology - Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Unit of Rheumatology, Padova University, Padova, Italy, ⁹Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence Division of Rheumatology Scleroderma Unit, Careggi Hospital Florence, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal., Lisbon, Portugal, ¹¹CHU La Réunion - Competence center for autoimmune diseases, Internal Medicine, Saint-Denis, Reunion, ¹²Rheumatology department strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology France, Centre national de référence maladies Autoimmunes Systémiques rares, Centre national de référence maladies Autoinflammatoires et Amylose, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i3), Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpetrière, 75013 Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁴Scleroderma Unit, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology Department, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, Leon, Spain, ¹⁶Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France, rennes, France, ¹⁷Rheumatology A Department, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹⁸University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Rheumatology department, Université Paris Cité, Cochin Hospital of Paris; France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Anti-fibrillarin (AFA) auto-antibodies are rarely found in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Beyond the ethnic association with a higher prevalence in patients of Black ethnicity, the…
Abstract Number: 2530 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single-cell Multi-omics Analysis of Reactive Lymph Nodes, Affected Tissues, and Blood Reveals a Naive-like CD4+TRAIL+ T Cell Population That Differentially Directs Effector Anti-nuclear Antigen Reactive Responses in Patients with Sjogren’s Syndrome and Systemic Sclerosis
Theodoros Ioannis Papadimitriou¹, Prashant Singh², Arjan van Caam³, Madelon Vonk⁴, Irene E. van der Horst-Bruinsma⁵, Peter van der kraan³, Erik Aarntzen⁶, Martijn Huijnen⁷, Hans Koenen⁸ and Rogier Thurlings¹, ¹Radboudumc, Department of Rheumatology, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ²Radboudumc, Department of Medical BioSciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Radboudumc, Department of Rheumatology, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Radboudumc, Department of Medical Imaging, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁷Radboudumc, Department of Medical BioSciences, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ⁸Radboudumc, Department of Medical Immunology, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Recognition of self-peptides by autoreactive CD4+ T-cells is central to the disruption of immune tolerance. Although systemic autoimmune diseases such as Sjogren’s syndrome (SjS)…
Abstract Number: 0680 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Correlates of Physical and Mental Health in Early Systemic Sclerosis: Data from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy (CONQUER) Registry
Ashima Makol¹, Isha Lamba², Dinesh Khanna³, John VanBuren⁴, Angela Child⁴, Jessica Alvey⁴, Shervin Assassi⁵, Elana Bernstein⁶, Flavia Castelino⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Luke Evnin⁹, Tracy Frech¹⁰, Faye Hant¹¹, Laura Hummers¹², Kimberly Lakin¹³, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹⁴, Yiming Luo¹⁵, Jerry Molitor¹⁶, Duncan Moore¹⁷, Carrie Richardson¹⁸, Nora Sandorfi¹⁹, Ami Shah²⁰, Ankoor Shah²¹, Brian Skaug⁵, Virginia Steen²², Elizabeth Volkmann²³ and Jessica Gordon²⁴, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ²New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Centre, New York, NY, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Stanford University, Woodside, CA, ⁹Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ¹⁰Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Ellicott City, MD, ¹³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁴University of Utah, Cottonwood Heights, UT, ¹⁵Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁷Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²⁰Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ²¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²²Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²³University of California, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, ²⁴Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Early years of Systemic sclerosis (SSc) are typically the period of peak disease activity and associated with greater pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, physical impairment,…
Abstract Number: 0781 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Expanded Cytotoxic CD8 T Cell Population Regulated by CD155-CD226 in SSc-ILD
Takanori Sasaki¹, Ye Cao², Kathryne Marks³, Richard Ainsworth⁴, Kim Taylor⁵, Nunzio Bottini⁴, Mehreen Elahee⁶, Mari Kamiya³, Edy Kim⁶, Francesco Boin⁴ and Deepak Rao⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to identify circulating immune cells associated…
Abstract Number: 0966 • ACR Convergence 2024
CDDO-Me Attenuates Pro-fibrotic Activation in Macrophages and Fibroblasts in Systemic Sclerosis
Heetaek Yang¹, Chanhyuk Park², Chen-Yu Wang³, Emily Morris⁴, Karen Liby⁵, Michael Whitfield⁶ and Patricia Pioli², ¹Dartmouth College, West Lebanon, NH, ²Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Dartmouth College, Enfield, NH, ⁵Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by dysfunctional immune activation, oxidative stress, and fibrosis. In prior work, we have shown that SSc macrophages (MØs) have…
Abstract Number: 1571 • ACR Convergence 2024
Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Is a Serum Biomarker and Pathogenic Factor of Progressive Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Vishal Kakkar¹, Sunhwa Kim², Yingtao Bi³, Christopher Wasson¹, Stefano Di Donato⁴, Rebecca Ross⁵, Marco Di Battista⁶, Enrico De Lorenzis⁷, Thierry Sornasse² and Francesco Del Galdo¹, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA, ³Abbvie, Worcester, MA, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Pisa, United Kingdom, ⁷Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: In systemic sclerosis (SSc), interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains the leading cause of mortality. A decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) is considered a…
Abstract Number: 1690 • ACR Convergence 2024
FAPI-PET/CT as a Predictor of Accelerated Lung Function Deterioration in Systemic Sclerosis Related Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD): Preliminary-interim Analysis from a Confirmatory Risk Factor Study
Armin Atzinger¹, Yixing Huang², Koray Tascilar³, Nadine Bayerl⁴, Jörg Distler⁵, Katrin Staudt³, Havanur Kartalczik⁶, Cosimo Bruni⁷, Oliver Distler⁸, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁹, Tobias Bäuerle⁴, Andrea Prenner¹⁰, Florian Putz², Katharina Breininger¹¹, Torsten Kuwert¹², Bernhard Kainz¹¹, Georg Schett¹³ and Christina Bergmann¹⁴, ¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department Radiation Therapy, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department Radiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁷University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering; FAU, Erlangen, Germany, ¹¹Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Department Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁴Department Internal Medicine III, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: 68Ga-FAPI-PET/CT is a novel imaging method monitoring in-vivo fibroblast activation. We recently described an association of 68Ga-FAPI-uptake with deterioration of Forced Vital capacity (FVC)…
Abstract Number: 1830 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single-cell RNA Sequencing Profiling of Very Early-Stage Systemic Sclerosis Skin Reveals a Fibroblast Pro-inflammatory Gene Signature and Keratinocyte Dysregulation
Lumeng Li¹, Elena Pachera², Rucsandra Dobrota³, Kristina Bürki¹, Carina Mihai³, Muriel Elhai⁴, Laura Much¹, Astrid Hofman¹, Pietro Bearzi⁵, Sophie Wagner⁶, Sarah Lötscher⁷, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁸ and Oliver Distler⁹, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁶University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁷Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The poor prognosis of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) underscores the need to prevent disease onset and irreversible organ damage. This study aims to…
Abstract Number: 2451 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prognostic Value of Functional Outcomes in a Italian Multicentric Cohort of Early SSc-ILD Patients
Chiara Bellocchi¹, Alessandro Santaniello², Silvia Bosello³, Enrico De Lorenzis⁴, Gerlando Natalello⁵, Nicoletta Del Papa⁶, Silvia Cavalli⁷, Devis Benfaremo⁸, Giacomo De Luca⁹, Corrado Campochiaro¹⁰, Lorenzo Cavagna¹¹, Veronica Codullo¹², Francesco Bonomi¹³, gaia Montanelli¹⁴, Adriana Severino¹⁵, Monica Caronni², Martina Iacubino¹⁶, Barbara Vigone², Silvia Bellando-Randone¹⁷, Carlomaurizio Montecucco¹⁸, Marco Matucci-Cerinic¹⁹, Lorenzo Dagna²⁰, Gianluca Moroncini⁸, Roberto Caporali²¹ and Lorenzo Beretta²², ¹Università degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy, ²Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, MILANO, Italy, ³FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI- IRCCS, Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁴Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ⁵Division of Rheumatology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁶ASST Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Milan, Italy, ⁷University of Milan, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁸Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, ⁹Vita-Salute San Raffaele University & IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹¹University of Pavia and Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Hospital of Pavia, Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ¹²Division of Rheumatology - Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy, ¹³Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹⁴Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁵Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁶Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, ¹⁷University of Florence, Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹⁸IRCCS policlinico S. Matteo foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ¹⁹University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ²⁰Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy, ²¹Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, ²²Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di MIlano, Milan, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) can serve as useful surrogate measures…
Abstract Number: 2641 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of Systemic Sclerosis Intrinsic Subtypes in the ASSET Clinical Trial Using PBC Gene Expression
Zhiyun Gong¹, Timothy Sullivan², Tammara Wood³, David Fox⁴, Dinesh Khanna⁵ and Michael Whitfield⁶, ¹Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ²Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴University of Michigan, Dexter, MI, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is molecularly heterogeneous and distinct subtypes of patients have been identified based on gene expression in skin. Although treatments have improved,…
Abstract Number: 0681 • ACR Convergence 2024
Influence of Occupational Exposure to Pollutants on Clinical and Serological Phenotypes in Systemic Sclerosis
Martina Sanahuja i Sanz¹, Irene Carrión-Barberà², Laura Tío³, Laura Triginer³, María Lee³, Alfredo Guillén-del Castillo⁴, Anna Ribes³, Lidia Valencia Muntalà⁵, Jordi Monfort², Tarek Carlos Salman Monte:⁶, Javier Narvaez-García⁷, Carmen PIlar Simeón-Aznar⁴ and Anna Pros², ¹Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Environmental factors have been proposed as a trigger for systemic sclerosis (SSc) in genetically predisposed individuals. This study aimed to investigate the association between…

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