Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies"

Abstract Number: 6 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ro52/Trim21 Influences Follicular B Cell Homeostasis and Immunoglobulin Production
Margarita Ivanchenko¹, Susanna Brauner², Gudny Ella Thorlacius¹, Aurélie Ambrosi¹ and Marie Wahren-Herlenius¹, ¹Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Solna, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Systemic rheumatic diseases are characterized by abnormal B cell activation with autoantibody production and hypergammaglobulinemia. The autoantigen Ro52/SSA, also denoted TRIM21, is a major…
Abstract Number: 805 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diastolic Dysfunction in Scleroderma: An Investigation into Associated Risk Factors and Impact on Survival
Alicia M. Hinze^1,2, Laura K. Hummers¹, Fredrick M. Wigley¹, Monica Mukherjee³ and Ami A. Shah¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma heart disease often goes unrecognized until severe clinical manifestations are present. Diastolic dysfunction (DD) may identify patients at risk for cardiac complications by…
Abstract Number: 1573 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Salivary Dysbiosis Correlates with Clinical Status of Anti-Ro Positive Mothers of Children with Neonatal Lupus
Robert M. Clancy¹, Carl Langefeld², Hannah C. Ainsworth³, Martin Blaser⁴, Peter M. Izmirly⁵, Corey Lacher¹, Miranda C Marion⁶, Mala Masson¹, Gregg Silverman⁷ and Jill P. Buyon¹, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Director of the NYU Human Microbiome Program, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Biostatistical Sciences and Center for Public Health Genomics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁷Dept of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Neonatal lupus is linked to the presence of circulating anti-Ro antibodies in the mother. These antibodies are present in asymptomatic individuals, who in a…
Abstract Number: 2158 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Significance of Anti-Ro52 Antibody in Chinese Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases: A Single-Center Experience
Si Wu, Xiaojun Tang and Xuebing Feng, Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
Background/Purpose: Autoantibody targeting Ro52 has been implied as a unique antibody with distinct clinical properties. However, its relations with anti-Ro60 antibody and various connective tissue…
Abstract Number: 13 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Shared Genetic Origins Among Anti-Proteinase 3 and Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Double-Positive Human Autoantibodies
Jeffrey R. Ord¹, Amy G. Clark¹ and Mary H. Foster², ¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Patients with ANCA vasculitis and anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) nephritis (Goodpasture’s Disease) develop pathogenic autoantibodies (autoAb) that destroy the microvasculature in lungs and kidneys.…
Abstract Number: 838 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Combined Immunosuppressive Therapy with High-Dose Glucocorticoid, Tacrolimus, and Cyclophosphamide in Interstitial Lung Disease Accompanied By Anti-MDA5-Positive Dermatomyositis -a Multicenter Prospective Study –
Hideaki Tsuji¹, Ran Nakashima¹, Yoshitaka Imura², Masato Yagita², Hajime Yoshifuji¹, Shintaro Hirata³, Takaki Nojima³, Eiji Sugiyama⁴, Kazuhiro Hatta⁵, Yoshio Taguchi⁶, Masaki Katayama⁷, Shuji Akizuki¹, Kosaku Murakami¹, Motomu Hashimoto⁸, Masao Tanaka⁸, Koichiro Ohmura¹ and Tsuneyo Mimori⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ²Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The Tazuke-Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ³Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁴Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁵Department of General Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan, ⁶Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁸Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) accompanied by anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5)-positive dermatomyositis (DM) is often rapidly progressive and associated with poor life prognosis in…
Abstract Number: 1574 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies Present in Saliva from Sjogren’s Syndrome and Non-Sjogren’s Sicca Patients Are Not Detectible in Serum
Kristi A. Koelsch^1,2,3, Joshua Cavett^3,4, Kenneth Smith³, Jacen Maier-Moore⁵, Astrid Rasmussen³, David M. Lewis⁶, Lida Radfar⁷, Biji T. Kurien^2,4,8, Judith A. James^3,9, Kathy L. Sivils¹⁰, A. Darise Farris¹¹ and R. Hal Scofield^2,11,12, ¹Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Okalahoma City, OK, ²U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Clinical Laboratory Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, ⁶Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁰Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, OK, ¹¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹²Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: There is evidence for B cell involvement in the pathogenesis of Sjögren’s syndrome by the presence of autoantigen-specific B cells. Autoantibodies toward Ro/SSA and…
Abstract Number: 2288 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preexisting Anti-Acetylcholine Receptor Autoantibodies and B Cell Lymphopenia Are Associated with the Development of Myositis in Thymoma Patients Treated with Avelumab, an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Targeting Programmed Death-Ligand 1
Andrew Mammen¹, Arun Rajan², Katherine Pak¹, Tanya Lehky³, Livia Casciola-Rosen⁴, Renee Donahue², Lauren Lepone², Anastasia Zekeridou⁵, Sean Pittock⁵, Raffit Hassan², Jeffrey Schlom² and James Gulley², ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) enhance the immune response against tumors but may also trigger immune-related adverse events (IRAEs). Myositis following receipt of ICIs is…
Abstract Number: 16 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comprehensive Antibody Profiling Using High Density Peptide Arrays Reveals Novel Citrullinated Protein Targets in Rheumatoid Arthritis Serum Samples
Ken Lo¹, Hanying Li², Eric Sullivan² and Jigar Patel², ¹Technology Innovation, Roche Sequencing Solutions - Madison, Madison, WI, ²Roche Sequencing Solutions - Madison, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies against citrullinated proteins are found in 64-89% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, with a specificity of 88-99%. While citrullinated vimentin, fibrin and histone…
Abstract Number: 1070 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Seroreactivity Against Recombinant Citrullinated Myosin Is Associated with Measures of Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Christian Geier¹, Justyna Fert-Bober², Jon T. Giles¹, Cesare Russo¹, Sabahat Bokhari³, Aylin Tugcu¹, Jenny Van Eyk² and Joan Bathon¹, ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Diastolic dysfunction and heart failure with preserved EF are more prevalent in RA. We have previously shown increased staining for citrullinated substrates in necropsied…
Abstract Number: 1581 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lack of Specificity in Testing for Murine Tissue Specific Autoantibodies for the Diagnosis of Sjogren’s Syndrome
Frederick B Vivino¹, Michael D. George², Chadwick Johr³, Nora Sandorfi⁴, Vatinee Bunya⁵, Giacomina Massaro-Giordano⁵, Andrew Diederich⁶, Brandon Eilberg⁶, Lakshmanan Suresh⁷ and Long Shen⁷, ¹Rheumatolgy Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Trinity Biotech, Inc., Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: A group of murine parotid tissue specific autoantibodies (TSAs) which includes anti-SP1 (salivary protein 1), anti-PSP (parotid secretory protein) and anti-CA6 (carbonic anhydrase) are…
Abstract Number: 2291 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Course of the Disease in Anti-Mi2 Patients: More Intense Muscle Weakness, Good Response to Treatment and Progressive Reduction of Autoantibody Titers
Iago Pinal-Fernandez^1,2, Katherine Pak³, Maria Casal-Dominguez^4,5, Wilson Huang⁴, Jemima Albayda⁶, Eleni Tiniakou⁷, Julie J. Paik¹, Christopher A. Mecoli⁸, Sonye K. Danoff⁹, Lisa Christopher-Stine⁹ and Andrew Mammen^3,10, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Muscle Diseases Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Center Tower Ste 5300, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies targeting the Mi-2 (Mi-2a and Mi-2b) nuclear antigen in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) were first described in 1985. However, little is known about…
Abstract Number: 65 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bacteria-Derived Indole Drives Autoimmune Arthritis By Altering B Cell Glycosylation of Autoantibodies
Widian Jubair¹, Erica Alexeev², Timothy Lemke³, Meagan Chriswell¹, Sean Colgan² and Kristine A Kuhn^1,2, ¹Rheumatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, ²Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Ongoing studies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) implicate intestinal dysbiosis of bacteria as a contributing factor, though the mechanism(s) by which bacteria influence disease is…
Abstract Number: 1085 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Natural Gingerols Inhibit Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Release Elicited By Lupus Autoantibodies
Ramadan A. Ali¹ and Jason S. Knight², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have revealed a role for neutrophils in the pathogenesis of lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Indeed, neutrophils are activated by various disease-relevant…
Abstract Number: 1693 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Innate, Adaptive, and TNF-Superfamily Immune Pathways Inform a Lupus Disease Activity Immune Index That Characterizes Disease Activity in SLE
Melissa E. Munroe^1,2, Joel M. Guthridge¹, Rufei Lu^1,3, Joseph M. Kheir¹, Bolanle Adebayo¹, Susan R. Macwana¹, Hua Chen¹, Virginia C. Roberts¹, Mohan Purushothaman², Sanjiv Sharma², Teresa Aberle¹, Stan Kamp¹, Cristina Arriens¹, Eliza Chakravarty¹, Katherine Thanou¹, Joan T. Merrill¹ and Judith A. James^4,5, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ³Medicine and Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Clinical Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease marked by immune dysregulation. A comprehensive but cost-effective tool to track relevant mediators of altered…

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