Abstracts tagged "anti-CCP antibodies"

Abstract Number: 410 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlation of Carotid Intima Media Thickness With Interleukin-6, Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptides In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lourdes Nuñez Atahualpa¹, Mauricio Figuroa Sanchez¹, Daniel Alberto Rocha Muñoz², Raul Vargas Ramirez³, Beatriz Teresita Martin Marquez⁴, Jorge Ivan Gamez Nava⁵, Laura González López⁶, Erika Martínez García³, Esther Sanchez Corona³, Marcelo Petri⁴, Rosa Navarro Hernandez³, Veronica Gonzalez Diaz⁷, Jorge Aguilar Arreola⁸, Ana Guisllaine Bernard Medina⁹, Alejandra Nuñez Atahualpa¹⁰, Javier Andrade Garduño¹⁰, Eduardo Gomez Bañuelos³ and Monica Vazquez Del Mercado^4,8, ¹Radiology, Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico, ²Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica del Hospital de Especialidades Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, IMSS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ³CUCS, Universidad de Guadalajara, Instituto de Investigación en Reumatología y del Sistema Músculo Esquelético,, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁴Instituto de Investigación en Reumatología y del Sistema Músculo Esquelético, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁵Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Hospital de Especialidades Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁶Medicina Interna-Reumatología, Departamento de Medicina Interna-Reumatología, Hospital General Regional 110, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁷Reumatologia, Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara - Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Civil Dr Juan I Menchaca, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico, ¹⁰Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The main cause of death in rheumatoid arthritis patients are cardiovascular events which cannot be entirely explained by traditional risk factors, suggesting, that systemic…
Abstract Number: 2660 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Omega-3 Supplement Use Is Associated With a Reduced Risk Of Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Protein Positivity In a Population Without Rheumatoid Arthritis, But At Risk For Future Disease
Ryan W. Gan¹, Kendra A. Young¹, Gary O. Zerbe², M. Kristen Demoruelle³, Michael H. Weisman⁴, Jane H. Buckner⁵, Peter K. Gregersen⁶, Ted R. Mikuls⁷, James R. O'Dell⁸, Richard M. Keating⁹, Michael J. Clare-Salzler¹⁰, Kevin D. Deane³, V. Michael Holers¹¹ and Jill M. Norris¹, ¹Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ²Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health / University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁶Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁷Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁹Rheumatology Section, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Experimental Pathology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, ¹¹Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by systemic inflammation and circulating autoantibodies, which can be present in serum years prior to RA diagnosis and can…
Abstract Number: 2412 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-CCP Antibodies and Increased Cartilage Turnover In Patients Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Carl Turesson¹, Christina Book², Ulf Bergström², Lennart Truedsson³, Lennart Jacobsson² and Tore Saxne⁴, ¹Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ³Department of Laboratory Medicine, Section of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Section of Rheumatology, Deparment of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies may be detected years before the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We have previously shown that levels of Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP),…
Abstract Number: 2278 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ordering Of Serologic Markers Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Primary Care and Subspecialty Providers: Under-Utilization Of Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Tests By Non-Rheumatologists
Emily H. Glynn¹, Mark H. Wener² and Michael Astion³, ¹Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Rheumatology & Lab Med, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Laboratories, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) are more specific and have a superior positive predictive value for diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared to RF. The…
Abstract Number: 2197 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Titer IgG Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies Are Associated With Joint Destruction In Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients
Brooke Gilliam, Lance Feller and Terry L. Moore, Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: IgG anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies have been identified as an important indicator of destructive disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), as is the…
Abstract Number: 1586 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Defining Hand Arthritis In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, From An Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Antibody Status Perspective
Elisabeth M.A Ball¹, Arthur Grey², Ai Lyn Tan³, Eiji Fukuba⁴, Gunter Steiner⁵, Dennis McGonagle⁶, Aubrey Bell⁷ and Madeleine Rooney⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Queens' University/Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Radiology, Shimane University, Izuma, Japan, ⁵Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁶NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom, ⁸Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is common but poorly characterised with only a few Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) or ultrasound (US) studies…
Abstract Number: 177 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antibodies to Citrullinated Peptides in Tuberculosis
Isabella Lima¹, Rodrigo Oliveira², Ajax Atta², Samyra Marchi³, Lúcio Barbosa³, Eliana Reis³, Mitermayer G. Reis³ and Mittermayer Santiago⁴, ¹Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, Brazil, ²Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, ³Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Brazil, ⁴Brazilian Registry of Spondyloarthritis, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by symmetric polyarthritis, rheumatoid factor positivity (RF) in the majority of patients, and bone erosions shown…
Abstract Number: 1691 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Signs of Subclinical Inflammation and Local Antibody Production in Early Rheumatoid Lungs
Gudrun Reynisdottir¹, Reza Karimi², Jimmy Ytterberg³, Vijay Joshua¹, Helga Olsen², Aase Haj Hensvold¹, Anders Harju⁴, Johan Grunewald², Sven Nyren⁵, Anders Eklund², Lars Klareskog⁶, Roman Zubarev⁷, Magnus Skold² and Anca Catrina¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The aims of the current study was to investigate if inflammatory lung changes are present in RA patients early in the disease process and…
Abstract Number: 31 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti Citrullinated Protein Antibodies From Synovial Fluid of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Enhance Osteoclastogenesis
Akilan Krishnamurthy¹, Nancy Vivar Pomiano², Catia Cerqueira³, Elena Ossipova³, Karin Lundberg⁴, Ulrike Harre⁵, Vivianne Malmström⁶, Per Johan Jakobsson⁷, Lars Klareskog⁸, Georg Schett⁹ and Anca Catrina³, ¹Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Institute for Clinical Immunology, Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Rheumatology unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Presence of anti CCP2 antibodies identifies a subgroup of RA patients that are more prone to develop bone erosions. We hypothesized that anti CCP2…
Abstract Number: 1771 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti Carbamylated Protein Antibodies (Anti-CarP) Are Present in Arthralgia Patients and Predict the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jing Shi¹, Lotte van de Stadt², Nivine Levarht³, T.W.J. Huizinga⁴, R. E. M. Toes⁴, Leendert A. Trouw⁵ and Dirkjan van Schaardenburg², ¹Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Recently, we discovered a new autoantibody system in rheumatoid arthritis (RA): anti carbamylated protein antibodies (anti-CarP). These antibodies have additional prognostic value in predicting…
Abstract Number: 394 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Remission After One Year in ACPA Positive and ACPA Negative Patients with Early Arthritis
K.V.C. Wevers-de Boer¹, L. Heimans¹, K. Visser¹, A.A. Schouffoer², T.H.E. Molenaar³, J.B. Harbers⁴, C. Bijkerk⁵, I. Speyer⁶, M. de Buck⁷, P.B. de Sonnaville⁸, B.A. Grillet⁹, Tom Huizinga¹ and C.F. Allaart¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands, ³Dept of Rheumatology, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, Netherlands, ⁴Franciscus Hospital, Roosendaal, ⁵Rheumatology, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Bronovo Hospital, Den Haag, Netherlands, ⁷MCH, The Hague, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Admiraal de Ruyter hospital, Goes, Netherlands, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Zorgsaam Hospital, Terneuzen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To evaluate possible differences in clinical response after one year of remission steered treatment in Anti Citrullinated Protein Antibody (ACPA) positive and negative RA…
Abstract Number: 1770 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Recognition of Citrullinated and Carbamylated Proteins by Human Antibodies: Specificity, Cross-Reactivity and the “AMC-Senshu” Method
Jing Shi¹, George Janssen², Peter van Veelen², Janwouter Drijfhout², Antony Cerami³, Tom Huizinga⁴, Leendert A. Trouw⁵ and René E.M. Toes⁴, ¹Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Immunohematology and Bloodbank, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Nephrology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) play an important role in the diagnosis and prognosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The Anti-Modified Citrulline (AMC) (‘Senshu’) method is…
Abstract Number: 412 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms within the HLA-DRB1 Gene in Relation to Antibodies Against Citrullinated Peptides in Individuals Prior to the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lisbeth Arlestig¹, Mikael Brink², Monika Hansson³, Per Johan Jakobsson⁴, Rikard Holmdahl⁵, Linda Mathsson⁶, Johan Ronnelid⁶, Lars Klareskog⁷ and Solbritt M. Rantapaa-Dahlqvist⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden, ²Umea University, Umea, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁷Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Rheumatology, Institution of Public health and clinical medicine/ Rheumatology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden, Umea, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Multiplex analysis has demonstrated the presence of several antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides (ACPA) preceding the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by several years.…
Abstract Number: 1769 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Affinity Purification and Characterisation of Anti-CCP Antibodies From Plasma and Synovial Fluids of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elena Ossipova¹, Catia Cerqueira², Evan Reed², Nastya Kharlamova², Lena Israelsson², Rikard Holmdahl³, Anca Catrina², Vivianne Malmström², Yngve Sommarin⁴, Lars Klareskog², Per Johan Jakobsson² and Karin Lundberg², ¹Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Euro-Diagnostica AB, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins/peptides (ACPA). These antibodies (present in 60-70% of patients) antedate clinical onset and…
Abstract Number: 439 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interaction of Antibodies Against Citrullinated Peptides with HLA Shared Epitope, PTPN22 1858T Variant, and Smoking in Individuals Prior to and After the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Heidi Kokkonen¹, Mikael Brink², Monika Hansson³, Linda Mathsson⁴, Ewa Lassen⁵, Per Johan Jakobsson⁶, Rikard Holmdahl⁷, Johan Rönnelid⁴, Lars Klareskog⁸ and Solbritt M. Rantapaa-Dahlqvist⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden, ²Umea University, Umea, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁵Transfusional Medicin, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁶Rheumatology unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Rheumatology, Institution of Public health and clinical medicine/ Rheumatology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden, Umea, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The presence of antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides (ACPA) has been demonstrated to precede the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by several years. The…