Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and spondylarthropathy"

Abstract Number: 580 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Sclerostin, Dickkopf-1 and Serum Markers of Inflammation, Cartilage and Bone Turnover in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Treated with Adalimumab
Susanne Juhl Pedersen¹, Inge Juul Sørensen², Julia S. Johansen³, Patrick Garnero⁴, Anne Gitte Loft⁵, Jens Skoedt⁶, Gorm Thamsborg⁷, Karsten Asmussen⁸, Elka Kluger⁹, Jesper Nørregaard¹⁰, Torben Grube Christensen¹¹ and Mikkel Østergaard¹², ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Department of Internal Medicine and Oncology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴INSERM, UMR 1033, Lyon and Cisbio Bioassays, Bagnols/Cèze, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Sygehus Lillebaelt, Vejle, Denmark, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Dep. of Rheumatology, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁹King Christian 10th Rheumatism Hospital at Gråsten, Graasten, Denmark, ¹⁰Dep of Rheumatology, Hørsholm Hospital, Hørsholm, Denmark, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark, ¹²Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Few studies have investigated changes in plasma sclerostin and Dickkopf1 (DKK-1) in relation to other biomarkers of inflammation, cartilage and bone turnover during treatment…
Abstract Number: 2496 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated Serum Level of the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Is Highly Predictive for New Syndesmophytes Formation in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Denis Poddubnyy¹, Kristina Conrad², Uta Syrbe², Hildrun Haibel³, Heiner Appel², Martin Rudwaleit⁴ and Joachim Sieper⁵, ¹Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité Medical University, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ³Medical Department I, Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Endokrinologikum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Medical Department I, Rheumatology, Charité Universitätesmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the recent years several predictors of radiographic spinal progression/syndesmophyte formation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) were identified: syndesmophytes at baseline (the strongest predictor so…