Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 736 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Reduced Circulating Levels of Inorganic Pyrophosphate Are Associated with Ectopic Calcification in Scleroderma Spectrum Disorders
Vivien Hsu¹, Naomi Schlesinger ², Qiaoli Li ³ and John Varga ⁴, ¹Rutgers- RWJ Medical School, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, ²Rutgers Health- RWJ Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ³Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago,, IL
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis due to ectopic mineralization is a common and disabling complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) that has poorly understood pathogenesis and no effective…
Abstract Number: 1050 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Signatures in Classical Monocytes from African Ancestry Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Peter Allen¹, Jena Wirth ², Nathan Wilson ², Jim Oates ³, Melissa Cunningham ², Devin Absher ⁴ and Paula Ramos ², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ³Division of Rheumatology & Immunology/Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare, fibrotic autoimmune disorder characterized by cutaneous and visceral fibrosis, immune dysregulation, and vasculopathy. It disproportionately affects individuals of…
Abstract Number: 1633 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between YKL-40, VEGF, and IL-5 in Borderline mPAP and Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Tetsuya Furukawa¹, Yuichi Yokoyama ², Teppei Hashimoto ³, Naoto Azuma ⁴ and Kiyoshi Matsui ⁴, ¹Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ²Hyogo College of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an intractable connective tissue disease that causes skin and organ fibrosis, and its prognosis is affected by pulmonary hypertension (PH).…
Abstract Number: 1830 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Short- and Long-term Morbidity and Mortality Outcomes of African American Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease
Elizabeth Volkmann¹, Virginia Steen ², Ning Li ³, Michael Roth ⁴, Philip Clements ³, Dinesh Khanna ⁵, Daniel Furst ⁶, Shervin Assassi ⁷, Grace Kim ³, Jonathan Goldin ³, Robert Elashoff ³ and Donald Tashkin ³, ¹University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ²Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA, Georgetown, ³University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ⁴University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, ⁶University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Observational studies have demonstrated that African American (AA) patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have a more unfavorable prognosis compared with non-AA. However, no studies…
Abstract Number: 2602 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Changes in Fecal Microbiota Composition After Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Systemic Sclerosis
Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Håvard Fretheim ², Brian Chung ³, Henriette Didriksen ³, Espen Bækkevold ³, Øyvind Midtvedt ³, Cathrine Brunborg ³, Kristian Holm ³, Anders Tennøe ³, Torhild Garen ³, Tore Midtvedt ⁴, Marius Trøseid ³, Johannes Hov ³, Knut Lundin ³ and Øyvind Molberg ², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ²University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: In the double-blind, placebo-controlled 16-week pilot including 10 systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms we found that fecal microbiota…
Abstract Number: 2914 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Predictors to Develop Definite Systemic Sclerosis (SSc): Results from an International Multicentre Study on Very Early DiagnOsis of Systemic Sclerosis (VEDOSS)
Silvia Bellando-Randone¹, Gemma Lepri ¹, Dorte Huscher ², Tunde Minier ³, Serena Guiducci ⁴, Cosimo Bruni ¹, Laszlo Czirjak ³, Maurizio Cutolo ⁵, Vanessa Smith ⁶, Jerome Avouac ⁷, Daniel Furst ⁸, Yannick Allanore ⁷, Oliver Distler ⁹ and Marco Matucci-Cerinic ¹⁰, ¹Dept. Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi – University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ²Charitè-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, ⁴Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ⁵Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁶Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Dept. of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center (IRC), Ghent, Belgium, Gent, Belgium, ⁷Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, Rheumatology department, Paris, France, ⁸University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁰University of Florence, Department of Medicine, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: The very early diagnosis of SSc is a challenge today. The aim of the VEDOSS project was to study in an at-risk population, the…
Abstract Number: 711 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Evaluation of the Hands in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Osteophytosis Is a Major Contributor to Tender Joints
Robert Fairchild¹, Melody Chung ¹, Laurel Sharpless ¹, Shufeng Li ², Jison Hong ¹, Khushboo Sheth ¹ and Lorinda Chung ¹, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a progressive fibrotic and vascular disease with peripheral manifestations including arthritis, tendinopathy, sclerodactyly, contractures, calcinosis, acroosteolysis, and vascular disease which…
Abstract Number: 737 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The MUC5B Promoter Variant Does Not Predict Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis-related Interstitial Lung Disease
Elizabeth Volkmann¹, Donald Tashkin ², Michael Roth ³, Ning Li ², Grace Kim ², Jonathan Goldin ², Maureen Mayes ⁴, Julio Charles ⁵, Philip Clements ², Daniel Furst ⁶, Dinesh Khanna ⁷, Robert Elashoff ² and Shervin Assassi ⁴, ¹University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ²University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ³University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁵University of Texas, Houston, Houston, ⁶University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) affects the majority of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The disease course of ILD varies among SSc patients and no…
Abstract Number: 1051 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Identification of Differential Chromatin Accessibility Using ATAC-seq in a Novel 3D Tissue Culture System of Systemic Sclerosis
Tamar Wheeler¹, Ji-Qing Chen ¹, Diana Toledo ¹, Bhaven Mehta ², Yue Wang ², Meredith Brown ¹, Rajan Bhandari ³ and Mengqi Huang ⁴, ¹Dartmouth College, Hanover, ²Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ³Dartmouth College, Lebanon, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Although the majority of SSc research has focused on differential gene expression, recent studies havedemonstrated that non-coding epigenetic changes in chromatin accessibility are likely…
Abstract Number: 1637 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Clinical Features of Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibodypositive Systemic Sclerosis with and Without Malignancy
Masanari Kodera¹, Yoshihito Tanaka ², Yumi Ito ², Miho Sugata ², Satoko Hisada ², Naohisa Ichiki ² and Toshiaki Tanabe ², ¹Japan Community Health care Organization Chukyo Hospital, Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Aichi, Japan, ²Japan Community Health care Organization Chukyo hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) patients with anti-RNA polymerase III (RNAP) antibody have been reported to have an increased risk of malignancy as compared with those…
Abstract Number: 1832 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Reliability of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Calculators in Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Yasser Radwan¹, Reto Kurmann ², Avneek Singh Sandhu ³, Cynthia Crowson ⁴, Eric Matteson ⁵, Thomas Osborn ¹, Kenneth Warrington ², Rekha Mankad ¹ and Ashima Makol ¹, ¹Mayo Clinic Minnesota, rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic Rochester, rochester, MN, ³kettering health, dayton, OH, ⁴Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, ⁵Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester
Background/Purpose: Most cardiovascular (CV) risk calculators including the Framingham risk score (FRS) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) / American Heart Association (AHA) risk score…
Abstract Number: 2603 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Course of Progressive Lung Fibrosis in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) in the EUSTAR Database
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Yannick Allanore ², Margarida Alves ³, Nicole Graf ⁴, Paolo Airò ⁵, Lidia P. Ananyeva ⁶, László Czirják ⁷, Serena Guiducci ⁸, Eric Hachulla ⁹, Mengtao Li ¹⁰, Carina Mihai ¹¹, Gabriela Riemekasten ¹², Petros Sfikakis ¹³, Gabriele Valentini ¹⁴, Otylia Kowal-Bielecka ¹⁵ and Oliver Distler ¹⁶, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁴Graf Biostatistics, Winterthur, Switzerland, Winterthur, Switzerland, ⁵UO Reumatologia e Immunologia Clinica, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ⁶VA Nasonova Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ⁷Dept. of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, Pécs, Hungary, ⁸Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ⁹Dept. of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Claude Huriez, University of Lille, Lille, France, Lille, France, ¹⁰Dept. of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (West Campus), Beijing, China, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹¹Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany, Lübeck, Germany, ¹³Joint Rheumatology Programme, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ¹⁴Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, II Policlinico U.O. Reumatologia, Napoli, Italy, Napoli, Italy, ¹⁵Dept. of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, Bialystok, Poland, ¹⁶Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The course of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is heterogeneous; some patients may experience rapid decline in lung function, while others have relatively…
Abstract Number: 2915 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Machine-learning Classification Identifies a Subset of Patients That Improve on Abatacept via Modulation of a CD28-Related Pathway
Bhaven Mehta ¹, Jennifer Franks ¹, Yiwei Yuan ², Yue Wang ¹, Veronica Berrocal ³, Tammara Wood ¹, Cathie Spino ⁴, David Fox ⁵, Dinesh Khanna ⁶ and Michael Whitfield⁷, ¹Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, ³Department of Biostatistics, School of Publich Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ⁶Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, ⁷Department of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, NH
Background/Purpose: We analyzed a phase 2 study designed to assess the efficacy of abatacept in patients with diffuse Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). In this work, we…
Abstract Number: 713 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
NEMO Score in Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Is a Good Tool to Assess Both Steady State Levels and Overtime Changes of Disease Activity in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Comparison with Both the Composite EScSG and EUSTAR Indices for This Disease Status Entity
Francesca Pignataro ¹, Antonina Minniti ¹, Wanda Maglione ¹, Francesco Campanaro ¹, Domenico Sambataro ², Gianluca Sambataro ², Claudio Vitali ³ and Nicoletta Del Papa¹, ¹UOC Day Hospital Reumatologia, ASST Gaetano Pini, Milan, Italy, ²Istituto ArtroReuma, Catania, Italy, ³Sezione di Reumatologia, Istituto San Giuseppe, Como, Italy
Background/Purpose: We previously demonstrated that NEMO score, i.e., the cumulative number of microhaemorrhages (MHEs) and microthrombosis (MTs) observed in nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC), was a good…
Abstract Number: 738 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Systemic Sclerosis Myocarditis Has Unique Clinical, Histological and Prognostic Features: Comparative Analysis Between Patients with Endomyocardial Biopsy-proven Myocarditis
Giacomo De Luca¹, Silvia Bosello ², Corrado Campochiaro ¹, Silvia Sartorelli ³, Giovanni Peretto ⁴, Simone Sala ⁵, Giovanni Canestrari ², Gaetano Thiene ⁶, Cristina Basso ⁶, Paolo Della Bella ⁴, Elisa Gremese ⁷ and Lorenzo Dagna ¹, ¹Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ²Rheumathology Division, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ³Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, ⁴Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, ⁵Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Mialn, Italy, ⁶Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University and Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy, ⁷Division of Rheumatology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Myocarditis is a life-threatening inflammatory disease increasingly reported in Systemic Sclerosis(SSc); the histological, clinical and prognostic features of SSc-myocardits have not been elucidated yet.…

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