Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 2594 • ACR Convergence 2023
Trajectories of Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD)
Oliver Distler¹, Madelon Vonk², Arata Azuma³, Maureen Mayes⁴, Dinesh Khanna⁵, Kristin B Highland⁶, Gerrit Toenges⁷, Margarida Alves⁸ and Yannick Allanore⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Pulmonary Medicine and Oncology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, and Meisei Hospital, Saitama, Japan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁹Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The SENSCIS trial enrolled patients with SSc-ILD without a requirement for them to have evidence of recent progression. During the trial, nintedanib reduced the…
Abstract Number: 0266 • ACR Convergence 2023
E-selectin, ICAM-1 and ET-1 Biomarkers Address the Concern of the Challenging Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases
Verónica Pulito-Cueto¹, Sara Remuzgo-Martinez², Fernanda Genre Romero², Belén Atienza-Mateo³, Victor Mora-Cuesta⁴, David Iturbe-Fernández⁴, Leticia Lera-Gómez⁵, María Sebastián-Mora¹, Virginia Portilla¹, Alfonso Corrales¹, Ricardo Blanco¹, Jose Cifrian⁶, Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay⁷ and Raquel López-Mejías¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Immunopathology Group, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital-IDIVAL; Department of Pneumology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁶Immunopathology Group, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital-IDIVAL; Department of Pneumology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital; School of Medicine, Cantabria University, Santander, Spain, ⁷IDIVAL and School of Medicine, UC, Santander; Department of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) constitutes one of the most critical comorbidities in autoimmune diseases (AD), particularly in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic sclerosis (SSc)…
Abstract Number: 0624 • ACR Convergence 2023
Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) Based on Serological Profiles: Focus on Anti-Centromere Antibody (ACA) and Anti-RNA Polymerase III (ARA) Antibodies
Elizabeth Volkmann¹, Shervin Assassi², Christopher Denton³, Rozeta Simonovska⁴, Steven Sambevski⁵ and Elana Bernstein⁶, ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Mainanalytics GmbH, Sulzbach (Taunus), Sulzbach, Germany, ⁵Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Autoantibody profiles are associated with organ involvement and outcomes in patients with SSc. Anti-topoisomerase I antibody (ATA) positivity has been associated with a greater…
Abstract Number: 0645 • ACR Convergence 2023
Continuous Progressive ILD in Systemic Sclerosis Is Associated with Mortality
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Liubov Petelytska², Havard Fretheim¹, Trond Mogens Aaløkken³, Mike Becker⁴, Cathrine Brunborg⁵, Cosimo Bruni⁶, Christian Clarenbach⁷, Phuong Phuong Diep⁸, Rucsandra Dobrota⁶, Michael Durheim⁹, Muriel Elhai¹⁰, Thomas Frauenfelder¹¹, Suzana Jordan⁶, Emily Langballe¹², Oyvind Midtvedt¹, Carina Mihai⁶, Oyvind Molberg¹³ and Oliver Distler⁶, 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, ⁵Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Dept of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Dept of Respiratory diseases, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Dept of Respiratory diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰University Hospital zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Dept of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹²Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹³Dept of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that short term progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with mortality. However, it is…
Abstract Number: 0667 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in Systemic Sclerosis: A Population-based Study
Jiwon Hwang¹, Yeonghee Eun², Kyungdo Han³ and Joong Kyong Ahn², ¹Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea, ²Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have suggested a link between systemic sclerosis (SSc) and cardiovascular disease, but large-scale data are still lacking due to the nature of…
Abstract Number: 0941 • ACR Convergence 2023
RUNX1 Expression and Binding Site Accessibility Is Associated with Increased Disease Severity in Systemic Sclerosis
Rezvan Parvizi¹, Zhiyun Gong¹, Dillon Popovich¹, Tamar Abel², Helen Jarnagin¹, Madeline Morrisson¹, Tammara Wood², Jonathan Garlick³, Monique Hinchcliff⁴, Patricia Pioli¹ and Michael Whitfield¹, ¹Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ³Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Runt-related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1) is a member of the core-binding factor family that regulates proliferation, differentiation, and cell survival in multiple cell lineages.…
Abstract Number: 1042 • ACR Convergence 2023
B-line of Lung Ultrasound Reflects Different Morphological Features on Chest HRCT Between Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Systemic Sclerosis and Myositis
Shinji Watanabe¹, Keina Yomono², Shintaro Yamamoto¹, Mikito Suzuki³, Takahisa Gono⁴ and Masataka Kuwana⁴, ¹Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, ²Nippon Medical School University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a non-invasive imaging tool to evaluate distribution and severity of interstitial lung disease (ILD). Utility of LUS has been examined…
Abstract Number: 1623 • ACR Convergence 2023
Diffuse Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Patients Show Distinct Organ Involvement, Antibody Pattern and Have More Severe Disease in the Largest jSSc Cohort of the World. Results from the Juvenile Scleroderma Inception Cohort
Ivan Foeldvari¹, Jens Klotsche², Kathryn Torok³, Ozgur Kasapcopur⁴, Amra Adrovic⁵, Brian Feldman⁶, FLAVIO SZTAJNBOK⁷, Maria Teresa TErreri⁸, Ana Sakamoto⁹, Sindhu Johnson¹⁰, Jordi Anton¹¹, Valda Stanevica¹², Raju Khubchandani¹³, Dieneke Schonenberg-Meinema¹⁴, Eslam Al-Abadi¹⁵, Ekaterina Alexeeva¹⁶, Maria Katsikas¹⁷, Sujata Sawhney¹⁸, Vanessa Smith¹⁹, Simone Appenzeller²⁰, Tadey Avcin²¹, Mikhail Kostik²², Thomas Lehman²³, Hana Malcova²⁴, Edoardo Marrani²⁵, Clare Pain²⁶, Natalia Vasquez-Canizares²⁷, Patricia Costa Reis²⁸, Mahesh Janarthanan²⁹, Maria Jose Santos³⁰, Sima Abu Alsaoud³¹, Christina Battagliotti³², Lillemor Berntson³³, blanca e r bica³⁴, Juergen Brunner³⁵, Daniela Kaiser³⁶, Dragana Lazarevic³⁷, Kirsten Minden³⁸, Farzana Nuruzzaman³⁹, Siri Opsahl Hetlevik⁴⁰, Yosef Uziel⁴¹ and Nicola Helmus⁴², ¹Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ³University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷UFRJ/UERJ, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁹Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁰Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Pediatric Rheumatology Department, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Children's Clinical University Hospital, Zemgales priekšpilseta, Riga, Latvia, ¹³SRCC Childrens Hospital, Mumbai, India, ¹⁴Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁵Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ¹⁷Hospital de Pediatria Juan P Garrahan, Servicio de Inmunologia/Reumatologia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁸Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, India, ¹⁹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²⁰UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, ²¹University Children's Hospital University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²²Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, ²³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²⁴Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, ²⁵University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ²⁶Alder Hey NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²⁷Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ²⁸Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, ²⁹SRI RAMACHANDRA INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Chennai, India, ³⁰Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Lisboa, Portugal, ³¹Caritas baby Hospital, East Jerusalem, Israel, ³²Hospital de Niños Dr Orlando Alassia, Santa Fe, Argentina, ³³Dept. of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ³⁴Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ³⁵Medical University Innsbruck; Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Innsbruck, Austria, ³⁶Children's Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, ³⁷Dept of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology Clinical Center Nis, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Nis, Serbia, ³⁸Charité University Medicine and German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³⁹Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, ⁴⁰Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴¹Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Kfar Saba, Israel, ⁴²Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is an orphan disease with a prevalence of 3 in 1,000,000 children. In adult patients there are significant differences between…
Abstract Number: 2353 • ACR Convergence 2023
Role of Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-7 (IGFBP7) in Pulmonary Hypertension Pathogenesis and as a Biomarker Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (SSc-PAH)
Ye Jin Jeong¹, Soumyaroop Bhattacharya¹, Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez², Javier Rangel-Moreno¹, Qingfu Xu³ and Benjamin Korman¹, ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester, West Henrietta, NY, ³CanSino Biologic Inc., Tianjin, China
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: 2596 • ACR Convergence 2023
Head-To-Head Comparison of the Effectiveness of Tocilizumab, Rituximab, Mycophenolate Mofetil, and Cyclophosphamide in Patients with SSc-ILD from the EUSTAR Database
Qingran Yan¹, Cosimo Bruni², Alexandru Garaiman², Carina Mihai², Suzana Jordan², Mike Becker³, Muriel Elhai⁴, Rucsandra Dobrota², liubov Petelytska³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁵, Joerg Henes⁶, Eric Hachulla⁷, Elise Siegert⁸, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁹, Giovanna Cuomo¹⁰, Gabriela Riemekasten¹¹, Stefan Heitmann¹², valeria Riccieri¹³, Susanne Ullman¹⁴, Petros Sfikakis¹⁵, Francesca Ingegnoli¹⁶, Vera Bernardino¹⁷, Marie-Elise Truchetet¹⁸, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁹, SHUANG YE²⁰ and Oliver Distler², ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Swaziland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴University Hospital zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁷University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Hospital, Charité Platz 1, D-10117, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Department of Precision Medicine, “Luigi Vanvitelli” University of Campania, Naples, Italy, ¹¹University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Germany, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Marienhospital Stuttgart, Böheimstrasse 37, D-70199, Stuttgart, Germany, ¹³Department of Clinical, Internal and Cardiovascular Specialities, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Hospital Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁵National Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ¹⁶Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, ¹⁷Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁸Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁹University of Leeds - Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Muskuloskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ), rituximab (RTX), mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), and cyclophosphamide (CYC) are the immunosuppressants (IS) with the current best evidence for the treatment of systemic…
Abstract Number: 0332 • ACR Convergence 2023
Initial Characterization of a Skin Symptom Questionnaire for Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Jeong Min Yu¹, John VanBuren², Angela Child², Jessica Alvey², Lisa Mandl³, Laura Pinheiro⁴, Shervin Assassi⁵, Elana Bernstein⁶, Flavia Castelino⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Luke Evnin⁹, Tracy Frech¹⁰, Faye Hant¹¹, Laura Hummers¹², Dinesh Khanna¹³, Kimberly Lakin¹, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹⁴, Yiming Luo¹⁵, Ashima Makol¹⁶, Jerry Molitor¹⁷, Duncan Moore¹⁸, Carrie Richardson¹⁹, Nora Sandorfi²⁰, Ami Shah²¹, Ankoor Shah²², Victoria Shanmugam²³, Brian Skaug²⁴, Virginia Steen²⁵, Elizabeth Volkmann²⁶ and Jessica Gordon¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine College, New York, NY, ⁵University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Woodside, CA, ⁹Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ¹⁰Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁴University of Utah, Cottonwood Heights, UT, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ¹⁷University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁸Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹⁹Northwestern University, Riverside, IL, ²⁰University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ²²Duke University, Durham, NC, ²³Victoria Shanmugam, MD, Great Falls, VA, ²⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ²⁵Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²⁶University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Skin disease is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) is physician performed measurement that assesses the extent and…
Abstract Number: 0625 • ACR Convergence 2023
Use of Heated Gloves for Raynaud’s Phenomenon in Systemic Sclerosis
Kimti Kumar¹, Nor Hashimah Abu Mansor Matardiah², Kim Griggs³, Aline Kunnel⁴, Jennifer Walker⁵ and Susanna Proudman⁶, ¹SA Health and University of Adelaide, Millswood, Australia, ²Tuanku Fauziah Hospital, Kangar, Malaysia, ³Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Flinders Medical Centre and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Bedford Park, Australia, ⁶Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Background/Purpose: RP and its ischaemic complications are a major cause of morbidity in SSc. Non-pharmacological measures to minimise cold exposure can play a vital role…
Abstract Number: 0647 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: Insights from New Echocardiographic Parameters
Irene Carrión-Barberà¹, Laura Triginer², Laura Tío², Anna Pros³, Laia Belarte Tornero¹, Sara Valdivielso More¹, Sonia Ruiz Bustillo¹, Joan Vime Jubany¹, Nuria Farré López¹ and Ronald Morales Murillo¹, ¹Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disease that can affect multiple organs including the heart. Primary heart involvement in SSc refers…
Abstract Number: 0668 • ACR Convergence 2023
Increased Risk of Cancer in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Population-based Study
Jiwon Hwang¹, Yeonghee Eun², Kyungdo Han³ and Joong Kyong Ahn², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon-si, South Korea, ²Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown an association between systemic sclerosis and cancer. However, because the disease is rare, large-scale studies are lacking, especially in Asians.…
Abstract Number: 0942 • ACR Convergence 2023
G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinase 5 in Fibrotic Tissue Remodeling
Cuong Tran-Manh¹, Thuong Trinh-Minh¹, Christoph Liebel¹, Chih-Wei Chen² 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
Background/Purpose: G-protein coupled receptor kinase 5, GRK5, is a central regulator of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a vast family of cell surface receptors involved in…

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