Abstracts tagged "Autoantibody(ies)"

Abstract Number: 067 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Children with Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis
Yike Jiang, Alexander Sandweiss, Timothy Erickson, Eyal Muscal and Kristy Murray, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: The discovery of anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis heralded a new class of neuropsychiatric illnesses mediated by autoantibodies, known collectively as autoimmune encephalitis. The clinical…
Abstract Number: 114 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Clinical Significance of SSA and SSB Antibodies in Pediatric SLE Patients: A Single Center Cohort
Yiressy Pina¹, Dawn Janysek¹, Danielle Guffey², Maria Pereira Palacios³ and Marietta De Guzman¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) are important in the diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Of the disease specific ANAs, anti-dsDNA and anti- Smith antibodies carry…
Abstract Number: 116 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Clinical Significance of Anti-Scl-70 Antibodies in Pediatric Lupus Patients: A Single Center Cohort
Dawn Janysek¹, Yiressy Pina², Danielle Guffey³ and Marietta De Guzman¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Production of autoantibodies is a hallmark of SLE, with ANAs as a required diagnostic feature and anti-dsDNA and anti-Smith antibodies being disease-specific. Anti-Scl-70 antibodies…
Abstract Number: L13 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fetal Cardiac Targets Identify the Autoantibodies Associated with Congenital Heart Block
Stephanie Benjamin¹, Lisa Vi², Diptendu Chatterjee¹, Edgar Jaeggi¹, Marie Wahren-Herlenius³, Amelia Ruffatti⁴, Linda Hiraki⁵, Michelle Lohbihler², Lusia Sepiashvili¹, Carl Laskin⁶, Meena Fatah¹, Daniela Dominguez⁵, Lawrence Ng⁵, Anthony Gramolini², Vincent Christoffels⁷, Stephanie Protze² and Robert Hamilton⁸, ¹Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ⁴Universitå di Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Mt. Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁸Hospital for Sick Children, Markham, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune congenital heart block (CHB+) affects the fetus of mothers with anti-Ro antibodies. Anti-Ro (Ro+) antibodies (Abs) are usually present in maternal sera when…
Abstract Number: 0166 • ACR Convergence 2022
Detection of the Novel Autoantibodies Against Transcription Factor Sp4 Is Related with Low Risk of Cancer in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Patients
Yuji Hosono¹, Azusa Kojima¹, Akira Ishii¹, Mai Sugiyama¹, Yuto Izumi¹, Noriko Sasaki², Chiho Yamada¹ and Shinji Sato¹, ¹Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara Kanagawa, Japan, ²Tokai University School of Medicine, sagamihara-city, Japan
Background/Purpose: In idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM), many kinds of autoantibodies are often detected and associated with each clinical phenotype. Recently, autoantibody against transcription factor Sp4…
Abstract Number: 0683 • ACR Convergence 2022
ANA-positive versus ANA-negative Antiphospholipid Antibody-positive Patients Without Other Systemic Autoimmune Diseases: Clinical and Serological Characteristics, Results from the APS ACTION Clinical Database and Repository
Irene Cecchi¹, Massimo Radin², Silvia Grazietta Foddai², Maria Laura Bertolaccini³, Danieli De Andrade⁴, Maria Tektonidou⁵, Vittorio Pengo⁶, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza⁷, H. Michael Belmont⁸, Maria Gerosa⁹, Paul Fortin¹⁰, Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹¹, Zhouli Zhang¹², Tatsuya Atsumi¹³, Guilherme de Jesus¹⁴, Hannah Cohen¹⁵, Nina Kello¹⁶, Ware Branch¹⁷, Denis Wahl¹⁸, Laura Andreoli¹⁹, Esther Rodriguez²⁰, Michelle Petri²¹, Megan R.W. Barber²², Ricard Cervera²³, Jason Knight²⁴, Bahar Artim-Esen²⁵, Rohan Willis²⁶, Guillermo Pons-Estel²⁷, Doruk Erkan²⁸ and Savino Sciascia¹, ¹University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ²University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁶University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁷University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain, ⁸New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁹University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ¹⁰CHU de Québec Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ¹²Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China, ¹³Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ¹⁴Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁵University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Northwell Health, New York, NY, ¹⁷University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, ¹⁸Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France, ¹⁹University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²⁰Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²³University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²⁵Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ²⁶University of Texas, Galveston, TX, ²⁷Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas, Rosario, Argentina, ²⁸Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: APS ACTION is an international Clinical Database and Repository of persistently antiphospholipid antibody (aPL)-positive subjects, collecting demographic, medical history, and aPL data.This study focused…
Abstract Number: 1048 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nailfold Capillaroscopy and Candidate Biomarker Levels in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Hypertension, Profiling of Non-invasive Markers: A Cross Sectional Study
Jacqueline Lemmers¹, Arjan van Caam², Brigit Kersten², Els Ende, van den², Hanneke KNAAPEN², Arie Dijk, van², Wanda Hagmolen of ten Have², Frank van den Hoogen², Hans Koenen², Sander van Leuven³, wynand Alkema⁴, Ruben Smeets² and Madelon Vonk⁵, ¹Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Hanze University, Groningen the Netherlands, Dept. Data Science for Life Sciences & Health, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the leading causes of death in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Early detection and treatment of PH in SSc is…
Abstract Number: 1476 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NET) Antibodies and Their Association with Disease Activity and Clinical Phenotypes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Rosa Arvizu-Rivera¹, jiram torres-Ruiz², Alfredo Pérez-Fragoso², Beatriz Alcalá-Carmona³, Miroslava Nuñez-Aguirre⁴, Ana Sofía Vargas-Castro⁴, Abdiel Absalón-Aguilar³, Jaquelin Lira-Luna⁴ and Diana Gómez-Martín², ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²INCMNSZ, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁴Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion "Salvador Zubiran", Ciudad de México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Enhanced netosis has been acknowledged as pathogenic in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). The presence of antibodies against neutrophil extracellular traps (anti-NETs) in patients with…
Abstract Number: 1965 • ACR Convergence 2022
Autoantibodies Against a Specific 25-mer Peptide from P. Gingivalis Are Present in Sera of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Early Arthritis
Hsin-Yi Peng¹, Ting-Yin Xue¹, Fei-Hung Hsieh¹, Yi-Ko Chen¹, Mei-Chin Yin², Che-Yi Chao², Shu-Yao Tsai², Chung-Ping Lin³, Po-Hao Huang³, Chien-Chung Huang³, Jiunn-Horng Chen³, Chung-Ming Huang³, Der-Yuan Chen⁴, Joung-Liang Lan⁵ and Gregory Tsay³, ¹China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ²Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, ³China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁴China Medical University Hospital Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁵China Medoical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: The presence of rheumatoid factor (RF) or anti-cyclic citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) are included in the 2010 the ACR/EULAR classification criteria of rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 0167 • ACR Convergence 2022
Accuracy of Multi-Centric Local Determination of Anti-Synthetase Autoantibodies in Patients with Anti-Synthetase Syndrome and Other Autoimmune Diseases
Giovanni Zanframundo¹, Angela Ceribelli², Sara Faghihi Kashani³, Monica Morosini⁴, Sara Bozzini⁵, Natasa Isailovic⁶, Carlo Selmi⁷, Lorenzo Cavagna⁸ and Rohit Aggarwal⁹, ¹Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Milano, Italy, ²Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano (MI) Italy, Borgo San Giacomo, Italy, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Italy, ⁵Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, ⁶IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano (MI), Italy, Rozzano, Italy, ⁷IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano (MI), Italy, Rozzano, Italy, ⁸Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Italy, ⁹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: RNA-immunoprecipitation (RNA-IP) is considered the gold standard method for anti-tRNA synthetase antibodies (ARS-Ab) detection. This technique, however, is not widely available, unlike commercial kits,…
Abstract Number: 0684 • ACR Convergence 2022
Single Antiphospholipid Antibody Positive Thrombotic APS Patients’ Clinical Characteristics: Retrospective Results from the APS ACTION Clinical Database and Repository (Registry)
Silvia Grazietta Foddai¹, Irene Cecchi², Massimo Radin¹, Danieli De Andrade³, Maria Tektonidou⁴, Vittorio Pengo⁵, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza⁶, H. Michael Belmont⁷, Maria Gerosa⁸, Paul Fortin⁹, Rosario Lopez-Pedrera¹⁰, Zhouli Zhang¹¹, Tatsuya Atsumi¹², Guilherme de Jesus¹³, Hannah Cohen¹⁴, Nina Kello¹⁵, Ware Branch¹⁶, Denis Wahl¹⁷, Laura Andreoli¹⁸, Esther Rodriguez¹⁹, Michelle Petri²⁰, Ann E. Clarke²¹, Ricard Cervera²², Jason Knight²³, Bahar Artim-Esen²⁴, Rohan Willis²⁵, Guillermo Pons-Estel²⁶, Doruk Erkan²⁷, Dario Roccatello¹ and Savino Sciascia², ¹University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ²University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ³University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁵University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁶University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain, ⁷New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ⁹CHU de Québec Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ¹⁰University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ¹¹Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China, ¹²Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ¹³Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Northwell Health, New York, NY, ¹⁶University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, ¹⁷Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France, ¹⁸University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²²University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²⁴Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ²⁵University of Texas, Galveston, TX, ²⁶Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas, Rosario, Argentina, ²⁷Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The APS ACTION is a network collecting and analyzing data ofaPL positive patients recruited by international centers. Based on the assumption that triple aPL-positive…
Abstract Number: 1068 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-vinculin Antibodies in Systemic Sclerosis: Associations with Slow Gastric Transit and Extra-Intestinal Clinical Phenotype
Maria Herran¹, Brit Adler², Jamie Perin³, Walter Morales⁴, Mark Pimentel⁵ and Zsuzsanna McMahan⁶, ¹School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia, ²Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ³John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medically Associated Science and Technology (MAST) Program, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Karsh Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The gastrointestinal tract is commonly affected in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Prior studies have reported an association between higher levels of anti-vinculin antibodies and gastrointestinal…
Abstract Number: 1523 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-RNPC3 Autoantibodies in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Are Associated with Systemic Sclerosis Skin Involvement
Darya S. Jalaledin¹, Hajar El Kamouni², Alexandra Albert³, Sabrina Hoa⁴, Josiane Bourre-Tessier⁵, Eric Rich⁵, Jean-Richard Goulet⁶, Martial Koenig⁷, Minoru Satoh⁸, Marvin Fritzler⁹, May Choi¹⁰, Yves Troyanov¹¹, Jean-Luc Senécal, MD¹² and Océane Landon-Cardinal⁵, ¹Division of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Saint-Lambert, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Laval, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Saint-Lambert, Canada, ⁷Division of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁸Department of Human, Information and Science, University of Occupational Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Background/Purpose: RNA-binding region containing 3 (RNPC3) protein acts as a molecular bridge, promoting U11/U12 RNP complex formation. In previous studies, systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients who…
Abstract Number: 2021 • ACR Convergence 2022
Early Histopathological Changes of the Salivary Glands Associated with the Development of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Xiaomei Shan¹, Clara Reichardt¹, Jeeshan Singh¹, Anne Zeitler², Christine Schauer¹, Jasmin Knopf¹, Martin Herrmann¹, Gerhard Grossmayer¹, Georg Schett¹ and Luis Munoz¹, ¹Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting exocrine glands including salivary and lacrimal glands that leads to dry eyes and mouth…
Abstract Number: 0228 • ACR Convergence 2022
Are We Choosing Wisely? Results of a Survey of Internal Medicine Residents in a Single Center
Joel Wright and Dipal Patel, Englewood Health, Englewood, NJ
Background/Purpose: High value care must be prioritized given the rising costs associated with health care in the United States. The unwarranted testing of ANAs often…

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