Abstracts tagged "adhesion molecules and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 2659 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antibodies To Citrullinated Enolase, Fibrinogen, and Vimentin Are Associated With Markers Of Endothelial Dysfunction In First-Degree Relatives Of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Studies Of The Etiology Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jan M. Hughes-Austin¹, Kendra A. Young², Kevin D. Deane³, Michael H. Weisman⁴, Jane H. Buckner⁵, Ted R. Mikuls⁶, James R. O'Dell⁷, Richard M. Keating⁸, Peter K. Gregersen⁹, Jeremy Sokolove¹⁰, William H. Robinson¹¹, V. Michael Holers¹² and Jill M. Norris², ¹Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁶Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Rheumatology Section, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁹Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁰VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ¹¹Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ¹²Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, antibodies to citrullinated protein antigens (ACPA) have been detected in atherosclerotic plaques. In particular, antibodies to citrullinated fibrinogen (cit-fib)…