Abstracts tagged "anti-CCP antibodies"

Abstract Number: 2018 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sodium Chloride Consumption, Together with Smoking, Is Associated with ACPA Positivity
Xia Jiang¹, Björn Sundström², Lars Alfredsson³, Lars Klareskog⁴, Solbritt Rantapaa-Dahlqvist⁵ and Camilla Bengtsson⁶, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²2. Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ³Unit of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Enviornmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/ Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁶The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Increased salt concentration enhances the production of TH17 cells, which are highly proinflammatory and are pivotal in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis.1, 2 A population-based…
Abstract Number: 104 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies SLC8A3 As a Susceptibility Locus for ACPA-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis
Antonio Julià¹, Isidoro González-Alvaro², Antonio Fernandez-Nebro³, Francisco Blanco⁴, Benjamin Fernandez Gutierrez⁵, Antonio Gonzalez⁶, Juan D. Cañete⁷, Joan Maymo⁸, Mercedes Alperi-López⁹, Alejandro Olivé¹⁰, Hector Corominas¹¹, Víctor Martínez Taboada¹², Alba Erra¹³, Simon Sanchez Fernandez¹⁴, Arnald Alonso¹, María López-Lasanta¹, Raül Tortosa¹, S. Louis Bridges Jr.¹⁵, Jesús Tornero¹⁶ and Sara Marsal¹⁷, ¹Rheumatology Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Carlos Haya, Malaga, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Fundación Profesor Novoa Santos, A Coruna, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁶H. Clinico Universtiario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁷Unitat d’Artritis, Servei de Reumatologia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pí i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸H del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Asturias, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹¹Servei de Reumatologia, Hospital Moises Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹³CapiCAT group (Nailfold Capillaroscopy group from the Catalan Society for Rheumatology)., Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital General La Mancha Centro, Ciudad Real, Spain, ¹⁵Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology Research Unit, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients with serum anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) have a strong and specific genetic background. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS)…
Abstract Number: 1740 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Jaita Mukherjee¹, Maria Mouyis¹, Kavina Shah¹, Mohammad Mahdi Saeidinejad¹, Ayesha Akbar² and Shahir Hamdulay¹, ¹Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom, ²Gastroenterology, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Enteropathic arthropathy refers to the pattern of inflammatory arthritis seen in association with gastrointestinal pathology. Arthritis in the presence of inflammatory bowel disease can…
Abstract Number: 1641 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B Cell Depletion with Rituximab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Multiplex Bead Array Reveals Kinetics of IgG and IgA Autoantibodies to Citrullinated Antigens
Geraldine Cambridge¹, Lauren J. Lahey², Maria J. Leandro¹, William H. Robinson³ and Jeremy Sokolove⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Medicine, VA Palo Alto HealthCare System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Seropositivity for rheumatoid factors and anti-citrullinated (Cit) protein antibodies (ACPA) are the strongest predictor for clinical response to rituximab (RTX) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 1599 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients in High Resolutional CT (HRCT) and Titer of Anti Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies (anti-CCP2)
Masaomi Yamasaki, Rheumatology, Shin-Yokohama Arthritis and Rheumatology Clinic, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: To investigate clinical characteristics of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. And to analyze whether high resolutional CT (HRCT) and anti…
Abstract Number: 1578 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Are Associated with Subclinical Interstitial Lung Disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: A Population-Based Study
Elana J. Bernstein¹, R. Graham Barr², John H.M. Austin³, Steven M. Kawut⁴, Ganesh Raghu⁵, Jessica L. Sell⁶, Eric A. Hoffman⁷, John D. Newell Jr.⁸, Jubal R. Watts Jr.⁹, P. Hrudaya Nath¹⁰, Sushil K. Sonavane⁹, Joan M. Bathon¹, Darcy S. Majka¹¹ and David J. Lederer², ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ³Radiology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁴Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁷University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁸Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁹Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Approximately 30% of adults diagnosed with interstitial lung disease (ILD) have an underlying established autoimmune disease. Based on the strong links between autoimmunity and…
Abstract Number: 1559 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics and Medication Use Among Arab Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Some Arab States
Karim Bayoumy¹, Soha Roger Dargham¹, Wessam Elhaq¹, Samar Al Emadi², Mohammed Hammoudeh², Basel Masri³, Hussein Halabi⁴, Humeira Badsha⁵, Imad Uthman⁶, Salah Mahdy², Robert Plenge⁷, Richa Saxena⁷, Marianthi Kapiri¹ and Thurayya Arayssi⁸, ¹Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar, ²Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ³Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, ⁴Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and research center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Al Biraa Arthritis and Bone Clinic, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁶Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁷The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Program of Medical and Population Genetics, Cambridge, MA, ⁸Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Background/Purpose: Data on the clinical and genetic characteristics of Arab patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is limited. Our aim is to report on the clinical…
Abstract Number: 1250 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DNA Methylation and Its Relation to Immunological Phenotypes in Peripheral Blood: A Study of Anti-CCP Antibody Positivity from a Population-Based Pool
Sasha Bernatsky¹, Xiaojian Shao², Marie-Michelle Simon², Marvin J. Fritzler³, Philip Awadalla^4,5, Marie Hudson⁶, Ines Colmegna⁷, Tony Kwan² and Tomi Pastinen², ¹Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Department of Human Genetics, McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: DNA methylation represents an important potential mediator of environmental influences on autoimmunity, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Genome-wide methylation in the context of clinical phenotypes…
Abstract Number: 1208 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Well Do Acpas Discriminate and Predict RA in the General Population – a Study Based on 12,590 Population-Representative Swedish Twins
Aase Haj Hensvold¹, Thomas Frisell², Johan Askling² and Anca I Catrina¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Anti citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the distribution and diagnostic accuracy of ACPA in general population has…
Abstract Number: 1100 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Citrullinated Antigen-Specific B Cells in Peripheral Blood and Synovial Fluid of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Identification and Phenotypic Characterization
Priscilla Kerkman¹, Ellen I.H. van der Voort¹, Arnaud Zaldumbide², Emeline Fabre¹, Yoann Rombouts¹, Theo Rispens³, Gertjan Wolbink⁴, Rob Hoeben², Hergen Spits⁵, Dominique Baeten⁶, T. W. J. Huizinga¹, René E. M. Toes¹ and Hans Ulrich Scherer¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) in the majority of patients. ACPA represent highly disease-specific biomarkers that…
Abstract Number: 2660 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated 14-3-3η Serum Protein Levels Increase RA Confirmation Rates in Recent-Onset Polyarthritis Patients
Nathalie Carrier¹, Anthony Marotta², Artur de Brum-Fernandes^3,4, Patrick Liang^3,4, Ariel Masetto^5,6, Yuan Gui², Jane Savill², Sara Michienzi², Henri Ménard⁷, Walter Maksymowych⁸ and Gilles Boire⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ²Augurex Life Sciences Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁷MSK Research Axis, McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The 14-3-3 family of conserved regulatory proteins consists of seven isoforms: α/β, γ, δ/ζ, ε, η, θ/τ and σ. These proteins exist as intracellular…
Abstract Number: 530 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunomodulation of Naïve RA Patients PBMCs with a Multi-Epitope Peptide Derived from Citrullinated Autoantigens
Smadar Gertel¹, Yehuda Shoenfeld² and Howard Amital³, ¹Sheba Medical Center, Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Head Dept of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel, ³Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Background/Purpose: Citrullinated peptides are major targets of disease-specific autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We generated a multi-epitope citrullinated peptide (Cit-ME), derived from major prevalent citrullinated…
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
Kazuko Shiozawa¹ and Shunichi Shiozawa², ¹Rheumatic Diseases Center, Konan Kakogawa Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan, ²Department of Medicine, Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Japan
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: 529 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunoglobulin-a and Immunoglobulin-G Isotypes of Anti-CCP Antibodies Are Present in the Sputum of Subjects at Risk for Future Development of RA
Kristen Demoruelle¹, Linh Ho², Michael H. Weisman³, Ryan W. Gan⁴, Mark C. Parish¹, Marie L. Feser¹, Chelsie Fleischer¹, Michael Mahler⁵, Andrea Seaman⁵, Jill M. Norris⁴, V. Michael Holers¹ and Kevin D. Deane¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ⁵Inova Diagnostics, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Serum elevations of anti-CCP prior to inflammatory arthritis (IA) in RA suggest that anti-CCP is generated at a site outside of the joints. Data…
Abstract Number: 2464 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of the Serum Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody Profile in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Association with Oral Health
Sampath Prahalad¹, Lauren J. Lahey², Geoffrey M. Thiele³, Lori Ponder¹, Sheila T. Angeles-Han¹, Lauren Lange⁴, Aimee O. Hersh⁵, Mina Rohani-Pichavant¹, Se Ryeong Jang¹, Larry B. Vogler¹, Patricia Vega-Fernandez¹, Kelly A. Rouster-Stevens¹, John F. Bohnsack⁶, Ted R. Mikuls⁷ and Jeremy Sokolove⁸, ¹Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ²Medicine, VA Palo Alto HealthCare System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Pediatrics, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Pediatrics/Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Veteran Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic childhood arthropathy. Most children with JIA phenotypically differ from adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) although…