Abstracts tagged "autoantigens"

Abstract Number: 4 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Jo1 Positive Myositis Patients Display a Characteristic IgG Fc-Glycan Profile Which Is Further Enhanced in Anti-Jo1 Autoantibodies
Catia Fernandes-Cerqueira^1,2, Nuria Renard^1,2, Antonella Notarnicola^1,2, Edvard Wigren^1,2,3, Susanne Graslund^1,2,3, Roman Zubarev⁴, Ingrid E. Lundberg^1,2 and Susanna L. Lundström⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Center for Molecular Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Structural Genomics Consortium, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Physiological Chemistry I, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: IgG Fc-glycans affect IgG function and are altered in autoimmune diseases and autoantibodies. Anti-histidyl tRNA synthetase autoantibodies (anti-Jo1) are frequent in myositis associated with…
Abstract Number: 16 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comprehensive Antibody Profiling Using High Density Peptide Arrays Reveals Novel Citrullinated Protein Targets in Rheumatoid Arthritis Serum Samples
Ken Lo¹, Hanying Li², Eric Sullivan² and Jigar Patel², ¹Technology Innovation, Roche Sequencing Solutions - Madison, Madison, WI, ²Roche Sequencing Solutions - Madison, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies against citrullinated proteins are found in 64-89% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, with a specificity of 88-99%. While citrullinated vimentin, fibrin and histone…
Abstract Number: 2010 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Endothelial Cell Antibodies in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases
Rie Karasawa¹, Toshiko Sato¹, Megumi Tanaka¹, Mayumi Tamaki¹, Kazuo Yudoh¹ and James Jarvis², ¹Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ²Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: Anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) are antibodies detected in multiple autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Increased levels of such antibodies may be involved in disease activity…
Abstract Number: 2056 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Citrullination Is Not a Determinant in the Lack of Tolerance to Peptidylarginine Deiminase 2 and 4 in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pooja Naik¹, Ryan Davis², Jon T. Giles³, Felipe Andrade⁴ and Erika Darrah⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) 2 and 4 are targets of the humoral response in RA. However, the mechanisms by which these enzymes become immunogenic in…
Abstract Number: 2291 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Course of the Disease in Anti-Mi2 Patients: More Intense Muscle Weakness, Good Response to Treatment and Progressive Reduction of Autoantibody Titers
Iago Pinal-Fernandez^1,2, Katherine Pak³, Maria Casal-Dominguez^4,5, Wilson Huang⁴, Jemima Albayda⁶, Eleni Tiniakou⁷, Julie J. Paik¹, Christopher A. Mecoli⁸, Sonye K. Danoff⁹, Lisa Christopher-Stine⁹ and Andrew Mammen^3,10, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Muscle Diseases Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Center Tower Ste 5300, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies targeting the Mi-2 (Mi-2a and Mi-2b) nuclear antigen in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) were first described in 1985. However, little is known about…
Abstract Number: 2335 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antiendothelial Cell Antibodies in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Proteomics-Based Approach
Rie Karasawa¹, Mayumi Tamaki¹, Toshiko Sato¹, Megumi Tanaka¹, Kazuo Yudoh¹ and James Jarvis², ¹Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ²Department of Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a systemic disorder of childhood characterized by muscle inflammation and vasculopathy. The mechanisms of the blood vessel injury in JDM…
Abstract Number: 2658 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
4-Hydroxy-2-Nonenal Serum Protein-Adducts and Anti-4-Hydroxy-2-Nonenal-Protein Adduct Antibodies in SLE
Biji T Kurien^1,2,3 and R. Hal Scofield⁴, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, complex disease and autoantibodies to self-antigens are a characteristic feature of the disorder. Our group and others…
Abstract Number: 26 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Single B Cell Analysis Revealed the Relationship Among the Cytokine Profile, Antibody Affinity, and Pathogenic Roles of Autoantigen-Reactive B Cells in Systemic Sclerosis
Takemichi Fukasawa¹, Ayumi Yoshizaki², Satoshi Ebata¹, Kouki Nakamura¹, Ryosuke Saigusa¹, Takashi Yamashita¹, Yoshihide Asano³, Yutaka Kazoe⁴, Kazuma Mawatari⁴, Takehiko Kitamori⁴ and Shinichi Sato⁵, ¹Dermatology, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ³Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have indicated that B cells play critical roles in systemic autoimmunity and disease expression through various functions such as induction of the…
Abstract Number: 39 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Protein Array Technology Identifies Rituximab-Treated Non-Responder Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients to Generate New Autoantibody Repertoires during Treatment
Zoltán Konthur¹, Melvin Michael Wiemkes², Thomas Häupl², Gerd R. Burmester² and Karl Skriner², ¹Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Free University and Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) has shown clinical efficacy but up to 40 % of RTX treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are poor responders (Ann-Rheum-Dis. 2005 Feb;64(2):246-52)…
Abstract Number: 44 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of Novel Stromal-Derived Autoantigens Recognized By RA Synovial Monoclonal Antibodies
Elisa Corsiero¹, Lucas Jagemann¹, Costantino Pitzalis² and Michele Bombardieri³, ¹Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: We previously showed that up to 40% of RA synovial recombinant monoclonal antibodies (RA-rmAbs) generated from germinal center-like structure (GC-LS+) RA synovium recognize citrullinated…
Abstract Number: 676 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunosignature Autoantibody Profiles Provide Mechanistic Insight into Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Differentiation from Symptomatically Overlapping Diseases
Theodore M. Tarasow¹, Robert Gerwien¹, Jonathan Melnick¹, Scott A. Melville¹ and Chaim Putterman², ¹HealthTell, Inc., San Ramon, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis and monitoring of patients with SLE usually requires careful evaluation by a rheumatologist. However, difficulties in accurately quantifing disease and treatment response can…
Abstract Number: 17 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Anti-endothelial cell antibodies in juvenile dermatomyositis
Rie Karasawa¹, Mayumi Tamaki¹, Toshiko Sato¹, Megumi Tanaka¹, Kazuo Yudoh² and James Jarvis³, ¹Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ²Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ³Pediatrics, SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common form of inflammatory myopathy in children. Although classified as a myopathy, involved tissues in JDM are characterized…
Abstract Number: 178 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Alpha-Enolase Promotes Pro-Inflammatory Phenotype of Monocytes-Derived Macrophages
Pascal Rottenberg^1,2, Manuel Fréret^1,2, Sébastien Calbo¹ and Olivier Vittecoq^1,2, ¹INSERM U905 & Normandy University, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France, ²Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
Background/Purpose: Monocytes of healthy donors were cultured with M-CSF (gcultured with ENO1, or control BSA, to investigate its effect on monocytes differentiation and macrophages polarization.…
Abstract Number: 813 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identifying and Assessing Subgroups in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Based on Comprehensive Autoantibody Profiling
Petra Budde¹, Hans-Dieter Zucht¹, Heike Göhler¹, Klaus Marquart¹, Peter Schulz-Knappe¹, Matthias Schneider² and Nicolas Hunzelmann³, ¹Protagen AG, Dortmund, Germany, ²Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a remarkably heterogeneous autoimmune disease, for which effective disease-modifying therapies are still lacking. The most widely used classification divides SSc…
Abstract Number: 815 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Novel Anti-BICD2 Autoantibody Potentially Predicts a Favorable Disease Course in SSc
Johannes Schulte-Pelkum¹, Daniel Wirtz¹, Petra Budde¹, Hans-Dieter Zucht¹, Peter Schulz-Knappe¹, Prof. Dr. Matthias Schneider², Suzana Jordan³, Oliver Distler³, Britta Maurer³ and Nicolas Hunzelmann⁴, ¹Protagen AG, Dortmund, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Background/Purpose: To evaluate clinical associations of our recently discovered systemic sclerosis-specific auto-antigen BICD2 in clinically well characterized systemic sclerosis (SSc) cohorts from two tertiary referral…

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