Abstracts tagged "Autoantibody(ies)"

Abstract Number: 0195 • ACR Convergence 2020
Epidemiology and Characteristics of Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis in Persons with and Without HIV
Jennifer Hanberg¹, Kathleen Akgun², Liana Fraenkel³, Evelyn Hsieh² and Amy Justice⁴, ¹Yale University School of Medicine; West Haven VA, Boston, MA, ²Yale University School of Medicine; West Haven VA, New Haven, CT, ³Yale School of Medicine; West Haven VA; Berkshire Medical Center, Lenox, MA, ⁴Yale University School of Medicine; Yale School of Public Health; West Haven VA, West Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common chronic inflammatory arthritis, affecting 1-2% of the population. Estimates of the incidence of RA in patients with…
Abstract Number: 0773 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Anti-carbamylated Fibrinogen Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Targets a Specific Epitope on the γ-chain and Is Associated with a More Active Disease
Pauline Brevet¹, Manuel Freret¹, Pascal Rottenberg², Clément Guillou³, Thierry Lequerre⁴, Pascal Cosette⁵, Olivier Boyer² and Olivier Vittecoq⁶, ¹Inserm U1234 and Rouen University , IRIB, Rouen, France ; Rouen University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Rouen, France, Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France, ²Inserm U1234 and Rouen University , IRIB, Rouen, France ; Rouen University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Rouen, France, Rouen, France, ³CNRS 6270, PISSARO, IRIB, Rouen, France ; Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Rouen, Immunology Laboratory, Rouen, France, Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France, ⁴Rheumatology, University Teaching Hospital, Rouen, France, ⁵CNRS 6270, PISSARO, IRIB, Rouen, France ; Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Rouen, Immunology Laboratory, Rouen, France, Rouen, France, ⁶University Hospital of Rouen, Rouen, France
Background/Purpose: Anti-carbamylated protein autoantibodies (anti-CarP Abs) of IgG and/or IgA isotype have potential diagnostic and prognostic value Carbamylated Fetal Calf Serum (FCS) is the substrate…
Abstract Number: 1078 • ACR Convergence 2020
Highly Reactive anti-Jo1 Autoantibodies to Distinct HisRS Variants and Domains Associate with Lung and Joint Involvement in Patients with Myositis
Antonella Notarnicola¹, Charlotta Preger², Susanna L. Lundström², Nuria Renard², Edvard Wigren², Eveline Van Gompel², Angeles S. Galindo-Feria², Helena Persson³, Maryam Fathi⁴, Johan Grunewald², Per-Johan Jakobsson², Susanne Gräslund², Ingrid Lundberg⁵ and Cátia Fernandes-Cerqueira², ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, stockholm, Sweden, ³Science for Life Laboratories, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska University Hospital, stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet,, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: To address the reactivity and affinity against histidyl-transfer RNA synthetase (HisRS) autoantigen of anti-Jo1 autoantibodies from serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and associations…
Abstract Number: 1500 • ACR Convergence 2020
Electrocardiographic QT Intervals in Infants Exposed to Hydroxychloroquine Throughout Gestation
Deborah Friedman¹, Mimi Kim², Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau³, Robert Clancy⁴, Joshua Copel⁵, Colin Phoon⁶, Bettina Cuneo⁷, Rebecca Cohen⁶, Mala Masson⁶, Benjamin Wainwright⁶, Noel Zahr⁸, Amit Saxena⁴, Peter Izmirly⁹ and Jill Buyon¹⁰, ¹New York Medical College, Valhalla, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, ³APHP, Université de Paris, Paris, France, ⁴NYU School of Medicine, New York, ⁵Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, ⁶New York University School of Medicine, New York, ⁷University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, ⁸Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France, ⁹Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Based on inhibition of viral replication and limited reports on clinical efficacy, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was initially considered as a prophylaxis and treatment of COVID-19. …
Abstract Number: 1917 • ACR Convergence 2020
In Myositis Patients, Sjögren’s Syndrome Is Associated with Inclusion Body Myositis and with anti-cN1A Antibody Independently of the Myositis Subgroups
Dan Lévy¹, Benoit Nespola², Margherita Giannini³, Renaud Felten⁴, Francois Severac³, Coralie Varoquier³, Marina Rinagel³, Anne-Sophie Korganow⁵, Vincent Poindron⁵, Thierry Martin⁵, Julien Campagne⁶, Hassam Chereih⁷, Bastien Bouldoires⁸, Baptiste Hervier⁹, Cédric Lenormand³, Emmanuel Chatelus³, Laurent Arnaud¹⁰, Bernard Gény³, Jean Sibilia⁴, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹¹ and Alain Meyer¹², ¹CHU Strasbourg, CH, ²Department of Immunobiology, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ³CHU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, ⁴Department of rheumatology, University Hospitals of Strasbourg and French National Reference Center for Rare Auto-immune diseases, Strasbourg, France, ⁵Department of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpitaux Privés de Metz, Metz, France, ⁷CH Pontarlier, Pontarlier, ⁸HP Colmar, Colmar, ⁹APHP Paris, Paris, ¹⁰Department of rheumatology, University Hospitals of Strasbourg and French National Reference Center for Rare Auto-immune diseases, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ¹¹Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ¹²Service de rhumatologie et Centre de références des maladies autoimmunes rares, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Alsace, France
Background/Purpose: Myositis are characterized by weakness and muscle inflammation. They encompass heterogeneous conditions, which include dermatomyositis (DM), inclusion body myositis (IBM) and polymyositis (PM) according…
Abstract Number: 0242 • ACR Convergence 2020
Autoantibody Profile and Ethnicity: Risk Factors for Accelerated Development of Lupus Nephritis
Majed Albirdisi¹, David d'Cruz², Shirish Sangle² and Natasha Jordan³, ¹King Fahad Medical City, riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²guys and st thomas hospital, london, United Kingdom, ³addebrooke's hospital, cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease. African ancestry is associated with an increased risk of Lupus Nephritis (LN). Anti-DNA autoantibodies play…
Abstract Number: 0775 • ACR Convergence 2020
T and B Cell Responses to Common Tenascin-C Peptides in RA
JING Song¹, Anja Schwenzer², Sara Turcinov³, Alicia Wong², Cliff Rims¹, Lorena Rodriguez Martinez², David Arribas-Layton⁴, Christina Gerstner⁵, Virginia Muir⁶, Jeffrey Carlin⁷, Kim Midwood², Vivianne Malmström⁸, Eddie James¹ and Jane Buckner¹, ¹Center for Translational Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ²Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine,Center for Molecular Medicine, Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Center for Translational Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine,Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Center for Systems Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁸Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Although autoreactive CD4+ T cell and antibody responses against citrullinated antigens are known to contribute to loss of immune tolerance in rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…
Abstract Number: 1082 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Presence of Anti-Jo1, anti-PL7, And/or anti-MDA5 Antibodies in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Confers an Increased Risk of a Significant Restrictive Pulmonary Defect
Dmitriy Cherny¹ and Carrie Richardson¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: A subset of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy develop significant restrictive lung disease, although risk factors for this are poorly defined. Autoantibodies may be…
Abstract Number: 1501 • ACR Convergence 2020
Obstetrical Outcome and Thromboses in a Multicentric Cohort of Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Patients with Severe Preeclampsia: An Analysis of APS Classification Criteria
Maddalena Larosa¹, Nathalie Morel², Meriem Belhocine³, Amelia Ruffatti⁴, Nicolas Martin Silva⁵, Romain Paule⁶, Luc Mouthon⁷, Michel Dreyfus⁸, Jean-Charles Piette⁹, Odile Souchaud-Debouverie¹⁰, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux¹¹, Vassilis Tsatsaris¹², Emmanuelle Pannier Metzger¹³, Gaëlle Guettrot-Imbert¹⁴, Veronique Le Guern¹⁵, Andrea Doria¹⁶ and Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau¹⁷, ¹Rheumatology Unit-Department of Medicine-University of Padova, Italy, Padova, Veneto, Italy, ²AP-HP, université René-Descartes Paris V, hôpital Cochin, centre de référence maladies auto-immunes et systémiques rares, pôle médecine, service de médecine interne, Paris, France., Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ³Hôpital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal , Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy, ⁵Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France, ⁶Foch Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷Hopital Cochin - Paris University, Paris, France, ⁸CHU de Caen, Caen, France, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE LA MILETRIE, poitiers, France, ¹¹INSERM U1153, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center for Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris Descartes University , Paris , France, Paris, France, ¹²Maternité Port-Royal,Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹³Maternité Port-Royal,Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ¹⁴Médecine Interne,Hôpital Cochin, paris, France, ¹⁵Médecine Interne,Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁶University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ¹⁷APHP, Université de Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: According to APS classification criteria1, clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) consist in thrombotic and obstetric events, including severe preeclampsia (PE). Because little is…
Abstract Number: 2039 • ACR Convergence 2020
Short Telomeres and Autoantibodies Targeting Telomere-Associated Proteins in Scleroderma
Britany Adler¹, Ami Shah², Francesco Boin³, Paul Wolters³, Livia Casciola-Rosen⁴ and Antony Rosen¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, MD
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma is a systemic fibrosing disease of unknown etiology that often manifests with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Prior studies have found an association between…
Abstract Number: 0251 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dynamics of Anti-Nuclear Antibodies in a Longitudinal Study of a Large Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cohort
May Choi¹, Marvin Fritzler², Karen Costenbader³, Murray Urowitz⁴, John Hanly⁵, Caroline Gordon⁶, Yvan St. Pierre⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae⁸, Juanita Romero-Díaz⁹, F Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero¹⁰, Sasha Bernatsky¹¹, Daniel Wallace¹², David Isenberg¹³, Anisur Rahman¹⁴, Joan Merrill¹⁵, Paul Fortin¹⁶, Dafna Gladman¹⁷, Ian Bruce¹⁸, Michelle Petri¹⁹, Ellen M Ginzler²⁰, Mary Anne Dooley²¹, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman²², Susan Manzi²³, Andreas Jönsen²⁴, Graciela Alarcón²⁵, Ronald F Van Vollenhoven²⁶, Cynthia Aranow²⁷, Meggan Mackay²⁸, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza²⁹, S. Sam Lim³⁰, Murat Inanc³¹, Kenneth Kalunian³², Søren Jacobsen³³, Christine Peschken³⁴, Diane Kamen³⁵, Anca Askanase³⁶ and Ann Clarke³⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital | Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁶University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, ⁷McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁰University Health Network/Sinai Health system, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada, ¹²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Centre for Rheumatology, University College London and Department of Rheumatology, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ¹⁶CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada, ¹⁷Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, ²⁰SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, ²¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²²Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²³Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁴Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Universidad Peruana Cayetano, Heredia, Alabama, ²⁶Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁷Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁸Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁹Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ³⁰Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³¹Department of Rheumatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³³University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³⁴Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³⁵Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³⁶Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ³⁷University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Background/Purpose: ANA testing as an approach to diagnosing and classifying SLE, now embedded in the EULAR/ACR Criteria, is more important than ever. Cross-sectional studies indicate…
Abstract Number: 0788 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rigorous Plasma Microbiome Analysis Method Enables Disease Association Discovery
Wei Jiang¹, Alexander Alekseyenko², Gary Gilkeson³, Jim Oates⁴, Elizabeth Ogunrind⁵, Quan Li⁶, Diane Kamen², Betty Tsao⁵ and Zhenwu Luo⁵, ¹MUSC, Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC, ⁵Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ⁶UT South Western Medical Center, Texas
Background/Purpose: The mucosal microbiome contributes to disease pathogenesis via local and systemic interaction with the host. The hallmark of this interaction in the physiological condition…
Abstract Number: 1086 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Diagnostic Value and Clinical Significance of Myositis-Specific Antibodies in Patients Suspected to Have Autoimmune Myopathies and/or Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Sarah El Chami¹, Christopher Williams¹, Ghaith Noaiseh¹, Amrita Bath¹ and Duaa Jabari¹, ¹The University of Kansas Health System, Kansas city, KS
Background/Purpose: Myositis-specific antibodies (MSA) are thought to be highly specific in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.[1] However, in clinical practice these antibodies are frequently found…
Abstract Number: 1505 • ACR Convergence 2020
Antibodies Binding Ro/SSA and Muscarinic 3 Receptor in Sjogren’s Syndrome
R. Scofield¹, Syed Quadri², Valerie Harris², Biji Kurien² and Kristi Keolsch², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s syndrome is characterized by exocrine gland dysfunction and autoantibody production. Some data suggest autoantibodies binding the muscarinic 3 receptor (M3R) mediate poor function…
Abstract Number: 2050 • ACR Convergence 2020
Autoantibodies Targeting Complement Receptors C3aR and C5aR1 Are Decreased in ANCA-associated Vasculitis and Correlate with a Higher Relapse Rate
Sebastian Klapa¹, Antje Müller², Andreas Koch³, Anja Kerstein-Staehle⁴, Wataru Kaehler³, Harald Heidecke⁵, Susanne Schinke⁶, Markus Huber-Lang⁷, Martin Nitschke⁸, Silke Pitann⁹, Christian Karsten¹⁰, Gabriela Riemekasten¹¹ and Peter Lamprecht², ¹University of Lübeck and Institute of Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel c/o German Naval Medical Institute, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Luebeck, Germany, ²University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Lübeck, Germany, ³Institute of Experimental Immunology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, c/o German Naval Medical Institute, Kronshagen, Germany, ⁴University of Lübeck, Dept Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Luebeck, Germany, ⁵CellTrend GmbH, Luckenwalde, Germany, ⁶University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Luebeck, Germany, ⁷Institute of Clinical and Experimental Trauma Immunology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine I, Transplant Center, University of Lübeck, Luebeck, Germany, ⁹University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,, Luebeck, Germany, ¹⁰Institute of Systemic Inflammation Research, University of Lübeck, Luebeck, Germany, ¹¹University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,, Lübeck, Germany
Background/Purpose: Activation of the alternative and common terminal complement pathways has been shown in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Circulating titers of the anaphylatoxin C5a are increased…

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