Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and prevention"

Abstract Number: 37 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Intestinal Microbiota Dynamics in the Progression of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yanli Tong¹, Yunqiang Bai ², Yi Zhao ², Yi Liu ² and Yubin Luo ², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Intestinal microbial dysbiosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has raised the interest in studying the role of intestinal microbes in the pathogenesis of…
Abstract Number: 2121 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies As Biomarkers for the Identification of Pre-Clinical Stages of Autoimmune Diseases: Demonstration of Inflammatory and Fibrotic Activity in the Liver of Asymptomatic and Biochemically Normal Individuals with Anti-Mitochondria Antibodies
Danielle Baldo¹, Alessandra Dellavance¹, Maria Lucia Ferraz² and Luis Eduardo C. Andrade^3,4, ¹Research and Development Department, Fleury Medicine and Health Laboratories, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Gastroenterology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Immunology Division, Fleury Medicine and Health, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Circulating autoantibodies precede clinical onset of several autoimmune diseases. The characteristics of the so-called pre-clinical stage of autoimmune diseases are poorly understood. Anti-mitochondria autoantibodies…