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Welcome to "ACR Journals on Air," the ACR's newest podcast series featuring interviews, commentary, and analysis on research from our three peer-reviewed journals. Join us each episode for engaging discussions with authors and independent experts about recently published studies, their implications for clinical care, and how they move the field of rheumatology forward. Whether it's an expert analy... more

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In this episode, Drs. Nilasha Ghosh and Anne Bass discuss immune-related adverse events from immune checkpoint inhibitors, focusing on psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. They review early clinical recognition, epidemiology, and findings from a multic... more

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In this episode, Dr. Katie McMenamin and Dr. Josh Baker discuss their research on the genetic drivers of pain in rheumatoid arthritis, drawing on data from the FORWARD and VARA cohorts. They explore how genetic risk scores relate to pain and disease ... more

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In this episode, Dr. Shervin Assassi discusses a secondary analysis of the SENSCIS trial, exploring how peripheral blood gene expression may predict response to mycophenolate in systemic sclerosis–associated lung disease. He highlights key findings l... more

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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Sasha Bernatsky about her research on the relationship between exposure to fine particulate air pollution and the development of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. She explains what fine particulate matter is, ... more

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Recent Guests

Nilasha Ghosh
First author of the manuscript discussed; rheumatologist
Hospital for Special Surgery; Weill Cornell Medical College
Episode: Apremilast in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Anne Bass
Senior author; rheumatologist
Hospital for Special Surgery; Weill Cornell Medical College
Episode: Apremilast in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Katie McMenamin
First author
Boston Medical Center / University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Genetic Risk Score for Pain in RA
Joshua Baker
Senior author
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Genetic Risk Score for Pain in RA
Shervin Assassi
Director of Rheumatology, Professor and Norana B. Warner Endowed Chair in the Division of Rheumatology at UT Health Houston
UT Health Houston
Episode: Peripheral Blood Gene Expression and Scleroderma Lung Disease
Sasha Bernatsky
Senior author of the manuscript on SARD risk and PM2.5 exposure
McGill University; CAN-AIM; Epidemiology and health services research
Episode: SARD Risk and Environmental Exposures
Elizabeth Volkmann
Senior author of the manuscript; director of UCLA Scleroderma Program; expert in systemic sclerosis
UCLA Scleroderma Program
Episode: Fecal Metabolome in Early Systemic Sclerosis
Dr. Madeline O'Sullivan
Rheumatology fellow at the University of Utah, with research on the use of ICIs in RA patients.
University of Utah
Episode: Mortality in RA Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs)
Evelyne Vinet
Associate professor in the divisions of clinical epidemiology, experimental medicine, and rheumatology at McGill University in Canada.
McGill University
Episode: TNF Inhibitors and Risk of Serious Infection in Pregnancy

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Vicky Shamigam
Host of ACR Journals On Air; affiliated with American College of Rheumatology
Parth Kumar
Guest host

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 29 ratings
  • Fantastic

    The episodes, the content, the speakers, and the range of topics covered are excellent. Listening to ACR journals on air should be a requirement for maintenance of certification. Thank you for your amazing work.

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    5
    RheumforMagic
    Canada8 months ago
  • Semi-retired elderly rheumatologist

    A GREAT way to help to stay current

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    DrDocko
    United States3 years ago
  • Great start

    Informative and interesting topics with a great host who makes all the science easy to understand and the guests relatable

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Dr Review Things
    United States4 years ago
  • Great podcast

    This is terrific!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Kannon Shanmugam
    United States4 years ago

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Genetic Risk Score for Pain in RA
Q: What are the limitations of this study and what comes next?
Limitations include a smaller development cohort (Forward) and the lack of fibromyalgia phenotyping in VARA, which restricts deeper analysis of fibromyalgia diagnoses; future work should involve larger development cohorts and integrated phenotyping to better explore fibromyalgia and other pain conditions in RA, as well as investigating impacts on care and long-term outcomes.
Genetic Risk Score for Pain in RA
Q: How many people were included and what were the demographics like?
A combined analysis included 756 participants from Forward and 2,176 from VARA who had both genotype data and pain data, with notable differences such as sex distribution (VARA being predominantly male due to veterans, Forward more balanced) and average age differences, reflecting the cohorts' distinct populations.
Genetic Risk Score for Pain in RA
Q: What was the question you were actually trying to answer with this study?
We wanted to understand whether a genetic predisposition to pain, captured via a polygenic risk score based on fibromyalgia-related SNPs, could influence pain and disease activity measurements in RA across two independent cohorts, thereby indicating that chronic pain has a measurable genetic component separate from RA biology.
Peripheral Blood Gene Expression and Scleroderma Lung Disease
Q: What is the practical takeaway for clinical decision-making or trial design moving forward?
Peripheral gene expression profiling may help stratify enrollment or guide monitoring in SSC-ILD trials, especially when background immunosuppression is allowed, though it should complement, not replace, clinical markers like CRP.
Peripheral Blood Gene Expression and Scleroderma Lung Disease
Q: Why was the Senscis trial's placebo arm, and its design, particularly valuable for this analysis?
Senscis provided a large, international, standardized dataset where half the placebo participants were on background mycophenolate and half were not, allowing us to separate natural history from treatment effects and to validate findings across trials.

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What is ACR Journals On Air about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A cutting-edge rheumatology-focused show that translates recent research into clinical context. Across recent episodes, discussions cover gut microbiome and metabolomics in systemic sclerosis, cancer immunotherapy in autoimmune patients, pregnancy-related infectious risks with TNF inhibitors, predictors for difficult-to-treat RA, ultrasound and imaging in giant cell arteritis, ageism in rheumatology, megakaryocyte biology and immune aging, cancer therapy–triggered autoimmunity, pulmonary hypertension in connective tissue disease, B cell tolerance mechanisms, late-onset interstitial lung disease in scleroderma, Castleman disease, lupus care pathways, and diabetes–lupus intersections. Notable strengths include access to leading researchers, t... more

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