Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and outcome measures"

Abstract Number: 2549 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Biomarkers Provide An Objective Standard Against Which To Assess Lupus Clinical Endpoint Measures?
Aikaterini Thanou¹, Melissa E. Munroe², Stan Kamp³, Joel M. Guthridge⁴, Judith A. James⁵ and Joan T. Merrill⁶, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immmunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Clinical Pharmacology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Clinical Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Despite the heterogeneity of SLE, specific pathways of immune dysregulation characterize significant subsets of patients. We examined cytokines reflecting IL6-TH17 pathology in lupus as…