Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and giant cell arteritis"

Abstract Number: 908 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utilization of Multiple Acute Phase Proteins and Biomarkers for Giant Cell Arteritis – Insight into Diagnosis and Clinical Complications
Blaz Burja¹, Katja Lakota¹, Tadeja Kuret¹, Polona Žigon¹, Rok Jese¹, Matija Tomsic¹, Ziga Rotar¹, Sonja Praprotnik², Tinka Svec¹, Saša Čučnik¹, Snezna Sodin Semrl¹ and Alojzija Hocevar¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is considered an urgent condition in Rheumatology, due to high risk of permanent vision loss and cerebro-vascular insults. No diagnostic…
Abstract Number: 1667 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum S100A8/S100A9 and S100A12 As a Marker Of Disease Activity In Giant Cell Arteritis
Jason Springer¹, Dirk Holzinger², Gary S. Hoffman³, Paul A. Monach⁴, Thomas Hamilton⁵, Carol A. Langford⁶, Dirk Foell⁷, David Cuthbertson⁸, Colin O'Rourke⁹, Simon Carette¹⁰, Nader A. Khalidi¹¹, Carol McAlear¹², Christian Pagnoux¹⁰, Philip Seo¹³, Kenneth J. Warrington¹⁴, Steven R. Ytterberg¹⁵, Thomas Vogl¹⁶, Peter A. Merkel¹⁷, Johannes Roth¹⁸ and Rula Hajj-Ali¹⁹, ¹Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²Institute of Immunology, University Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ³Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, ⁸Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁹Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹³Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁵Rheumatology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁶Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Vasculitis Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸Immunology, Institute of Immunology University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ¹⁹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: The S100 proteins (S100A8/9 complex and S100A12) are calcium binding proteins expressed during myeloid differentiation. S100 proteins are phagocyte-specific proteins that have been demonstrated…
Abstract Number: 1668 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Fibrinogen Have a Role In The Assessment Of Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis?
Lorraine O' Neill¹, Eoghan M. McCarthy², Anne M. Madigan³, Geraldine M. McCarthy⁴, Eamonn S. Molloy⁵, Ursula Fearon⁶, Douglas J. Veale⁵ and Conor Murphy⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Rheumatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland, ⁵Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland, ⁶Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Translational Rheumatology Research Group, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) in the most common systemic vasculitis in patients over 50 years of age. Considerable difficulties exist in the evaluation of…