Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies"

Abstract Number: 2298 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Interstitial Lung Disease Is Associated with Distinct Fine Specificities of Anti-Carbamylated Peptide/Protein Antibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Raul Castellanos-Moreira¹, Sebastian Rodriguez-Garcia ², Virginia Ruiz-Esquide ³, Fernanda Hernández-González ⁴, Marcelo Sánchez ⁵, José Ramírez ⁶, Mariana Benegas ⁵, Carmen Lucena-Pozo ⁴, Carlos Agustí ⁴, Marc Boada ⁷, Odette Viñas ⁸, Estíbaliz Ruiz ⁸, Sergio Prieto-González ⁹, Jose Gomez-Puerta ¹, Jacobo Sellares ⁴, Juan Cañete ¹, Isabel Haro ¹⁰ and Raimon Sanmarti ¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴Department of Pneumology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Department of Radiodiagnosis, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Department of Pathological Anatomy, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Department of Immunology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Unit of Synthesis and Biomedical Applications of Peptides, IQAC CSIC, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common and severe complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It has been associated with the presence of ACPA. Anti-carbamylated…
Abstract Number: 791 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Closing the Seronegative Gap in Pediatric Localized Scleroderma and Systemic Sclerosis
May Choi¹, Emily Mirizio ², Fernanda Quinteros ³, Katherine Buhler ⁴, Marvin Fritzler ¹ and Kathryn Torok ⁵, ¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ⁵UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Background/Purpose: It has become increasingly recognized that extra-cutaneous manifestations, such as musculoskeletal and neurologic involvement, are common in pediatric patients with localized scleroderma (LS). We…
Abstract Number: 2315 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Association of Rheumatic Autoimmune Disease, Including Rheumatoid Arthritis, with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder but Not Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans
Biji Kurien ¹, Calin Prodan ² and Robert Scofield¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus, are 2- to 3-fold more common among those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than…
Abstract Number: 881 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Auto-antibodies Targeting Components of Sarcolemma Repair: A Pathogenic Mechanism in Human Inflammatory Myopathies
Kevin McElhanon¹, Ana Capati ², Nicholas Young ³, Brian Paleo ², Eric Beck ², Zarife Sahenk ⁴, Rohit Aggarwal ⁵, Chester Oddis ⁵, Noah Weisleder ¹ and Wael Jarjour ⁶, ¹Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute & Dept. of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Columbus, OH, ⁴Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) represent a group of disorders causing chronic inflammation and significant damage to skeletal muscle due to an unchecked autoimmune response. …
Abstract Number: 2425 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The anti-Ro52 Prevalence in the Sjögren’s Syndrome Picture: A Single Center Cross Sectional Study
Larissa Valor¹, Hannah Schenker ², Johannes Knitza ³, Melanie Hagen ³, Jürgen Rech ⁴ and Georg Schett ⁵, ¹Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology. Erlangen., Erlangen, Germany, ²Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology. Erlangen. Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Sjögren syndrome (SjS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation and destruction of exocrine glands. The presence of autoantibodies (AA) against the Ro52/TRIM21, an…
Abstract Number: 893 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Presence of Extractable Nuclear Antigens (ENA) Antibodies in a Large Population-based Cohort from the Netherlands and Their Association with Known Risk Factors for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Primary Sjögren Syndrome
Petra Yntema-Eckenhaussen ¹, Suzanne Arends ¹, Elisabeth Brouwer ², Caroline Roozendaal ³, Hendrika Bootsma ⁴, Johanna Westra ¹ and Karina de Leeuw¹, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology - University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Dept. of Laboratory Medicine - University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated that years before clinical onset of auto-immune diseases, auto-antibodies can already be present. However, it is also known that some…
Abstract Number: 2429 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Zipcode-Binding Protein 1 (ZBP1) Facilitates Ro60 Surface Translocation, Cellular Growth and Autoimmune Sequelae
Francis DiDonato¹, Jill Buyon ¹ and Robert Clancy ¹, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York
Background/Purpose: Despite the strong association of maternal anti-Ro60 autoantibodies in the development of SS, Neonatal Lupus (NL) and scLE, understanding causality is challenging given that…
Abstract Number: 959 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Novel Image Analysis Program, “CytoSkaler”, Demonstrates That Anti-Vimentin Antibody Affinity Maturation in Lupus Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Also Results in More Selective Antigen Targeting
Andrew Kinloch¹, Aazam Mohsin ¹, Yuta Asano ¹, Carole Henry ¹, Nirit Mor Vaknin ², Maureen Legendre ², Patrick Wilson ¹, David Markovitz ² and Marcus Clark ¹, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Vimentin is a dominant target of B-cells selected in lupus tubulointerstial inflammation (TII), a predictor of renal failure. The origins of anti-vimentin antibodies (AVA)…
Abstract Number: 2437 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies from Sjögren’s Syndrome Enhance NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and IL-18 Production in Human Salivary Gland Cell Line A-253
Cheng-Han Wu¹, Ko Jen Li ², Chia-Li Yu ³ and Song-Chou Hsieh ³, ¹Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China), ²National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China), ³Division of Immunology,Rheumatology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune epithelitis characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against SS-related antigen A (SSA) and lymphocytic infiltration of…
Abstract Number: 982 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Novel Role for Nod2 in Controlling Autoantibody Production and Arthritis in SKG Mice
Ruth Napier¹, Emily Vance ¹, James O'Dell ², Jill Poole ³, Bryant England ⁴, Michael Duryee ³, Ted Mikuls ², Holly Rosenzweig ⁵ and Geoffrey Thiele ², ¹Oregon Health & Science University and Portland VA Hospital, Portland, OR, ²VA Nebraska-Western IA Health Care System & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴VA Nebraska-Western IA Health Care System & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, ⁵Oregon Health & Science University and Portland VA Hospital, Oregon
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease that manifests in a chronic and debilitating polyarthritis. Although the etiology of RA is unknown pathogenic…
Abstract Number: 2733 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Inhibition of Neutrophil Elastase Reduces Autoantibody Levels and Renal Inflammation in Murine Lupus
Gautam Sule¹, Kristen Gilley ¹, Andrew Fernandes ¹, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi ¹ and Jason Knight ², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Dysregulated neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) release has been proposed as a source of autoantigens in lupus. Furthermore, it has recently been shown that the…
Abstract Number: 1028 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Lupus Auto-antibodies Act as Positive Allosteric Modulators at GluN2A-containing NMDA Receptors to Induce Excitotoxicity and Spatial Memory Deficits
Kelvin Chan¹, Jacquelyn Nestor ², Tomas Huerta ², Czeslawa Kowal ², Patricio Huerta ², Bruce Volpe ², Betty Diamond ³ and Lonnie Wollmuth ¹, ¹Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, ²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ³Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset
Background/Purpose: Patients with Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) experience various peripheral and central nervous system manifestations including spatial memory impairment. A subset of auto-antibodies (DNRAbs) cross-react…
Abstract Number: 2739 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Skin Disease Activity and Autoantibody Phenotype Are Major Determinants of Blood Interferon Signatures in Dermatomyositis
Mika Tabata¹, Kavita Sarin ², Karen Page ³, Christine Huard ³, Shanrong Zhao ³, Donald Bennett ³, Jillian Johnson ³, Kristen Johnson ³ and David Fiorentino ², ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, ³Pfizer, Boston
Background/Purpose: Interferon (IFN) signaling is upregulated in dermatomyositis (DM) and thought to play a role in pathogenesis. An IFN gene signature in peripheral blood of…
Abstract Number: 1464 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Oral Microbiome as a Risk Factor for Benign or Pathologic Autoimmunity Associated with Anti-SSA/Ro Positivity and Mimicry for Von Willebrand Factor Type a Domain Protein (vWFA) of L. Mirabilis
Robert Clancy¹, Miranda Marion ², Peter Izmirly ¹, Hannah Ainsworth ³, Timothy Howard ³, Mala Masson ¹, Jill Buyon ¹ and Carl Langefeld ³, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, ²Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
Background/Purpose: Autoantibody production precedes SLE or SS by years, including anti-Ro. Anti-Ro+ mothers of children with congenital heart block (CHB) are a unique population at…
Abstract Number: 2815 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Lower IL-4R in IgD+ Naïve B Cells Is a Pre-disposing Factor for Development of T-bet+ DN2 B Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
John Mountz¹, Min Gao ², Qi Wu ³, PingAr Yang ², Alex Essman ⁴, Oluwagbemiga Ojo ⁴, Shanrun Liu ², Jake Chen ², Iñaki Sanz ⁵, W. Winn Chatham ² and Hui-Chen Hsu ², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VAMC, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ⁵Emory University, ATLANTA, GA
Background/Purpose: Studies to date have primarily focused on stimulators that are overexpressed and activate B cells in SLE subjects. Factors that can maintain B cells…

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