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Abstract Number: 79 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
PECAM-1 GENE Polymorphisms and Soluble PECAM-1 LEVEL in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic LUPUS Erythematosus Patients Is There a Link with Clinical Atherosclerotic Events?
Omer Nuri Pamuk¹, Hilmi Tozkir², Mehmet Sevki Uyanik³, Hakan Gurkan⁴, Julide Duymaz⁴, Salim Donmez⁵, Metin Yazar² and Gulsum Pamuk³, ¹Rheumatology, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey, ²Genetics, Trakya University Medical Faculty, EDIRNE, Turkey, ³Hematology, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey, ⁴Trakya University Medical Faculty, EDIRNE, Turkey, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1/CD31) which plays a role in the transmigration of leucocytes into tissues is a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily.…
Abstract Number: 78 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
a HPLC-SRM-MS Based Method for the Detection and Quantification of Methotrexate Used at Doses in Clinical Practice for Patients with Rheumatological Disease in Urine
James Bluett¹, Isabel Riba-Garcia², Richard Unwin², Suzanne Verstappen³ and Anne Barton^4,5, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Advanced Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics (CADET), Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Manchester Academy of Health Sciences, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose Methotrexate (MTX) is a recommended first-line therapy in 2013 EULAR guidelines for active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Despite this, up to 54% do not adequately…
Abstract Number: 77 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epigenome Profiling Reveals Robust Hypomethylation of Interferon Signature Genes in Lupus Neutrophils
Patrick Coit¹, Sri Yalavarthi¹, Wenpu Zhao², Mariana J. Kaplan² and Amr H. Sawalha¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Lupus neutrophils play an important role in tissue damage (including glomerulonephritis and lupus skin involvement), as well as endothelial damage in lupus patients. Several…
Abstract Number: 96 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management in Patients with RA and Matched Non-RA Patients
H Cawston¹, E Alemao², F Bourhis¹, T Le³, M Al⁴, M Rutten-van Molken⁴, Katherine Liao⁵ and DH Solomon⁶, ¹OptumInsight, Nanterre, France, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hopewell, NJ, ⁴Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose : The relative risk of acute myocardial infarction in RA patients (pts) has been shown to range from 1.5 to 2.0, with a 1.4–2.7-fold…
Abstract Number: 95 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Patient Characteristics, Healthcare Costs, and Biologic Persistence Between Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating First- or Second-Line Subcutaneous Abatacept, Adalimumab, or Etanercept
S Johnston¹, F Lobo², D McMorrow¹, R Fowler¹, D Smith¹ and A Nadkarni², ¹Truven Health Analytics, Bethesda, MD, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, NJ
Background/Purpose: There are currently very limited comparative published data on the characteristics, healthcare costs, and biologic persistence among patients with RA who have been treated…
Abstract Number: 94 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Possible Effects of Medicare-Only Insurance Coverage on the Use of Biologics in Patients with RA
Marcia Genta, Dallas Arthritis Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Biologics, a relatively new widely used class of medication that can substantially improve the course of RA, are expensive and their use is not…
Abstract Number: 93 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Protein Profiling of Secretome Human Cartilage to Identify Potential EARLY Specific Biomarkers in Osteoarthritis
Lucia Lourido, Valentina Calamia, Patricia Fernandez-Puente, Jesus Mateos, Francisco J. Blanco Garcia, Beatriz Rocha, Carolina Fernández-Costa, Carlos Fernandez-Lopez, Natividad Oreiro and Cristina Ruiz-Romero, Grupo de Proteomica-PBR2-ProteoRed/ISCIII-Servicio de Reumatologia. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006., A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by the progressive loss of cartilage structural extracellular matrix (ECM) components. The release of these proteins from the tissue can…
Abstract Number: 92 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long Noncoding RNA Nron Regulates the Activity of NFAT5 through Ubiquitin-Independent Proteasome Pathway in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kunihiko Umekita^1,2, Michelle Trenkmann¹, Christoph Kolling³, Akihiko Okayama⁴, Renate Gay¹, Steffen Gay¹ and Mojca Frank Bertoncelj⁵, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich and Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, Infectious diseases and Laboratory medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, ³Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are increasingly recognized as master regulators of gene expression. The lncRNA NRON, noncoding repressor of nuclear factor of activated T…
Abstract Number: 91 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative Proteomics Using Dimethyl Isotope Labeling for Comparison of Fresh Frozen Versus Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue for Lupus Nephritis
Abhimanyu Amarnani¹, Joseph Capri², Puneet Souda³, David Elashoff⁴, Ivan Lopez⁵, Julian Whitelegge³ and Ram Singh¹, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³The Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Medicine/Statistics Core, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose Lupus nephritis (LN) progresses from mild focal inflammation, to diffuse proliferative nephritis, to fibrosis and end-stage renal disease. Though the understanding of LN has…
Abstract Number: 89 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Global miRNA Expression Profiling in Peripheral Blood and Synovial Fluid Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Enthesitis Related Arthritis
Sushma Singh, Ramnath Misra and Amita Aggarwal, Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis related arthritis (ERA) is the most common category of JIA in India. MicroRNA dysregulation has been associated with arthritis and autoimmune diseases. In…
Abstract Number: 88 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Microbiomes of Inflammatory and Non-Inflammatory Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Pauline Funchain*^1,2,3, Gary S. Hoffman*⁴, Lars Svensson⁵, Eric Roselli⁵, Gosta Pettersson⁶, Douglas Johnston⁶, Edward Soltesz⁶, Ritu Chakravarti⁷, Alison Clifford⁸ and Charis Eng², ¹Genomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ³Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Lerner Research Institure, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Aortitis may occur in the context of multifocal large and medium-sized vessel diseases such as giant cell arteritis (GCA) or Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and…
Abstract Number: 87 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of TRIM21 (RO52) Polymorphisms with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Japanese Population
Misaki Hidaka¹, Aya Kawasaki¹, Hiroshi Furukawa², Yuya Kondo³, Satoshi Ito⁴, Isao Matsumoto⁵, Makio Kusaoi⁶, Hirofumi Amano⁶, Akiko Suda⁷, Keigo Setoguchi⁸, Tatsuo Nagai⁹, Kota Shimada¹⁰, Shoji Sugii¹⁰, Akira Okamoto¹¹, Noriyuki Chiba¹², Eiichi Suematsu¹³, Masao Katayama¹⁴, Akiko Okamoto¹⁵, Hajime Kono¹⁵, Shigeru Ohno⁷, Shunsei Hirohata¹⁶, Shouhei Nagaoka¹⁷, Yoshinari Takasaki¹⁸, Hiroshi Hashimoto¹⁹, Shigeto Tohma², Takayuki Sumida³ and Naoyuki Tsuchiya¹, ¹Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan, ⁵Department of Interenal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁸Allergy and Immunological Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology,, Himeji Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Himeji, Japan, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Morioka Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Morioka, Japan, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Institute, Kyushu Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Fukuoka, Japan, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan, ¹⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁶Int Med/Rheumatol & Infec Dis, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyousai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose TRIM21, also referred to as Ro52 or SS-A1, belongs to the tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) family. TRIM21 is not only important as an autoantigen, but…
Abstract Number: 86 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor A3 (LILRA3) with Systemic Sclerosis
Yuki Hachiya¹, Aya Kawasaki¹, Takashi Matsushita², Hiroshi Furukawa³, Shouhei Nagaoka⁴, Kota Shimada⁵, Shoji Sugii⁵, Takayuki Sumida⁶, Shigeto Tohma³, Minoru Hasegawa⁷, Manabu Fujimoto⁸, Shinichi Sato⁹, Kazuhiko Takehara¹⁰ and Naoyuki Tsuchiya¹, ¹Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Deramtology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, ³Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyousai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁷Dermatology, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan, ⁸Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁹Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Dermatology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: The leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors (LILRs) are a gene family located in leukocyte receptor complex at 19q13.4. LILRs are expressed mainly in immune cells as…
Abstract Number: 85 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Protective Association of HLA-DRB1*13:02 Against MPO-ANCA Positive ANCA-Associated Vasculitis in a Japanese Population
Naoyuki Tsuchiya¹, Narumi Hasebe¹, Ken-ei Sada², Shigeto Kobayashi³, Hidehiro Yamada⁴, Hiroshi Furukawa⁵, Kunihiro Yamagata⁶, Takayuki Sumida⁷, Nobuyuki Miyasaka⁸, Seiichi Matsuo⁹, Shigeto Tohma⁵, Shoichi Ozaki¹⁰, Hiroshi Hashimoto¹¹, Hirofumi Makino², Masayoshi Harigai¹² and Aya Kawasaki¹, ¹Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Koshigaya Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁵Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁸Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ¹¹Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Department of Pharmacovigilance, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose Epidemiology of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) – associated vasculitis (AAV) is substantially different between European and Asian populations. In the Japanese population, the majority…
Abstract Number: 83 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Whole Exome Sequencing Analysis Performed on a Patient with Fibroblastic Rheumatism
Michal Feldon MD¹, Keith A. Sikora², John B. Harley³, Jennifer L. Huggins¹, Hermine I. Brunner⁴ and Kenneth M. Kaufman³, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴PRCSG, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose Fibroblastic Rheumatism is a rare disease, first described in 1980 with almost 30 cases reported thus far. One-third of the patients are children. The…

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