Abstracts tagged "uveitis and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 2269 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Infliximab Therapy in Refractory Retinal Vasculitis of Behçet’s Disease, Short and Long-Term Follow-up. Multicenter Study of 72 Patients
José Luis Martín-Varillas¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, Vanesa Calvo-Río², Diana Prieto Peña², Monica Calderón Goercke², Rosalía Demetrio-Pablo³, Javier Loricera³, M. Victoria Hernández⁴, Alfredo Adan⁵, Marina Mesquida⁵, Diana Peiteado⁶, David Diaz-Valle⁷, Lucía Martínez-Costa⁸, Elia Valls-Pascual⁸, Miguel A. Caracuel⁹, Angel Garcia-Aparicio¹⁰, Jose M Herreras¹¹, Miguel Cordero-Coma¹², Carlos Alberto Montilla-Morales¹³, Alejandro Fonollosa¹⁴, Antonio Atanes¹⁵, Félix Francisco¹⁶, Ignacio Torre-Salaberri¹⁷, Olga Maíz¹⁸, Ana Blanco¹⁹, Cruz Fernandez-Espartero²⁰, Norberto Ortego Centeno²¹, Enrique Raya Álvarez²², Myriam Gandía²³, Francisco Javier López Longo²⁴, Maria Alcalde-Villar²⁵, Cristina Fernández-Carballido²⁶, Esperanza Pato Cour²⁷, Oscar Ruiz Moreno²⁸, Fernando Jiménez-Zorzo²⁹, Raquel Almodóvar González³⁰, Carmen Carrasco-Cubero³¹, Luis Francisco Linares³², Fredeswinda I. Romero-Bueno³³, Santos Insua³⁴, Senen González-Suárez³⁵, Marisa Hernández³⁶, Emma Beltrán³⁷, Juan Cruz³⁸, Carlos Férnandez Cid³⁹, Elena Aurrecoechea⁴⁰, Enar Pons¹, Miguel Angel González-Gay³ and Ricardo Blanco¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Clinic. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clinic. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset. Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain, ⁹Hospital de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain., Córdoba, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital de Toledo. Toledo. Spain, Toledo, Spain, ¹¹Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario, IOBA. Valladolid. Spain, Valladolid, Spain, ¹²Ophthalmology, Hospital de León. Spain, León, Spain, ¹³Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca. Spain, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁴Ophthalmology, Hospital de Cruces. Bilbao. Spain, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁵Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña. Spain, A Coruna, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Doctor Negrín. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto. Bilbao. Spain, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastian. Spain, San Sebastián, Spain, ¹⁹Ophtamology, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastian. Spain, San Sebastian, Spain, ²⁰Rheumatology, Hospital de Móstoles. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio. Granada. Spain, Granada, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio. Granada. Spain, Granada, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, Hospital Puerta del Mar. Cádiz. Spain, Cádiz, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²⁸Ophthalmology and Rheumatology, Hospital Miguel Servet. Zaragoza. Spain, Zaragoza, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Miguel Servet. Zaragoza. Spain, Zaragoza, Spain, ³⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ³¹Hospital de Mérida. Spain, Mérida, Spain, ³²Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca. Murcia. Spain, Murcia, Spain, ³³Section for Autoimmune Diseases, Rheumatology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital & Health Research Institute, Madrid, Spain, ³⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Santiago de Compostela. La Coruña. Spain, La Coruña, Spain, ³⁵Rheumatology, Hospital de Cabueñes. Gijón. Spain, Gijón, Spain, ³⁶Ophthalmology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain, ³⁷Rheumatology, Hospital del Mar. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁸Hospital de Pontevedra. Pontevedra. Spain, Pontevedra, Spain, ³⁹Ophthalmology, Hospital de Pontevedra. Pontevedra. Spain, Pontevedra, Spain, ⁴⁰Rheumatology, Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega. Cantabria. Spain, Torrelavega, Spain
Background/Purpose: Retinal vasculitis is a serious complication of uveitis due to Behçet’s disease (BD). The treatment is based on corticosteroids, conventional immunosuppressants (IS) and anti-TNF-α…
Abstract Number: 2150 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Autoimmune Uveitis : Potential Role of Interleukin-22 (IL-22) in Pathogenesis
El-Desouki Fouda¹, El-Sayed Mostafa Elewah², Mona Elrayes³, Ghada Fouda⁴ and Mohamed Ahmed Bakry⁵, ¹Al-Azhar University, Dokki Cairo, Egypt, ²Opthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, ³Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁴Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁵Al-Azhar University, Allergy & Immunology Center, Cairo, Egypt
Background/Purpose: : IL-22 is a member of IL-10 family, with both anti- inflammatory and pro- inflammatory functions, orchestrating the immune and inflammatory response.IL-22 is secreted…
Abstract Number: 2760 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Interferon Alfa-Associated Depression in Patients with Behçet’s Syndrome
Yasin Keskin¹, Emire Seyahi², Cagri Poyraz³, Serdal Ugurlu¹, Yilmaz Ozyazgan⁴ and Hasan Yazici⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Division of Rheumatology,Department of Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Department of Psychiatry, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University Of Istanbul, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Department of Ophthalmology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Interferon (IFN) is an effective immune-modulatory agent in the medical management of eye disease of Behçet’s syndrome (BS). The agent is frequently associated with…