Abstracts tagged "Autoantibody(ies)"

Abstract Number: 1375 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Relative Burden of Fatigue Is Associated with High TSH/fT4 Ratio in Korean Patients with Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome
Jee-in Lee¹, Se Rim Choi², You-Jung Ha², Eun Ha Kang³, Keun-Suh Kim⁴, Joon Young Hyon⁵ and Yun Jong Lee⁶, ¹Seoul National University of Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnamsi, South Korea, ³Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea, ⁴Department of Periodontology, Section of Dentistry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnamsi, South Korea, ⁵Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnamsi, South Korea, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, South Korea
Background/Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of anti-thyroid autoantibodies, abnormal thyroid function, and their clinical impacts in Korean patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). Methods: One…
Abstract Number: 1766 • ACR Convergence 2023
Inflammatory Priming of the Joints via Pre-activation of Macrophages by Anti-MAA Antibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marcelo Afonso¹, Jitong Sun¹, Koji Sakuraba¹, Anca Catrina¹, Aase Hensvold², Caroline Grönwall¹ and Bence Réthi¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet. Center for Rheumatology, Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that certain malondialdehyde/acetaldehyde modified protein binding autoantibodies (anti-MAA), obtained from the inflamed joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, induced osteoclast…
Abstract Number: 2350 • ACR Convergence 2023
Upregulation of Both APRIL and BAFF in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Suggests Non-Redundant Roles, Further Revealed by Dual Inhibition with Povetacicept (ALPN-303; TACI vTD-Fc)
Tiffany Blair, Elizabeth Repash, Armand Bankhead, Amanda Enstrom, Lawrence Evans, Susan Debrot, Allison Chunyk, Sherri Mudri, Stanford Peng and Stacey Dillon, Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc., Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: B cell activating factor (BAFF) and a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) are cytokines that signal through transmembrane activator and CAML interactor (TACI), B cell maturation…
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: 1379 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of HLA Alleles with Specific Auto-antibodies in an Ancestrally Diverse Population of Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Nicholas Gold¹, Fangming Liao¹, JingJing Cao¹, Daniela Dominguez¹, Andrea Knight², Deborah Levy³ and Linda Hiraki⁴, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease capable of affecting multiple organ systems. Genetic variants in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) are associated…
Abstract Number: 1714 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Circadian Clock Gene Bmal1 Negatively Regulates Autoantibody Production in SLE
Shuichiro Nakabo¹, Donavon Sandoval-Heglund¹, Victoria Hoffmann², Mingzeng Zhang¹, Norio Hanata¹, Zerai Manna¹, Elaine Poncio¹, Sarfaraz Hasni³ and Mariana Kaplan⁴, ¹NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²ORS/ORF/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs including kidney and skin. While its etiology and pathogenesis are still…
Abstract Number: 2043 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Does Isolated Anti-Ro52 Antibody Positivity Mean in Sjögren’s Syndrome?
Eléonore Bettacchioli¹, Alain Saraux², Alice Tison³, Divi CORNEC⁴, Maryvonne Dueymes¹, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁵ and Valerie Devauchelle⁶, ¹Immunology and Immunotherapy Laboratory, CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ²CHU Brest, Brest, France, ³Rheumatology Department, CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ⁴CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ⁵Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ⁶Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by a triad of dryness, pain and fatigue in affected patients. Its diagnosis is…
Abstract Number: 0450 • ACR Convergence 2022
Incidence of Solid and Hematologic Tumors in Patients with ANCA: A 10-year Retrospective Cohort Study
Enrico Brunetta¹, Giacomo Ramponi², marco folci², Maria De Santis³, Giacomo Maria Guidelli¹, Angela Ceribelli⁴, Nicoletta Luciano¹, Marta Caprioli⁵, Arianna Sonaglia¹ and Carlo Selmi⁶, ¹IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano, Italy, ²IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Internal Medicine, Rozzano, Italy, ³Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pieve Emanuele, Italy, ⁴Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano (MI) Italy, Borgo San Giacomo, Italy, ⁵IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pavia, Italy, ⁶IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano (MI), Italy, Rozzano, Italy
Background/Purpose: Serum antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are significantly associated with the development of ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) but may also be detected in patients with other…
Abstract Number: 0795 • ACR Convergence 2022
Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequalae (PACS) with New-onset Rheumatological Complications
Neel Thanavala¹, Kiho Son², Nardien Sedhom², Snehal Somalwar³, Zil Patel¹, Rameen Jamil², Carmen Venegas², Ashutosh Thakar², Agnes Yuen⁴, Melanie Kjarsgaard², Susan Waserman², Mylinh Duong², Parameswaran Nair², Christopher Carlsten⁴, Maggie Larche², Terence Ho², Sarah Svenningsen², KONSTANTINOS TSELIOS⁵ and Manali Mukherjee², ¹The Research Institute of St. Joe's Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³The Research Institute of St Joe's Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵McMaster University, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Post-Acute Sequalae of COVID-19 (PASC), prevalent in ~20-30% of convalescent COVID-19 patients is characterized by new/persistent symptoms after the initial recovery. Certain autoantibodies have…
Abstract Number: 1385 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical and Serologic Characterization of Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Disease
Amanda Robinson and Kathryn Torok, Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is a systemic fibroinflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by skin fibrosis and multiple extracutaneous manifestations. A proportion of children with jSSc…
Abstract Number: 1732 • ACR Convergence 2022
Novel Human Class II MHC Tetramers Detect Rare, Self-Reactive CD4+ T Cells Relevant to Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Shawn Mahmud, Thamotharampillai Dileepan, Bryce Binstadt and Marc Jenkins, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Nearly all patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) have IgG autoantibodies (autoAb) specific for U170k, a component of the U1-snNRP spliceosomal complex. A…
Abstract Number: 2048 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serology Driven Pulmonary Phenotype Characterization of Sjögren Syndrome-associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Monocentric Cohort Study
Gaetano La Rocca¹, Francesco Ferro², Giovanni Fulvio³, Silvia Fonzetti⁴, Inmaculada Concepción Navarro García⁵, Elena Elefante⁶, Chiara Romei⁷, Marta Mosca⁶ and Chiara Baldini³, ¹University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Palermo, Palermo, Italy, ²Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁶University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁷University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a relatively frequent manifestation of Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS), potentially presenting with a wide spectrum of clinical-radiological characteristics. Anti-Ro52 autoantibodies…

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