Abstracts tagged "Autoantibody(ies)"

Abstract Number: 0859 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trophoblast Dysfunction and Placental Alterations in a Mouse Model of Antiphospholipid Syndrome: The Potential Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps
Bruna Mazetto Fonseca¹, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi², Katarina Kmetova², NaveenKumar Somanathapura³, Cyrus Sarosh⁴, Kavya Sugur⁵, Wenying Liang⁶, Yu (Ray) Zuo³, Richard W. Lieberman⁶ and Jason S. Knight³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³University of Michigan, Ann arbor, MI, ⁴University of Michigan, Temperance, MI, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶University of Michigan, Ann arbor
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are webs of chromatin and proteases (e.g., neutrophil elastase) that have been implicated in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)-associated thrombosis; however, their…
Abstract Number: 0278 • ACR Convergence 2025
Classic and Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis: Autoantibody Positivity
Xiwei Yang¹, Shae Chambers², Aretha On¹, Hammad Ali², Touraj Khosravi³, Lais Lopes Almeida Gomes², Rui Feng⁴ and Victoria Werth⁵, ¹Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Dermatology, Perelman Shool of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Wynnewood, PA
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy subclassified as classic (CDM) and clinically amyopathic (CADM). It can involve myositis-associated (MAA) and myositis-specific (MSA) autoantibodies.…
Abstract Number: 2599 • ACR Convergence 2025
Identification of a New Pathogenic Axis in Antiphospholipid Syndrome Linking Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Liver Function, and Circulating Proatherogenic Metabolites
Beatriz Vellón-García¹, Sagrario Corrales-Díaz-Flores², MARIA ANGELES AGUIRRE ZAMORANO³, Ismael Sanchez-Pareja³, Laura muñoz-Barrera³, Tomás Cerdó³, Pedro Seguí-Azpilcueta⁴, Christian Merlo², Maria del carmen abalos-aguilera², Nuria Barbarroja⁵, Rafaela Ortega-Castro⁶, José-Antonio Gonzalez-Reyes⁷, Alejandro Escudero-contreras², Chary López pedrera⁸, Jose manuel Villalba⁹ and Carlos Pérez Sánchez¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology Service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba/ Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain/Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology Service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba/ Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ³Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴Radiology Service, Reina Sofia Hospital/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba/University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁷Department of Cell Biology, Immunology and Physiology, University of Cordoba (UCO), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, (ceiA³)., Cordoba, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁹Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/ CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: This study aims to:1- Characterize the circulating metabolomic signature in APS patients; 2- Investigate the role of hepatic involvement in the pathophysiology of APS;…
Abstract Number: 2396 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Machine Learning Algorithm Based on a 15-Autoantibody Profile by a Novel Fully Automated Multiplexed Microarray Immunoassay for the Diagnosis of Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases
Gerber Gomez¹, Yipeng Cheng², Kristiana Nita², Michael Hausmann³, Christian Fischer¹ and Yasemin Ataman-Önal³, ¹Scientific & Medical Affairs, AliveDx Suisse SA, Eysins, Switzerland, ²AliveDx, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ³AliveDx Suisse SA, Eysins, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Detection of relevant autoantibodies is key in the identification of autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTD). The evaluation of multiple autoantibodies for extended serological profiling…
Abstract Number: 1865 • ACR Convergence 2025
Shared and unique molecular signatures across different autoantibody groups in systemic sclerosis: a multi-omics analysis
Hanlin Yin¹, Wanyi Lin², Zhangyi zhao¹, Chenhan Jia¹ and Liangjing Lu¹, ¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are detected in over 95% of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. Compared to cutaneous subtype classification, autoantibody-based stratification more accurately predicts survival,…
Abstract Number: 1391 • ACR Convergence 2025
Assessment of Anti-SSA/Ro Testing Across Various Commercial Laboratories in the United States to Reduce the Burden of Surveillance in Pregnant Women with No History of Fetal Atrioventricular Block (fAVB)
Mala Masson¹, Bettina Cuneo², Philip Carlucci³, Peter Izmirly⁴, Justin Brandt⁵, Colin Phoon⁶, Ashley Roman⁶, Amit Saxena⁷, Michael Belmont⁵, Christina Penfield⁶, Young Mi Lee⁶, Julie Nusbaum⁵, Andrew Rubenstein⁶, Elena Sinkovskaya⁸, Alfred Abuhamad⁸, Gary Satou⁹, Whitnee Hogan¹⁰, Anita Moon-Grady¹¹, Lisa Howley¹², Mary Donofrio¹³, Stephanie Levasseur¹⁴, Miwa Geiger¹⁵, Sonal Owens¹⁶, Kristopher Cumbermack¹⁷, Jyothi Matta¹⁸, Gary Joffe¹⁹, Christopher Lindblade²⁰, Caitlin Haxel²¹, Katherine Kohari²², Joshua Copel²², James Strainic²³, Tam Doan²⁴, Conisha Holloman²⁴, Stacy Killen²⁵, Theresa Tacy²⁶, Michelle Kaplinski²⁶, Nalani Sachan⁶, Nicola Fraser⁶, Robert Clancy¹⁴ and Jill Buyon⁶, ¹NYU Langone Medical Center- Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ²University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, ³New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ⁹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹²Midwest Fetal Care Center, Children's Minnesota/Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN, ¹³Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ¹⁴Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹⁵Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbo, MI, ¹⁷University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ¹⁸University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, ¹⁹Perinatal Associates of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²⁰Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ²¹University of Vermont Children's Hospital, Burlington, VT, ²²Yale University, New Haven, CT, ²³UH Rainbow Babies, Cleveland, OH, ²⁴Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²⁵Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²⁶Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: For women with Sjögren's disease, the risk of Fetal Atrioventricular Block (fAVB) is a critical aspect in pregnancy counseling. To date, the most reliable…
Abstract Number: 0911 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Novel FcRn × Albumin Bispecific Antibody Demonstrates Extended Half-life and Deep IgG Reduction in Preclinical Mouse Models
Hang Su¹, Lulu Li¹, Zenglin Pei¹, Barry Duplantis², Yuhao Wang², Yi Li¹ and Quan Yu¹, ¹Ailux, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Ailux, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Sjögren’s syndrome are characterized by elevated levels of pathogenic autoantibodies that drive inflammation. The…
Abstract Number: 0857 • ACR Convergence 2025
CD14-dependent MAP kinase signaling is required for pathogenic neutrophil extracellular trap formation in APS
Thalia Newman¹, NaveenKumar Somanathapura¹, Chao Liu², Srilakshmi Yalavarthi¹, Pooja Kapoor¹, Ajay Tambralli¹, Jacqueline Madison¹, Yu (Ray) Zuo¹ and Jason S. Knight¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Superior Charter Twp, MI
Background/Purpose: Antibodies targeting beta-2-glycoprotein I (anti-β2GPI) promote inflammation and thrombosis in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). It has been shown that anti-β2GPI activate neutrophils through Toll-like receptor…
Abstract Number: 0258 • ACR Convergence 2025
Performance characteristics of anti-Collagen II antibodies for diagnosing inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Karyssa Stonick¹, Marcela ferrada², Alice Fike³, Kaitlin Quinn³, Benjamin Turturice³, Casey Stein⁴ and Peter Grayson⁵, ¹National Insitute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ²University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIAMS, NIH, Chevy Chase, MD, ⁵National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD
Background/Purpose: Anti-collagen II (Col2) antibodies have been clinically and experimentally associated with relapsing polychondritis (RP), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and other diseases. Whether anti-Col2 antibodies are…
Abstract Number: L11 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatology Diagnostics Utilizing Artificial Intelligence (ANA Reader©) for ANA Pattern Identification and Titer Quantification
May Choi¹, Farbod Moghaddam¹, Mohammad Sajadi¹, Ann E. Clarke¹, Sasha Bernatsky², Karen Costenbader³, Irene Chen⁴, Murray Urowitz⁵, John Hanly⁶, Caroline Gordon⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae⁸, Juanita Romero-Diaz⁹, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero¹⁰, Daniel Wallace¹¹, David Isenberg¹², Anisur Rahman¹³, Joan Merrill¹⁴, Paul Fortin¹⁵, Dafna Gladman¹⁶, Ian Bruce¹⁷, Michelle Petri¹⁸, Ellen Ginzler¹⁹, Mary Anne Dooley²⁰, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman²¹, Susan Manzi²², Andreas Jönsen²³, Graciela Alarcón²⁴, Ronald Van Vollenhoven²⁵, Cynthia Aranow²⁶, Meggan Mackay²⁶, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza²⁷, S. Sam Lim²⁸, Murat Inanç²⁹, Kenneth Kalunian³⁰, Soren Jacobsen³¹, Christine Peschken³², Diane Kamen³³, Anca Askanase³⁴, Marvin Fritzler³⁵ and Mina Aminghafari¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴UC Berkeley and UCSF, Berkeley, CA, ⁵Self employed, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁷University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ⁹The National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁰Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹²Department of Ageing, Rheumatology and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁵Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - UniversitéLaval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹⁶University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁷Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁹SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, NY, ²⁰UNC physician network, Chapel Hill, NC, ²¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²²Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²³Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁴The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA, ²⁵Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁶Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, New York, NY, ²⁷Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, Bilbao, Spain, ²⁸Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²⁹Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³⁰UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³¹Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³³Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ³⁴Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³⁵Mitogen Diagnostics Corp, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibody (ANA) immunofluorescence (IFA) patterns and titers are a key part of rheumatology diagnostics, however, there is considerable intra- and inter-laboratory variability with…
Abstract Number: 0048 • ACR Convergence 2024
Role of the Chemokine CCL22 in Rheumatoid Arthritis Development
Marcelo Afonso¹, Masa Filipovic¹, Alexandra Argyriou², Alexandra Circiumaru³, Mikael Ringh¹, Konstantin Carlberg¹, Vijay Joshua¹, Szu-Jing Chen¹, Marianne Engström¹, Heidi Wähämaa¹, Tomas Ekström¹, Marc H Wadsworth II⁴, Ravi Kumar¹, Aaron Winkler⁵, Vivianne Malmström¹, Anca Catrina¹, Karine Chemin¹, Aase Hensvold¹ and Bence Réthi¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, ³Division for Rheumatology, Karolinska Institutet; Center for Rheumatology, Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm region, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Pfizer, Cambridge, ⁵Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Understanding alterations of the immune homeostasis in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be a key to achieve earlier diagnosis and prevention.…
Abstract Number: 0343 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Interlaboratory Variability Study of Detection Methods for Myositis-Specific and Myositis-Associated Autoantibodies in Sera from Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Georgina Harvey¹, Idil Ashur², Xavier Bossuyt³, Martin Bluethner⁴, Anna Brusch⁵, Chris Bundell⁵, hector Chinoy⁶, Claire Coeshott⁷, Charmaine Donald², Juliet Dunphy⁸, Marvin Fritzler⁹, Adrian Heaps², marie Hudson¹⁰, Masataka Kuwana¹¹, Océane Landon-Cardinal¹², Hui Lu¹, FIONNUALA MCMORROW¹, Marie Mayrhofer⁴, Alain Meyer¹³, Birthe Michiels³, Benoit Nespola¹⁴, Susan O'Loughlin¹⁵, Ivana Putova¹⁶, Johan Rönnelid¹⁷, Ross Sadler¹⁸, Maria Teresa Sanz-Martinez¹⁹, Paul Sciore²⁰, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan²¹, Helena Storfors²², Ernesto Trallero-Araguás²³, Yves Troyanov¹², Jade Tyson², Jiří Vencovský²⁴, Akira Yoshida²⁵ and Sarah Tansley¹, ¹University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ²Severn Pathology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁴MVZ Labor PD Dr. Volkmann und Kollegen GbR, Karlsruhe, Germany, ⁵Department of Clinical Immunology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, ⁶The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷Advanced Diagnostics Laboratories National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁸Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁹Mitogen Diagnostics Corp, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³UR3072, Physiology Department, Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁴Laboratoire d’immunologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁵Greater Manchester Immunology Service, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹⁷Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ¹⁸Laboratory of Immunology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Immunology Division, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Mitogen Diagnostics Corp., Calgary, ²¹Internal Medicine Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, ²³Rheumatology Departament, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ²⁵Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: In idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) spectrum diseases, myositis-specific and myositis-associated autoantibodies (MSAs/MAAs) are key markers of disease subtype and prognosis and are considered routine…
Abstract Number: 0808 • ACR Convergence 2024
Confirmation of Second Trimester Trophoblast Transport of Maternal Anti-SSA/Ro52 and 60kD Autoantibodies in Cardiac Neonatal Lupus: Implications for FcRn Blockade
Nicola Fraser¹, Mala Masson², Robert Clancy³, Philip Carlucci⁴, Peter Izmirly⁵, Nalani Sachan⁶, Justin Brandt¹, Kristen Thomas¹, Melanie Fox⁷, Colin Phoon¹, Achiau Ludomirsky¹, Ranjini Srinivasan¹, Garrett Lam⁸, Bettina Cuneo⁹ and Jill Buyon¹⁰, ¹NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Medical Center- Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Renown Health, Reno, NV, ⁸Intermountain Health, Provo, UT, ⁹University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, ¹⁰New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The nearly invariant finding of anti-SSA/Ro52/60kD autoantibodies in pregnancies complicated by cardiac neonatal lupus (cardiac-NL), which manifests as fetal atrioventricular block and endocardial fibroelastosis…
Abstract Number: 1298 • ACR Convergence 2024
What Is an ANA and Why Should I Care? Strategies to Increase Understanding of Basic Rheumatologic Labs Within Medical Education
Megan Schluentz¹ and Sonam Kiwalkar², ¹Ochsner, New Orleans, LA, ²The Vancouver Clinic, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: A growing availability crisis in Rheumatology requires consideration of steps and best practices that might be employed to meet high demand. Besides increasing the…
Abstract Number: 1650 • ACR Convergence 2024
IL-33 Expands Plasma Cells, Disrupts Germinal Centers and Increases Autoantibody Production
Andre Limnander¹, Eva Conde¹, Seblewongel Asrat², Andrea Vecchione², Kaitlyn Gayvert², Paulina Pedraza², Carley Tasker², Sharon Huang², Dmitry Yarilin², Dylan Birchard², Li-Hong Ben², Wei Keat Lim², Andrew Murphy², Matthew Sleeman² and Jamie orengo¹, ¹Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY, ²Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown
Background/Purpose: IL-33 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that plays a role in asthma, COPD and autoimmune diseases. The role of IL-33 on B cell maturation and…

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