Abstract Number: 0158 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatoid Arthritis Testing Patterns by Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers from a National Commercial Laboratory, 2014 – 2023
Background/Purpose: With the commercialization of new diagnostic and monitoring tests for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and an increasing number of advanced practice providers (APPs) in the…Abstract Number: 0488 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of Anti-CarP Levels with Clinical Activity and Serological Profile in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease where the presence of rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (antiCCP) has been associated to…Abstract Number: 1363 • ACR Convergence 2023
Plasma Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Remnant Levels Are Lower in Premenopausal Healthy Women Using Oral Contraceptive Pills
Background/Purpose: Women develop RA 3 times more often than men, and several risk factors for RA are female specific. Prior studies demonstrate an association between…Abstract Number: 1741 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Occurrence and Phenotype of Autoreactive T Cells in the At-Risk Phase of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: CD4+ T cells recognizing citrullinated epitopes are present in peripheral blood of anti-citrulline protein antibody (ACPA) positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients at time of…Abstract Number: 1746 • ACR Convergence 2023
Smoking as a Risk Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Exclusive Association with IgA Autoantibodies
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by autoantibodies to anti-modified protein autoantibodies (AMPAs) like anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and anti-acetylated protein antibodies (AAPA). Smoking is…Abstract Number: 1763 • ACR Convergence 2023
Asthma Severity Is Associated Increased Serum Anti-cyclic Antibody Level at Baseline and in Increase During Longitudinal Follow-up
Background/Purpose: The lung airways have been implicated in the pathogenesis of RA. RA-associated autoantibodies, including anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies are found to be generated…Abstract Number: 1764 • ACR Convergence 2023
Antibody Responses to Citrullinated Type II Collagen and Vimentin Modified with Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Differ in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) causes significant complications and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We have previously shown that patients with RA-ILD had…Abstract Number: 1768 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Dynamics of the Gut Microbiome in Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Observational Study
Background/Purpose: Multiple compositional shifts of gut microbiota have been identified within the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease continuum, encompassing both established RA and at-risk individuals (including…Abstract Number: 2121 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Significance of Negative Seroconversion of Anti-CCP and Anti-Mutated Citrullinated Vimentin Antibodies in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP Ab) positivity is closely associated with bone destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, but the correlation between the Ab…Abstract Number: 2141 • ACR Convergence 2023
Glucocorticoid Treatment in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with Increased Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) Levels: A Post-hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial (NORD-STAR)
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an elevated risk for developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a key…Abstract Number: 2431 • ACR Convergence 2023
Integrated Single Cell Multi-omics Analysis in At-Risk for Future Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Early RA Reveals Shared Transcription Factor Profiles in Multiple Cell Lineages
Background/Purpose: Identifying molecular signatures associated with anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positive individuals who are 'at-risk' for future RA (At-Risk) and early RA (ERA) requires comprehensive…Abstract Number: 0081 • ACR Convergence 2023
RA Disease Activity Influence the Frequency and Phenotype of Citrulline Reactive CD4 T Cells in DRB1*04:04 ACPA+ RA Patients
Background/Purpose: The presence of ACPA in RA signifies an immune response toward citrullinated auto-antigens in disease pathogenesis and persistence. RA is a T cell mediated…Abstract Number: 2582 • ACR Convergence 2023
Expansion of Circulating HLA-DR+ Peripheral Helper T Cells and CXCR5−CD38+ Mature Naïve B Cells in ACPA-positive Individuals At-risk for and with Classified RA
Background/Purpose: Production of ACPA following T and B cell interactions is a hallmark of ACPA+ RA. Recently identified peripheral helper T (Tph) cells have B…Abstract Number: 0281 • ACR Convergence 2023
Is There a Decreased Risk of Developing CF Arthropathy in CF Patients Undergoing Treatment That Targets the F508del Mutation?
Background/Purpose: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by mutations within the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene that result in a defect of the chloride…Abstract Number: 0389 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Role of anti-CCP3 Antibodies in anti-CCP2 Antibody Negative Patients with Musculoskeletal Symptoms
Background/Purpose: To investigate, in primary care, whether testing anti-CCP3 antibodies in anti-CCP2 negative individuals with musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms, improved the prediction of inflammatory arthritis (IA)/rheumatoid…