Abstracts tagged "Autoantibody(ies)"

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: 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: 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: 1121 • ACR Convergence 2022
Intricate Roles of Low Gene Copy Numbers for Complement C4, C4A Deficiency and HLA-DRB1*03 as Genetic Risk Factors for Myositis, Its Subgroups and Autoantibodies
Danlei Zhou¹, Emily H King¹, Simon Rothwell², Olga Kryštůfková³, Antonella Notarnicola⁴, Samantha Coss¹, Rabheh Abdul Aziz⁵, Katherine E Miller¹, Amanda Dang¹, G. Richard Yu¹, Joanne Drew⁶, Emeli Lundstrom⁴, Lauren Pachman⁷, Gulnara Mamyrova⁸, Rodolfo V Curiel⁸, Boel De Paepe⁹, Jan De Bleecker⁹, Antony Payton¹⁰, William Ollier¹¹, Terrance P O'Hanlon¹², Ira Targoff¹², Willy Flegel¹², Vidya Sivaraman⁶, Edward Oberle⁶, Shoghik Akoghlanian⁶, Kyla Driest⁶, Charles H Spencer¹³, Yee Ling Wu¹⁴, Haikady N Nagaraja¹⁵, Stacy P Ardoin⁶, Hector Chinoy¹⁶, Lisa G Rider¹², Frederick Miller¹², Ingrid Lundberg¹⁷, Leonid Padyukov¹⁸, Jiří Vencovský³, Janine A Lamb² and Chack-Yung Yu¹, ¹Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²National Institute for Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁷Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, ⁹Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁰Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹¹Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹²Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, MS, ¹⁴Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, ¹⁵Division of Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ¹⁶The University of Manchester, Sale, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁸Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by autoantibodies plus infiltration of leukocytes into muscles and/or the skin, leading to…
Abstract Number: 1542 • ACR Convergence 2022
Exploratory Clinical Subgroup Clustering in Systemic Sclerosis – Results from the Indian Progressive Systemic Sclerosis Registry
Shery Susan Philip¹, Ramya Janardana¹, Revanesh S Mirji¹, Chengappa Kavadichanda², Devender Bairwa³, Geetabali Sircar⁴, Parasar Ghosh⁵, Anupam Wakhlu⁶, Padmanabha Shenoy⁷, Sumithra Selvam⁸ and Vineeta Shobha¹, ¹St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India, ²JIPMER, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India, ³Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, Puducherry, India, ⁴Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, ⁵Govt of West Bengal, Kolkata, India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, ⁶Apollo Medics Super Speciality Hospitals, Lucknow, India, ⁷Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence (CARE), Cochi, India, ⁸Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, St. John’s Research Institute, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
Background/Purpose: Classification of systemic sclerosis (SSc) into subsets has been a challenge due to it's heterogeneity. This study attempts to identify SSc subsets based on…
Abstract Number: 2023 • ACR Convergence 2022
Salivary Autoantibodies in Sicca Patients Are Associated with Dry Symptoms
Martha Tsaliki¹, Joshua Cavett¹, Biji T. Kurien², Christina Bruxvoort¹, Robert Hal Scofield² and Kristi A Koelsch³, ¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS) diagnosis depends on clinic examinations that involve measurements of serum levels of anti-Ro\SSA, anti-La\SSB, and rheumatoid factor antibodies; the first is…
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…
Abstract Number: 0686 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-β2GP1/HLA-DR Antibody Is Associated with Arterial Thrombosis in Female Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan
Katsuhiko Yoneda¹, Yo Ueda¹, Kenji Tanimura², Hirotaka Yamada¹, Takaichi Okano³, Keisuke Nishimura¹, Hisashi Arase⁴, Hideto Yamada⁵ and Jun Saegusa¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ³Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ⁴Department of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Disease, Osaka University, Suita, Japan, ⁵Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe University Hospital / Center for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by thrombosis and/or pregnancy complications. Recently, β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI) complexed with HLA class II molecules (β2GPI/HLA-DR)…
Abstract Number: 1141 • ACR Convergence 2022
Consequences of SLE Heterogeneity on the Epigenome and the Drivers Behind
Olivia Castellini-Pérez¹, Athina Spiliopoulou², Guillermo Barturen¹, Andrii Iakovliev², Manuel Martinez-Bueno¹, Elena Carnero-Montoro¹ and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹, ¹Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by a complex aetiology and heterogenous symptomatology which has been recently dissected using…
Abstract Number: 1629 • ACR Convergence 2022
AUR200: An Improved BAFF/APRIL Inhibitor with Increased Potency and Safety for the Treatment of B Cell-Mediated Diseases
Shawn Morales, Jennifer Cross and Robert Huizinga, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Victoria, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: AUR200 targets both B cell activating factor (BAFF) and a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL), which are key mediators in the pathogenesis of B cell-mediated autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 2024 • ACR Convergence 2022
Salivary Gland Ultrasound May Lead to a More Accurate Stratification of Patients with the Same Serological Profile in Sjögren’s Syndrome: Towards a Personalized Approach
Silvia Fonzetti¹, Francesco Ferro², Gaetano La Rocca³, Giovanni Fulvio⁴, Inmaculada Concepción Navarro García⁵, Gianmaria Governato⁶, Valentina Donati⁷, Marta Mosca⁸ and Chiara Baldini⁴, ¹Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ²Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Palermo, Palermo, Italy, ⁴University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁶Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁷Pathology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Salivary gland ultrasound (SGUS) abnormalities have been increasingly recognized as possible biomarkers for Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) phenotypic stratification. However, to date few studies have…

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