Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies"

Abstract Number: 1730 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Novel Scleroderma –associated Antigens and Development of an Autoantibody Assay Panel Enabling Their Subsequent Validation
Hans-Dieter Zucht¹, Petra Budde¹, Peter Schulz-Knappe¹, Nicolas Hunzelmann², Karsten Conrad³ and Prof. Dr. Matthias Schneider⁴, ¹Protagen AG, Dortmund, Germany, ²Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ³Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis or SSc) has a highly variable clinical presentation and course resulting in difficulties for disease management. When SSc is suspected, autoantibodies…
Abstract Number: 984 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Apolipoprotein B Is a Target of T and B Cell Responses in a Subgroup of Patients with Lyme Disease
Jameson T. Crowley¹, Elise E. Drouin², Qi Wang³, Gail McHugh⁴, Catherine E. Costello³ and Allen C. Steere⁵, ¹Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Medicine, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Medicine, Center for Immunolgy and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose Borrelia burgdorferi-induced autoimmunity in affected joints has been hypothesized to be a contributing factor to antibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritis (ARLA). Our prior study, which combined…
Abstract Number: 2985 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies to 14-3-3η Are Novel Biomarkers Associated with Inflammation and Radiographic Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Walter P. Maksymowych¹, Stephanie Wichuk¹, RG Lambert², Mairead Murphy³ and Anthony Marotta⁴, ¹Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Augurex Life Sciences Corp., North Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴1423 Dempsey Road, Augurex Life Sciences Corp., North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose 14-3-3η is a ubiquitous intracellular chaperone protein that is expressed extracellularly in rheumatoid arthritis and mediates inflammatory cascades that result in expression of inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 1708 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Pathogenic Role of Immune Complexes Containing Scleroderma-Specific Autoantibodies in the Inductor Phase of the Disease
Cecilia B. Chighizola¹, Elena Raschi², Laura Cesana², Silvana Zeni³, Maria Orietta Borghi⁴ and Pier Luigi Meroni^5,6, ¹Rheumatology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, University of Milan, Cusano Milanino, Italy, ²Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ³Division of Rheumatology, Istituto G. Pini, Milano, Italy, ⁴Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁵Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Division of Rheumatology, Istituto G. Pini, Milan, Italy, ⁶Chair and Division of Rheumatology, Gaetano Pini Institute, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune condition characterized by excessive tissue fibrosis, microvascular alterations and immune dysfunction with the production of peculiar autoantibodies.…
Abstract Number: 982 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Potential SERUM Autoantibody Biomarkers in Rheumatic Diseases Using a New Generation of Protein Arrays
Lucia Lourido¹, Juan Fernandez-Tajes¹, Valentina Calamia¹, Carolina Fernandez-Costa^1,2, Beatriz Rocha¹, Patricia Fernandez-Puente¹, Jesus Mateos¹, Carlos Fernandez-Lopez¹, Natividad Oreiro-Villar¹, Manuel Fuentes³, Francisco J. Blanco Garcia¹ and Cristina Ruiz-Romero¹, ¹Grupo de Proteomica-PBR2-ProteoRed/ISCIII-Servicio de Reumatologia. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006., A Coruña, Spain, ²Grupo de Proteomica-PBR2-ProteoRed/ISCIII-Servicio de Reumatologia. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006., A coruña, Spain, ³Centro de Investigación del Cáncer/IBMCC (USAL/CIC), IBSAL, Departamento de Medicina, Unidad de Proteomica Servicio general de Citometría, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, SPAIN., Salamanca, Spain
Background/Purpose Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by the loss of structural components from the extracelullar matrix (ECM) of articular cartilage. The progressive release of proteins from…
Abstract Number: 2991 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Ribosomal P Antibody Is a Key Autoantibody Associated with Complications of NP-SLE with High-Levels of CSF IL-8
Hidenaga Kawasumi¹, Takahisa Gono¹, Yasushi Kawaguchi¹, Yasuhiro Katsumata¹, Hisae Ichida¹, Akiko Tochimoto¹, Masanori Hanaoka¹, Yuko Okamoto¹, Sayuri Kataoka¹ and Hisashi Yamanaka², ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Complications of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NP-SLE) are associated with the morbidity and mortality of patients with SLE. Although the detailed pathophysiology of NP-SLE…
Abstract Number: 1692 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Additive Value of Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Patterns to Disease-Specific Autoantibodies in Discrimination of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis at Risk for Severe Organ Involvement
I.M. Markusse¹, J. Meijs², B. de Boer², A. a. Schouffoer¹, N. Ajmone Marsan³, L. J. M. Kroft⁴, M. K. Ninaber⁵, T. W. J. Huizinga² and J.K. de Vries-Bouwstra⁶, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Deparment of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Severe nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) patterns in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are associated with a high risk of organ involvement. SSc-specific autoantibodies seem to…
Abstract Number: 914 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Predictive Model of Disease Outcome in Rituximab-Treated Myositis Patients Using Clinical Features, Autoantibodies, and Serum Biomarkers
Jeannette Olazagasti¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Molly S. Hein¹, Consuelo Lopez de Padilla¹, Rohit Aggarwal³, Chester V. Oddis⁴ and Ann M. Reed¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Rheum/Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Develop predictive models of early (8 week) and late (24 week) disease outcomes using clinical features, autoantibodies, and serum biomarkers in patients with refractory…
Abstract Number: 2908 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Flip Deficiency in Dendritic Cells Promotes Spontaneous Arthritis Mediated By Reduced Treg and Increased Autoreactive CD4⁺t Cells
Qiquan Huang¹, Harris R. Perlman², Robert Birkett³, Renee E. Doyle⁴, Deyu Fang⁵, G Kenneth.Haines⁶, William H. Robinson⁷, Syamal K. Datta⁸, Hyewon Phee⁹ and Richard M. Pope¹⁰, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department od Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Mount Sinai Hospital School of Medicine, New York, New York, NY, ⁷VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁸Rheumatology Division, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁹Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg school of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose Flip (CFLAR) has been identified as a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk allele and is important in preventing death receptor mediated apoptosis of dendritic cells…
Abstract Number: 1645 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon Gene Signature Expression and Serological Differences in Japanese and Non-Japanese SLE Patients
Hitoshi Kohsaka¹, Kosuke Kotani², Tomonori Ishii³, Tomoya Miyamura⁴, Masato Okada⁵, Toshihiko Aranishi², R. Maciuca⁶, William P. Kennedy⁶ and Junko Ohata², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences,, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan, ²Chugai Pharmaceutical co., ltd, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁵Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Elevated expression of interferon(IFN)-regulated genes in peripheral blood cells has been reported in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and is known as the IFN…
Abstract Number: 887 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serological and Clinical Characteristics of a Large Collection of Incomplete Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Teresa Aberle¹, Virginia C. Roberts¹, Julie M. Robertson¹, Joel M. Guthridge¹, Kathy L. Sivils², Astrid Rasmussen², David R. Karp³ and Judith James⁴, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Rheumatic Diseases Division, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Incomplete lupus (ILE) is defined as a condition in which patients present with signs of systemic autoimmunity and clinical manifestations compatible with systemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 2891 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammatory Genes Are Associated with Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Free Individuals Who Are at-Risk for Future Disease
Ryan W. Gan¹, Kendra A. Young¹, M. Kristen Demoruelle², Michael H. Weisman³, Jane H. Buckner⁴, P. K. Gregersen⁵, Ted R. Mikuls⁶, James R. O'Dell⁶, Richard M. Keating⁷, Elizabeth W. Karlson⁸, Kevin D. Deane², V. Michael Holers⁹ and Jill M. Norris¹, ¹Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁵Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute Medical Research and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY, ⁶Veteran Affairs Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁹Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: We previously found that presence of rheumatoid arthritis(RA)-related autoantibodies is associated with systemic inflammation, and that decreased consumption of anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids (n-3…
Abstract Number: 1644 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mycophenolic Acid and Ribavirin Induces Cytoplasmic Autoimmunogenic Rods and Rings Structures in Vivo
Gerson D Keppeke Sr.¹, Eunice Nunes², Maria Lucia Ferraz³, Sandro F. Perazzio¹, Mônica Prado¹, Edward K.L. Chan⁴ and Luis Eduardo C. Andrade⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina - Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Gastroenterology Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Gastroenterology Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁵Fleury Laboratories, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose Autoantibodies to IMPDH2 occur in Hepatitis C patients receiving ribavirin (RBV) & interferon-α (IFN-α). Anti-IMPDH2 antibodies recognize “rods and rings” (RR) cytoplasmic structures in…
Abstract Number: 861 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultraviolet B Generates Type 1 Interferon and Induces Autoantibody-Mediated Disease in a Mouse Model of Cutaneous Lupus
Clayton Sontheimer¹ and Keith B. Elkon², ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose Photosensitivity is a common symptom in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus skin lesions often contain plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC). The mechanisms…
Abstract Number: 2872 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B-Cell Autoepitope and Tetramer Analysis Reveals Expansion of Apoptotic Autoantigen La and snRNP Reactive B Cells in BXD2 Mice
Jennie Hamilton¹, Jun Li², Qi Wu³, PingAr Yang³, Bao Luo³, Hao Li⁴, Troy Randall⁵, John Edwin Bradley⁵, Justin J. Taylor⁶, John D. Mountz^7,8 and Hui-Chen Hsu^3,4, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Med - Immunology/Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, ⁷Dept of Med/Rheumatology Div, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is characterized by production of highly pathogenic IgG autoantibodies (autoAbs). While serum autoAb profiling is standard, it remains challenging to…

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