Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers and juvenile arthritis"

Abstract Number: 297 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
S100 Proteins in Oligoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Alexandra R Aminoff¹, Carol A Wallace¹, Sarah Ringold², Anne Stevens³ and Jessica M Foster⁴, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Seattle Children's Hospital/Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital/Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Seattle Children's Res Inst, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁴Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose There is a lack of reliable biomarkers that correlate with active juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The S100A8/A9 heterodimer (calprotectin) and S100A12 are proinflammatory…