Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1660 • ACR Convergence 2022
Skeletal Myopathy in Systemic Sclerosis Associates with Higher Disease Burden and Mortality
Julie Paik¹, Caoilfhionn Connolly¹, Fredrick Wigley¹ and Laura Hummers², ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Skeletal myopathy in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is poorly understood. The etiology of myopathy in SSc is heterogeneous and can result from an inflammation, disuse,…
Abstract Number: 2177 • ACR Convergence 2022
Familial Clustering of Systemic Sclerosis, Autoimmunity, and Cancer History
Mariana Bombini¹, Nailú Sinicato¹, Jacqueline Paredes², Theresa Wampler Muskardin², Tiago Nardi Amaral¹, Ana Paula Del Rio¹, Joao Marques Neto³, Timothy Niewold² and Simone Appenzeller⁴, ¹State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease characterized by chronic inflammation, fibrosis, and vasculopathy. Genetic factors contribute to pathogenesis, but because it is a…
Abstract Number: 0968 • ACR Convergence 2022
Neuropsychological Outcome of Children Born to Women with Systemic Sclerosis: Assessment Through a Self-administered Multidisciplinary Questionnaire in a Monocentric Cohort
Eleonora Pedretti¹, Laura Andreoli¹, Liala Moschetti¹, Cecilia Nalli¹, Anna Molinaro², Jessica Galli², Elisa Fazzi², Franco Franceschini¹, Angela Tincani³, Paolo Airò⁴ and Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Unit of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Gussago, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: In the last years, the rate of successful pregnancies has significantly increased in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)1 women. However, the long-term outcome of their children…
Abstract Number: 1176 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immunoglobulins G from Systemic Sclerosis Patients May Alter the Secretome of Dermal Fibroblasts
Aurélien Chepy¹, Marie Duhamel², Solange Vivier³, lucile Guilbert³, Eric Hachulla⁴, Sylvain Dubucquoi³, David Launay³, Michel Salzet² and Vincent Sobanski³, ¹CHU Lille, Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-immunes Systémiques Rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest de France (CeRAINO), Lille, France, ²Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1192 - Protéomique Réponse Inflammatoire Spectrométrie de Masse - PRISM, Lille, France, ³Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286 - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Lille, France, ⁴University of Lille, LILLE, France
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies (Aab) are frequent in systemic sclerosis (SSc).Recently, it has been shown that immunoglobulins G (IgG) from SSc promoted a proinflammatory and profibrotic phenotype…
Abstract Number: 1522 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry for Scleroderma: Association of Medication Use on Gastrointestinal Tract Symptoms in Early Disease
Sarah Luebker¹, Tracy Frech¹, Shervin Assassi², Jessica Gordon³, Elana Bernstein⁴, Virginia Steen⁵, Ami Shah⁶, Laura Hummers⁷, Carrie Richardson⁸, Dinesh Khanna⁹, Flavia Castelino¹⁰, Lorinda Chung¹¹, Faye Hant¹², Vicki Shanmugam¹³, John VanBuren¹⁴, Jessica Alvey¹⁴, Monica Harding¹⁴, Luke Evnin¹⁵ and Nora Sandorfi¹⁶, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²McGovern Medical School, University of Texas, Houston, TX, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁵Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ⁶Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ¹²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹³George Washington University, Washington, DC, ¹⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁵Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ¹⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) symptoms are common amongst systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients.1 The Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium University of California Los Angeles Gastrointestinal Tract Questionnaire…
Abstract Number: 1661 • ACR Convergence 2022
Osteoclastogenesis and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Blood Levels in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis with and Without Calcinosis Cutis
Antonia Valenzuela¹, Guillermo Perez², Carolina Iturriaga² and Rebeca Montalva², ¹Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis is a debilitating complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) with no effective treatments. Although the pathogenesis of SSc-related calcinosis remains unknown, there is…
Abstract Number: 2178 • ACR Convergence 2022
BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine Against Covid 19, Humoral Response, Safety and Efficacy in Scleroderma Patients
Yolanda Braun-Moscovici¹, Marielle Kaplan¹, Maya Braun², Doron Markovits³, Sami Giryes³, Kohava Toledano³, Yonit Tavor³, Katya Dolnikov³, Rula Daood³ and Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁴, ¹Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel, ²Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bioinformatics, Jerusalem, Israel, ³Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose: In the begining of pandemic and till spring 2021 there were no clinical and laboratory data regarding sefety and efficacy of mRNA vaccines against…
Abstract Number: 1048 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nailfold Capillaroscopy and Candidate Biomarker Levels in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Hypertension, Profiling of Non-invasive Markers: A Cross Sectional Study
Jacqueline Lemmers¹, Arjan van Caam², Brigit Kersten², Els Ende, van den², Hanneke KNAAPEN², Arie Dijk, van², Wanda Hagmolen of ten Have², Frank van den Hoogen², Hans Koenen², Sander van Leuven³, wynand Alkema⁴, Ruben Smeets² and Madelon Vonk⁵, ¹Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Hanze University, Groningen the Netherlands, Dept. Data Science for Life Sciences & Health, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the leading causes of death in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Early detection and treatment of PH in SSc is…
Abstract Number: 1177 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of a New Type of Pro-phagocytic Macrophages in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Amela Hukara¹, Tracy Tabib², Michal Rudnik¹, Oliver Distler³, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk¹, Robert Lafyatis² and Gabriela Kania¹, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Phagocytosis is a crucial cellular process, which under certain immuno-pathological conditions can be activated in macrophages in an uncontrolled manner. Biomarker studies have implicated…
Abstract Number: 1523 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-RNPC3 Autoantibodies in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Are Associated with Systemic Sclerosis Skin Involvement
Darya S. Jalaledin¹, Hajar El Kamouni², Alexandra Albert³, Sabrina Hoa⁴, Josiane Bourre-Tessier⁵, Eric Rich⁵, Jean-Richard Goulet⁶, Martial Koenig⁷, Minoru Satoh⁸, Marvin Fritzler⁹, May Choi¹⁰, Yves Troyanov¹¹, Jean-Luc Senécal, MD¹² and Océane Landon-Cardinal⁵, ¹Division of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Saint-Lambert, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Laval, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Saint-Lambert, Canada, ⁷Division of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁸Department of Human, Information and Science, University of Occupational Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Background/Purpose: RNA-binding region containing 3 (RNPC3) protein acts as a molecular bridge, promoting U11/U12 RNP complex formation. In previous studies, systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients who…
Abstract Number: 1672 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) on Women’s Health Evaluated with a New SSc-specific Patient-reported Questionnaire
Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, Liala Moschetti¹, Eleonora Pedretti¹, Andrea Lojacono², Francesca Ramazzotto³, Cristina Zanardini³, Zatti Sonia³, Angela Tincani⁴, Franco Franceschini¹, Paolo Airò⁵ and Laura Andreoli¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASST Garda, Desenzano del Garda, Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ³Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Gussago, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) has a strong female predominance and can significantly impair the everyday quality of life of patients. We aimed at designing a…
Abstract Number: 2189 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of a Fatigue and Energy Management Program for Persons with Systemic Sclerosis (FAME-iSS): A Pilot Study
Janet Poole¹, Deirdre Connolly², Jessica Salazar³ and Kristine Carandang⁴, ¹University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, ³University of New Mexico, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is one of the most prevalent and disabling symptom reported by people with systemic sclerosis (SSc). No fatigue-specific programs exist for people with…
Abstract Number: 1049 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk Stratification of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in EUSTAR Using the Current and New Proposed Criteria
Hilde Jenssen Bjørkekjær¹, cosimo bruni², PATRICIA E CARREIRA³, Paolo Airò⁴, CARMEN PILAR SIMEON⁵, Marie-Elise Truchetet⁶, Alessandro Giollo⁷, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁸, Mickaël MARTIN⁹, Chris Denton¹⁰, Armando Gabrielli¹¹, Håvard Fretheim¹², Imon Barua¹², Helle Bitter¹³, Øyvind Midtvedt¹², Kaspar Broch¹⁴, Arne Andreassen¹², Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁵, Gabriela Riemekasten¹⁶, Ulf Müller-Ladner¹⁷, Marco Matucci-Cerinic², Ivan Castellvi¹⁸, Elise Siegert¹⁹, Eric Hachulla²⁰, Oliver Distler²¹ and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, ²University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³HOSPITAL 12 DE OCTUBRE, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, ⁵Hospital Vall D'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ⁷Rheumatology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Italy, Verona, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, ⁹Poitiers's Universatory Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Poitiers, France, Mignaloux-Beauvoir, France, ¹⁰University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹³Sorlandet sykehus, Kristiansand, Norway, ¹⁴Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Department of Cardiology, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁵University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ¹⁶University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Luebeck, Germany, ¹⁷JLU Campus KK, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ¹⁸Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Vilafranca del Pened, Spain, ¹⁹Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ²⁰University of Lille, LILLE, France, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major clinical challenge in systemic sclerosis (SSc). A new definition for precapillary PH is proposed. Risk stratification is…
Abstract Number: 1178 • ACR Convergence 2022
Key Features of Human Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease Are Captured in a Preclinical Mouse Model upon Repetitive, but Not Single Intratracheal Bleomycin Dosing
David Lauer¹, Janine Schniering², Matthias Brunner¹, Chantal Meier³, Kerstin Klein¹, Oliver Distler⁴ and Britta Maurer¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Comprehensive Pneumonology Center, Munich, Germany, ³Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Repetitive alveolar epithelial injury together with dysregulated tissue repair is crucial for the transition of acute self-limiting to chronic-persisting inflammation and fibrosis in fibrosing…
Abstract Number: 1524 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk Factors for Lung Function Decline in Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease in a Large Single-Center Cohort
Ahmad Ramahi¹, Alain Lescoat², David Roofeh¹, Vivek Nagaraja¹, Rajaie Namas³, Suiyuan Huang¹, John Varga¹, David O’Dwyer¹, Bonnie Wang¹, Kevin Flaherty¹, Ella Kazerooni¹ and Dinesh Khanna⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²CHU Rennes - University Rennes 1, Rennes, France, ³Medical Subspecialties Institute, Division of Rheumatology at Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is the leading cause of scleroderma-related mortality. This work identifies factors associated with SSc-ILD decline on pulmonary function…

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