Abstract Number: 2583 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Important Role of CD11c+ Dendritic Cells in Inflammatory Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in bridging the innate and the adaptive immune response by serving as antigen presenting cells and are…Abstract Number: 2584 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Disease Relapses By Multi-Biomarker Disease Test Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Tapering DMARD Treatment
Background/Purpose: To analyze the role of multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) in predicting disease relapses in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in sustained remission, tapering disease modifying…Abstract Number: 2585 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum 14-3-3η Is an RA Specific Mechanistic Marker
Background/Purpose: 14-3-3η is an emerging soluble Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) biomarker that activates intracellular pathways that lead to the upregulation of inflammatory and joint damage factors.…Abstract Number: 2586 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Myocardial Damage in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), cardiac involvement is common and frequently subclinical. We used cardiac MRI to identify myocardial abnormalities in patients with active RA,…Abstract Number: 2587 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CRP and 14-3-3η Are Each Associated with Joint Damage Progression, Their Titres Do Not Correlate and Are Better Predictors of Progression Together Than Alone
Background/Purpose: As a marker of inflammation and an acute phase reactant, C-reactive protein (CRP) is routinely used in clinical practice and in RA classification criteria.…Abstract Number: 2588 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Survivin Links Smoking and High Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women
Background/Purpose : Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are predominantly female, smokers and positive for autoantibodies, rheumatoid factor and antibodies to citrullinated peptides. The oncoprotein survivin…Abstract Number: 2589 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations Between 49 Susceptibility SNPs and Disease Activity Including Radiographic Damage in Early Untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and meta-GWAS studies have identified >50 single nucleotide-polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is,…Abstract Number: 2590 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody and Radiographic Disease Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positivity is associated with more rapid radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A majority of prior studies, however, have assessed…Abstract Number: 2591 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Residual Synovitis Has an Impact on the Time to Relapse in RA Patients Considered in Clinical Remission: A Real Life Study of 211 Patients
Background/Purpose: Previous publications have suggested that patients in clinical remission with residual ultrasound (US) synovitis flare more often and do not stay in remission as…Abstract Number: 2592 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Many Autoantibodies Have Different Characteristics at Presentation Compared to Patients with Few Autoantibodies
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are frequently positive for one or several autoantibodies like rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and anti-carbamylated protein…Abstract Number: 2593 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Index of Activity Speed (Time Up and Go test) and Patient-Reported Outcome in Patients with Long-Standing Rheumatoid Arthritis: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study for Evaluation of Joint Surgery on Physical Function
Background/Purpose: Total management including reconstructive joint surgery and rehabilitation should be needed for further improvements of physical function for long-standing RA patients. It is very…Abstract Number: 2594 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score As a Predictor of Flare in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Stop TNF-Alpha-Inhibitor Therapy
Background/Purpose: Prediction which rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in low disease activity (LDA) can successfully discontinue TNF inhibition (TNFi) may improve the cost-effectiveness of RA management.…Abstract Number: 2595 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies to Citrullinated Fibrinogen, Anti-CCP2 and Anti-MCV Antibodies in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Rapid Radiographic Progression at 1-Year
Background/Purpose: We compared the ability of anti-CCP2, anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV) and anti-citrullinated fibrinogen (AhFibA) antibodies to predict 1-year rapid radiographic progression (RRP; total Sharp…Abstract Number: 2596 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Less Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Power Doppler Activity Seen in Obese Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Studies report that obese and overweight patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are less likely to attain remission and more likely to have limited therapeutic…Abstract Number: 2597 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fine Specificity of Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies Is Associated with Left Ventricular Mass Index in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients without Cardiovascular Disease
Background/Purpose: Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of excess deaths in RA. We previously found an association between left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and…
