Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 0952 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single Cell RNA-seq of Scleroderma-associated Interstitial Lung Disease Lung Explants Reveals an Active, Cytotoxic Natural Killer Cell Population
Cristina Padilla, Eleanor Valenzi, Tracy Tabib, Banafsheh Nazari, Patrizia Fuschiotti and Robert Lafyatis, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is the leading cause of death among SSc patients. Loss of alveolar epithelial cells (AEC) and bronchial cell hyperplasia,…
Abstract Number: 1130 • ACR Convergence 2024
Safety of Bispecific T-cell Engager Therapy in Autoimmune Disease
Melanie Hagen¹, Laura Bucci¹, Sebastian Boeltz², Danae-Mona Noethling², Tobias Rothe², Maria Gabriella Raimondo¹, Carlo Tur¹, Andreas Wirsching¹, Jochen Wacker¹, Aline Bozec¹, Georg Schett³ and Ricardo Grieshaber-Bouyer¹, ¹Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ²Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: B-cells and plasma cells are key drivers of systemic autoimmune diseases (AID). Recent data demonstrated preliminary safety and efficacy of using the CD3xCD19 bispecific…
Abstract Number: 1578 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of Systemic Sclerosis and Other Systemic Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis with Increasing Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibodies
Warren Balaja¹, Mashood Badshah² and Megan Krause³, ¹University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ³University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Background/Purpose: Anti-RNA polymerase III antibody (ARA) is a disease-specific antibody important for the identification and stratification of varying phenotypes of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Previous studies…
Abstract Number: 1819 • ACR Convergence 2024
Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-7 (IGFBP7) Plays a Pathogenic Role in Dermal Fibrosis and Is Increased in Systemic Sclerosis
Ye Jin Jeong¹, Gayathri Guru Murthy¹, Gaochan Wang¹, Tahia Rahman¹ and Benjamin Korman², ¹University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc, scleroderma) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that causes autoimmunity, vascular dysfunction, and fibrosis of the skin, lungs, and other organs.…
Abstract Number: 2197 • ACR Convergence 2024
Outcome Measures for the Assessment of Cutaneous and Musculoskeletal Manifestations of Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis: An International Collaborative Scoping Review and Survey of Current Practice
Amanda Robinson¹, Mustafa Çakan², Simone Appenzeller³, Susan Shenoi⁴, Meiping Lu⁵, Betul Sozeri⁶, Rongjun Zheng⁵, Priya Bhave⁷, Natalia Vasquez Canizares⁸ and Suzanne Li⁹, and International Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Outcomes Group (IJOG), ¹Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Clinic of Pediatric Rheumatology, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey, ³Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil, ⁴Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center, Mercer Island, WA, WA, ⁵Department of Rheumatology Immunology and Allergy, Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁶University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, ⁸Children's Hospital at Montefiore; Albert Einstein College of Medicine;, New York, NY, ⁹Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, NJ
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is a rare fibrosing autoimmune disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Data on treatment strategies is limited, primarily based…
Abstract Number: 2459 • ACR Convergence 2024
Use of Nailfold Capillaroscopy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Systemic Sclerosis
Carlos Valera-Ribera¹, Javier Narvaez-García², Joaquín Lacasa-Molina³, Laura Perea-Galera⁴, Alida Taberner-Cortés³, Paula Andrea Mencio-Viana³, Patricia Leon-Torralba³, Adrián Mayo-Juanatey³, Pablo Andújar-Brazal³, Ignacio Vázquez Gómez⁵, Desamparados Ybáñez-García³, Àngels Martínez-Ferrer⁶, Elia Valls-Pascual⁷, Montserrat Robustillo Villarino⁸ and JUAN JOSE ALEGRE SANCHO³, ¹Hospital Doctor Peset, Valéncia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, ⁵H. U. Dr. Peset, Valencia, ⁶Hospital Universitario Dr Peset Valéncia, Valéncia, Spain, ⁷Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario La Plana, Villarreal, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a disease with high morbidity and mortality. Nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) is a widely used method for its diagnosis. Our objective…
Abstract Number: PP07 • ACR Convergence 2024
My Journey with Diffuse Scleroderma and Interstitial Lung Disease: A Pharmacist’s Perspective
Joseph Washington, Cencora, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Since my diagnosis with diffuse scleroderma and ILD, I have balanced the roles of patient and young pharmacist. A duality that has surely impacted…
Abstract Number: 0128 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incidence, Trends, and Determinants of Multimorbidity in Systemic Sclerosis: Data from a Population-based Cohort
Anukul Karn¹, Sara Achenbach², Alicia Hinze³, Cynthia Crowson¹ and Ashima Makol², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the burden, longitudinal trends, and drivers of multimorbidity (MM; the presence of ≥2 morbidities) in patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) vs. age-…
Abstract Number: 0622 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Effectiveness of Breath-holding Test to Predict Pulmonary Function in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Using Machine Learning Model
Jina Yeo¹, Min Hyuk Lim², Ju Yeon Kim³, Ji In Jung⁴, Saram Lee² and Eun Bong Lee³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, South Korea, ²Department of Transdisciplinary Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ³Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary involvement is major causes of mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The breath-holding test (BHT), rapid bedside test, is a useful surrogate…
Abstract Number: 0643 • ACR Convergence 2023
Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis Does Not Predict Further Progression
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Liubov Petelytska², Havard Fretheim¹, Trond Mogens Aaløkken³, Mike Becker⁴, Hilde Jenssen Bjørkekjær⁵, Cathrine Brunborg⁶, Cosimo Bruni⁷, Christian Clarenbach⁸, Phuong Phuong Diep⁹, Rucsandra Dobrota⁷, Michael Durheim¹⁰, Muriel Elhai¹¹, Thomas Frauenfelder¹², Suzana Jordan⁷, Emily Langballe¹³, Oyvind Midtvedt¹, Carina Mihai⁷, Oyvind Molberg¹⁴ and Oliver Distler⁷, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, ³Dept of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand & University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Dept of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Dept of Respiratory diseases, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Dept of Respiratory diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹University Hospital zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹²Dept of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹³Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁴Dept of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: In clinical practice, we often wait for progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) to initiate or escalate therapy. Similarly, progressive…
Abstract Number: 0663 • ACR Convergence 2023
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Hospitalized Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Nationwide Cohort Analysis
Saman Tanveer, Chun Pan and Faria Sami, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Connective tissue disorders, including systemic sclerosis (SSc), are associated with an increased risk of infections. Infections are the most common diagnosis during hospitalizations and…
Abstract Number: 0938 • ACR Convergence 2023
Deconvolution of the Molecular Signature of Very Early Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis (VEDOSS) and Established Disease: A Biomarker Blueprint of Scleroderma Disease Continuum
Sunhwa Kim¹, Thierry Sornasse², Vishal Kakkar³, Rebecca Ross⁴, Yingtao Bi⁵, Hengcheng Hu², Lisa Hazelwood², Lauren Reinke-Breen⁶, jozsef karman⁷, Chris Butler², Jennifer Van Camp² and Francesco Del Galdo⁸, ¹AbbVie, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵AbbVie, Inc., Worcester, MA, ⁶AbbVie, Inc., Vernon Hills, IL, ⁷AbbVie, Inc., San Francisco, CA, ⁸University of Leeds - Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Muskuloskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs asynchronously, leading to highly variable fibrotic damage and consequent increased morbidity and mortality.…
Abstract Number: 0963 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-Topoisomerase Antibody in dcSSc: Unravelling Its Intracellular Effects in Systemic Sclerosis
Maithri Aspari¹, Josephine Geertsen Keller-Socin¹, Stinne Greisen², Esben Naeser³, Klaus Soendergaard⁴, Birgitta R Knudsen⁵, Voon Ong⁶, Christopher Denton⁷, David Abraham⁷ and Bent Deleuran¹, ¹Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Aarhus University/Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁵Institute for molecular Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁶UCL Medical School Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ⁷University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The presence of autoantibodies, especially directed towards topoisomerase I (ATA), in diffuse cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis (dcSSc) is known to be associated with severe clinical…
Abstract Number: 1529 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mycophenolate Mofetil Use in Clinical Practice: Persistence on Therapy and Long-term Adverse Events in a Multicentric Cohort of Scleroderma Patients
Silvia Bosello¹, enrico De Lorenzis¹, lucrezia verardi¹, gerlando Natalello¹, pier giacomo Cerasuolo¹, Stefano Di Donato², Greta Pellegrino³, Giacomo De Luca⁴, Corrado Campochiaro⁵, Gemma Lepri⁶, Laura Cometi⁷, Fabio Cacciapaglia⁸, Giuseppe Armetano⁹, Marco De Pinto¹⁰, Francesca Motta¹¹, Maria De Santis¹¹, Dilia Giuggioli¹², Nicoletta Del Papa⁹, Florenzo Iannone¹³, Serena Guiducci⁷, valeria Riccieri¹⁴, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹ and Francesco Del Galdo², ¹Division of Rheumatology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ²University of Leeds - Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Muskuloskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁴Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy, ⁵IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Disease. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ⁶Department of Experimental and Clinical medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁷University of Florence, Unit of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, Florence, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁹Scleroderma Clinic, Dipartimento di Reumatologia, ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹⁰Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Materno-Infantili e dell'Adulto, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Modena, Italy, ¹¹Reumatologia e Immunologia Clinica, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy, ¹²Scleroderma Unit, Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Clinical, Internal and Cardiovascular Specialities, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
Background/Purpose: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a first-line immunosuppressant treatment for systemic sclerosis (SSc), particularly for patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and diffuse skin involvement.…
Abstract Number: 1930 • ACR Convergence 2023
Blue Digit Syndrome as the Initial Presentation of Various Diseases: A Case Series
Raquel Ugena García¹, Juan José Lluch Galcerá², Cristina Calomarde Gomez¹, Ivette Casafont-Sole³ and Lourdes Mateo Soria², ¹Rheumatology department. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Blue Digit Syndrome (BDS) represents the cutaneous manifestation of numerous diseases that cause blue discoloration in one or more fingers in the absence of…

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