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Abstract Number: 1309 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prognosis Of Seronegative Patients In a Large Prospective Cohort Of Patients With Early Inflammatory Arthritis
Lillian J. Barra¹, Janet E. Pope², Boulos Haraoui³, Carol A. Hitchon⁴, J. Carter Thorne⁵, Edward C. Keystone^6,7, Diane Tin⁸, Gilles Boire⁹ and Vivian P. Bykerk¹⁰, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, Divsion of Rheumatology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ³Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁵Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Factor (RF) and anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (anti-CCP) are believed to be associated with more severe clinical outcomes; however, studies in Early Inflammatory Arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1310 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation Of The Japanese Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Of Rapid Radiographic Progression (RRP) Treated With Synthetic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) In Daily Practice: A Large-Scale Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study (an interim report of Apple Survey)
Akitomo Okada¹, Atsushi Kawakami², Takaaki Fukuda³, Toshihiko Hidaka⁴, Tomonori Ishii⁵, Yukitaka Ueki⁶, Takao Kodera⁷, Munetoshi Nakashima¹, Yuichi Takahashi⁸, Seiyo Honda⁹, Yoshiro Horai², Tomohiro Koga¹⁰, Mami Tamai¹¹, Kiyoshi Aoyagi¹², Ryu Watanabe⁵, Hiroshi Okuno¹³ and Katsumi Eguchi¹⁴, ¹Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Kurume University Medical Center, Kurume, Japan, ⁴Zenjinkai Shimin-No-Mori Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan, ⁵Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ⁶Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, ⁷Tohoku Kosei Nenkin Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ⁸Yu Family Clinic, Sendai, Japan, ⁹Kurume University School of Medicene, Kurume, Japan, ¹⁰Departments of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ¹¹Center for Health & Community Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ¹²Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ¹³Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ¹⁴Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are known to inhibit radiographic progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, there has been few epidemiological report…
Abstract Number: 1311 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Aiming Simple Disease Activity Score Remission At One Year Leads To Better 3-Year Radiographic and Functional Outcomes Than aiming low Disease activity in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated In Routine Practice. Data From Espoir Cohort
Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand¹, Gregory Guernec², Delphine Nigon³, Gabriel Tobon⁴, Bénédicte Jamard⁵, Anne-Christine Rat⁶, Olivier Vittecoq⁷, Alain G. Cantagrel⁸ and Arnaud L. Constantin¹, ¹Rheumatology, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse, France, ²UMR 1027, Inserm, Toulouse, France, ³Rheumatology, CHU Purpan - Hôpital Pierre-Paul Riquet, Toulouse, France, ⁴Unit of immunology, Brest, France, ⁵Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France, ⁶Université de Lorraine, Nancy, F-54000, France; Inserm, CIC-EC CIE6, Nancy, F-54000, France; CHU de Nancy, Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation Department, Nancy, F-54000, France; CHU de Nancy, Rheumatology department, Nancy, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital & Inserm905, University of Rouen, Rouen Cedex, France, ⁸Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Background/Purpose: The ultimate goal of Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to achieve remission in order to prevent structural…
Abstract Number: 1312 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score Correlates With Radiographic Progression In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From a Randomized Trial
Karen Hambardzumyan¹, Rebecca Bolce², Scott E. Cruickshank³, Eric H. Sasso², David Chernoff², Kristina Forslind⁴, Saedis Saevarsdottir⁵, Ingemar F. Petersson⁶, Pierre Geborek⁷, Sofia Ernestam⁸ and Ronald F van Vollenhoven⁹, ¹ClinTRID, the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ³Scott E. Cruickshank and Associates, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, ⁴Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute,, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁷Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁸Huddinge Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, ⁹ClinTRID, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: In early rheumatoid arthritis (eRA), predictors of radiographic damage would be useful for optimal targeting of therapy. It has been suggested that combining various…
Abstract Number: 1313 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tobacco Exposure Is Associated With Radiographic Damage In Hispanic and African American Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Rodolfo Perez Alamino¹, Luis R. Espinoza², Gail S. Kerr³, Christopher Swearingen⁴, Chunqiao Luo⁵, Yusuf Yazici⁶, Yvonne R. S. Sherrer⁷, Edward L. Treadwell⁸, Angelia D. Mosley-Williams⁹, Sharon Dowell¹⁰, Ignacio Garcia-Valladares¹¹, Theresa Lawrence-Ford¹², Adrian Godoy¹⁰, Akgun Ince¹³ and Cindy Flower¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Lousiana State University and LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Medicine-Section of Rheum, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ³Rheumatology, Washington DC VAMC and Georgetown University and Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴Pediatrics and Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁶New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ⁷Rheum/Immunology, Centre Rheum Immunol Arthritis, Fort Lauderdale, FL, ⁸Dept Medicine Div of Rheum, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, ⁹John Dingell VAMC, Detroit, MI, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Howard University, Washington, DC, ¹¹Rheumatology, Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, ¹²North Georgia Rheumatology Group, PC, Lawrenceville, GA, ¹³Arthitis Consultants Inc, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁴Medicine, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados
Background/Purpose: Although the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unknown, there are reported interactions of genetic and environmental factors. Tobacco exposure is a well-documented risk…
Abstract Number: 1314 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Ectopic Lymphoneogenesis Predicts Clinical Response To Certolizumab Pegol In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maria Di Cicco¹, Stephen Kelly¹, Frances Humby², Nora Ng¹, Sabrina Dadoun³, Rebecca Hands², Vidalba Rocher², Alessandra Nerviani¹, Michele Bombardieri² and Costantino Pitzalis⁴, ¹William Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, QMUL, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Predicting response to anti-TNF alpha inhibitors (TNFi) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is challenging. Therefore there is a high need for identification of biomarkers…
Abstract Number: 1279 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-IL-6 Receptor Antibody Is Effective In Arthritis Regardless Of Obesity In Mouse Model
Miho Suzuki, Hiroto Yoshida and Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Product Research Department, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Compared with non-obese patients, obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) reportedly experience worsening of symptoms [Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013; 65: 78-87] and do…
Abstract Number: 1293 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 As a Translational Marker For Efficacy Of Anti-Arthritic Treatments In Rat Collagen Induced Arthritis and Mouse Model Of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Bone Resorption
Ines Glojnaric, Snjezana Cuzic, Boska Hrvacic, Vanesa Ivetic Tkalcevic, Miroslava Dominis Kramaric and Vesna Erakovic Haber, Fidelta Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia
Background/Purpose: Matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP-13) is expressed by chondrocytes and synovial cells in human osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (Takaishi et al., 2008). Serum MMP-13…
Abstract Number: 1276 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunologic Monitoring and Infectious Complications In Pediatric Rheumatology Patients Treated With Rituximab
Alysha Taxter¹, Kathleen E. Sullivan² and Jon Burnham³, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Immunology ARC 1216, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Rituximab is an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody increasingly used in immunologic and malignant conditions to deplete B cells. Suppression of humoral immunity after rituximab exposure may…
Abstract Number: 1277 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Pilot Study Of Young Adults With Juvenile Dermatomyositis With Decreased Nailfold Capillary End Row Loops: Brachial Artery Reactivity and Oxidized Lipids
Lauren M. Pachman^1,2, Maureen A. McMahon³, Tamar Polonsky⁴, Gabrielle A. Morgan¹, Maria Amoruso⁵ and Chiang-Ching Huang⁶, ¹Cure JM Myositis Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Division of Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cardiology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Cure JM Myositis Center, Chicago, IL, ⁶Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Our center previously reported increased carotid intima media thickness, and lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels in young or middle-age adults with a history of…
Abstract Number: 1278 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Arthritis Severity and Joint Damage Locus Cia25/Pia42 Is a New Genetic Regulator of the Invasive Properties of Synovial Fibroblasts
Max Brenner^1,2, Teresina Laragione^1,2 and Percio Gulko^1,2, ¹Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²Molecular Medicine, Hosftra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and commonly disabling disease with a prevalence of 1% world-wide. Disease remission is rarely achieved with current treatments…
Abstract Number: 1280 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Role of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 3 Signaling in Murine Collagen-Induced Arthiritis
Hidetake Nagahara¹, Masataka Kohno¹, Ken Murakami¹, Aihiro Yamamoto¹, Takahiro Seno¹, Wataru Fujii¹, Kazuki Fujioka¹, Yuji Kukida¹, Ryo Oda², Hiroyoshi Fujiwara² and Yutaka Kawahito¹, ¹Department of Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ²Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Sphingolipids represent a major class of lipids that are ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic cell membranes. Through the interaction with a family of five G-protein-coupled…
Abstract Number: 1281 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inadequate Glucocorticoid Secretion in Experimental Arthritis in Rats Is Closely Linked to Impaired Mitochondria and Reduced Lipid Breakdown in the Adrenal Cortex
Christine Wolff¹, Katharina Krinner¹, Josef Schröder² and Rainer H. Straub³, ¹Laboratory of Exp. Rheumatology and Neuroendocrino-Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany, ²Department of Phatology, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine I, Laboratory of Exp. Rheumatology and Neuroendocrino-Immunology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis a functional deterioration of the HPA-axis in form of inadequately low secretion of glucocorticoids in relation to severity of inflammation can…
Abstract Number: 1282 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of RC-3095, An Antagonist of Gastrin-Releasin Peptide Receptor, Regulating Synovial Fibroblasts in Experimental Arthritis
Patricia Oliveira¹, Lidiane Filippin², Mirian Farinon², Vanessa Clarimundo², Gilberto Schwartsmann² and Ricardo M. Xavier³, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ²Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) is the mammalian homologue of the bombesin (BN), and its receptor signaling is involved in several functions, including inflammatory response.…
Abstract Number: 1283 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Power Doppler Ultrasound Phenotyping of Expanding Versus Collapsed Popliteal Lymph Nodes in Murine Inflammatory Arthritis
Echoe M. Bouta¹, Yawen Ju², Homaira Rahimi³, Ronald Wood⁴, Lianping Xing⁵ and Edward M. Schwarz⁶, ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁵Pathology & Lab Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁶Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease manifested by episodic flares in affected joints that are challenging to predict and treat. Longitudinal contrast…

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