Abstracts tagged "anti-CCP antibodies"

Abstract Number: 1254 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Treatment-Naive Early RA the Left Ventricular Function Is Correlated to CRP, Doctors Global and Anti-CCP Status
BB Løgstrup¹, LD Kristensen¹, A. Hedemann-Andersen² and Torkell Ellingsen³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Centre Region Hospital Silkeborg Denmark, Silkeborg, Denmark, ²Department of Radiology, Diagnostic Centre Region Hospital Silkeborg Denmark, Silkeborg, Denmark, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Centre Regional Hospital Silkeborg, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The role of inflammation and anti-CCP status in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease in RA remains unclear. Previous studies have suggested that both disease…
Abstract Number: 1336 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in the Levels of Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Protein Antibody and Immunoglobulins in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients After Administration of Tocilizumab
Masao Sato¹, Masao Takemura², Ryuki Shinohe³, Tsuneo Watanabe² and Katsuji Shimizu³, ¹Rheumatology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan, ²Informative Clinical Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan, ³Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
Background/Purpose: The recently established scoring system of American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) early arthritis diagnosis criteria have assigned scores of 0, 1,…
Abstract Number: 1615 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evidence for Distinct Roles of Environmental and Genetic Factors in the Emergence of Anti Citrullinated-Protein Antibodies Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis-an Epidemiological Investigation in Twins
Aase Haj Hensvold¹, Patrik KE Magnusson², Monika Hansson³, Lena Israelsson⁴, Cecilia Carlens¹, Johan Askling⁵, Vivianne Malmström⁶, Lars Klareskog⁷ and Anca Catrina¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Swedish Twin Registry Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The aim of the current study was to investigate the influence of genetic and environmental factors in developing anti citrullianted-proteins antibodies (ACPA) and ACPA…