Abstract Number: 2613 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Reported Physical Capacity Correlates with Phenylalanine Serum Levels in Patients with Early Untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Lipolysis is increased in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and lipid-induced insulin resistance coincides with anabolic resistance. Ability to maintain skeletal muscle mass is impaired in…Abstract Number: 2614 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Single Academic Center Experience with 14-3-3 Eta in the Evaluation of Inflammatory Arthritis
Background/Purpose: 14-3-3 proteins are chaperonins found in all eukaryotic cells. There are multiple isoforms which are thought to be involved in intracellular signaling and transcription…Abstract Number: 2615 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in a Patient-Reported Measure of Physical Function, PF-10a, Are Most Strongly Associated with Changes in the Patient Global Assessment Portion of a Composite Measure of RA Disease Activity
Background/Purpose: A brief patient-reported measure of physical function, the PROMIS PF-10a, is sensitive to changes in disease activity among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However,…Abstract Number: 2616 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Study of Anti-Carbamylated Protein Antibody in the Rheumatoid Patients Who Were Clinically Active and Under Treatment with Biological Dmards
Background/Purpose: A newly discovered anti-carbamylated protein antibody (anti-CarP) is found prior to disease-onset, associates with the conversion towards arthralgia and with a more severe disease…Abstract Number: 2617 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum 14-3-3eta Protein Elevation in Osteoarthritis Suggests Misclassification or Concurrent Inflammatory Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Tissue distribution of the chaperonin 14-3-3η (eta) is limited to synovial tissue and brain. Synovium releases proinflammatory 14-3-3η into synovial fluid and serum in…Abstract Number: 2618 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Methotrexate Dose May Associated with the Frequency of Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease that is characterized by synovitis and the destruction of articular structures of multiple joints. The goal…Abstract Number: 2619 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Usefulness of Periodic Detection of Serum 14-3-3η for Predicting Efficacy of Tocilizumab in RA
Background/Purpose: Serum 14-3-3η is a diagnostic marker for RA. Recent in vitro evidence indicates that it may play a casual role in the pathogenesis of…Abstract Number: 2620 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictive Value of Anti-Carbamylated Protein Antibodies in Patients with Early Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Anti-carbamylated protein (anti-CarP) antibodies have been described as a new type of autoantibodies specific of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They seem useful as…Abstract Number: 2621 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics of Histopathology and Clinical Course of 19 Cases That Developed a Lymphoproliferative Disease (LPD) during Methotrexate (MTX) Treatment.
Background/Purpose: We examined the clinical features of the cases after discontinuation or decrease of dosage of MTX in the MTX-LPD.Methods: We retrospectively examined a patient…Abstract Number: 2622 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum RANKL Levels, Associate with Anti Citrullinated Proteins Antibodies (ACPA) in Early-Untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis and Is Modulated Following Methotrexate
Background/Purpose: Receptor Activator of Nuclear factor Kappa-b Ligand (RANKL) is a key regulator of bone metabolism. Anti-citrullinated (cit) protein antibodies (ACPA) have been suggested to…Abstract Number: 2623 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DAS28-ESR and DAS28-CRP Are Not Exchangeable in Daily Clinical Practice: Data from a Large Outpatient Cohort
Background/Purpose: The original DAS28 is based on the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). An alternative formulation uses the C-reactive protein (CRP). Previous research1,2,3 suggests that in…Abstract Number: 2624 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Content Validation of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Short Forms in People Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The process of patient reported outcome (PRO) validation requires demonstration that the concept being measured and the patient experience of the corresponding symptom or…Abstract Number: 2625 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
SDAI 50 Is More Stringent Than the EULAR Response Measure and a Better Predictor of Low Disease State/Remission in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from an Early Arthritis Cohort
Background/Purpose: To compare the sensitivity of the EULAR and SDAI50 response measures (RMs) and their impact on future response to treatment in patients with early…Abstract Number: 2626 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity Predicts ABCB1 and ABCG2 Drug-Efflux Transporters Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients
Background/Purpose: ABCB1 (P-gp) and ABCG2 (BCRP1) are part of the adenine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette transporter proteins. These proteins can modulate inflammatory responses and mediate efflux…Abstract Number: 2627 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does 14-3-3 ETA Protein Offer Any Additional Diagnostic Value in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Background/Purpose: Serum 14-3-3 eta has been described to have diagnostic utility and in established RA an association has been established between the levels of this…
