Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 2511 • ACR Convergence 2025
The SHIPE index: A tertile-based approach to predict end-stage kidney disease in ANCA-associated vasculitis
HYUNSUE DO¹, Lucy Eunju Lee², Jang Woo Ha³, Jason Jungsik Song⁴, Yong-Beom Park⁵ and Sang-Won Lee⁶, ¹Kangwon national university hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ²Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶Yonsei university college of medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to develop a simple, robust, and ethnoregion-specific index for predicting progression to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in Korean patients with antineutrophil…
Abstract Number: 2277 • ACR Convergence 2025
Immunophenotyping of peripheral blood mononuclear cells reveals potential cellular biomarkers of disease in rheumatoid arthritis
John Bui¹, Jason Dubovsky², Jennifer Abrams³, Sara Charmsaz⁴, Michelle Blake¹, Joshua Beilke⁴, Anne-Renee van der Vuurst de Vries¹, Joseph Arron⁵, Jonathan Graf⁶ and Jeffrey Bluestone⁷, ¹Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Seattle, WA, ²Sonoma Biotherapeutics, South San Francisco, ³Sonomabio, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Seattle, ⁵Sonoma Biotherapeutics, San Francisco, CA, ⁶UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Sonoma Biotherapeutics, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Emerging cell-based therapies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) target the underlying immunologic activity of disease. Objective biomarkers to-date are downstream sequelae of RA immunologic drivers.…
Abstract Number: 2062 • ACR Convergence 2025
Immune Cell Signatures Associated with Disease Activity in Dermatomyositis Across Autoantibody Subtypes
Jeffrey Sagun¹, Melissa Leeolou¹, Nicholas Geraci², Andrew Bender³, Fatima Strand², David Fiorentino¹ and Kavita Sarin¹, ¹Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ²EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ³AbbVie, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a heterogeneous multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the skin, muscle, and lung. Identifying the immune cells that drive disease…
Abstract Number: 1809 • ACR Convergence 2025
Mass Spectrometry-Based N-Terminomics Uncovers Proteolytic Signatures and Pathways in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Synovial Fluid
Andrew Zeft¹, Sirada Panupattanapong², Laura Nedorezov³, Sumit Bhutada³ and Suneel Apte³, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic disease marked by persistent synovial inflammation, often leading to structural joint damage. While numerous proteases produced by…
Abstract Number: 1680 • ACR Convergence 2025
Major salivary gland ultrasonographic features of lymphoma and high lymphoproliferative risk lesions in Sjögren’s Disease: a systematic review
Alen Zabotti¹, Valeria Manfrè¹, Maria Teresa Rizzo¹, Alessia Nano¹, Garifallia Sakellariou² and Luca Quartuccio¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DMED), Academic Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", ASUFC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università Di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is burdened by significant lymphoproliferative risk. Up to date there is no established consensus on the salivary gland ultrasonographic (SGUS) features…
Abstract Number: 1436 • ACR Convergence 2025
Angiogenesis Markers in Difficult to Treat Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Devy Zisman¹, Amir Haddad², Dunia Araide³, Noa Hayat², Tal Gazitt⁴, Joy Feld⁵, Michal Aizenberg Peleg¹, Muhanad Abu-Elhija¹, Ameen Batheesh¹, Abdulla Watad⁶, Alina Simanovich¹, Nili Stein¹, Kateryna Milman² and Michal Amit Rahat¹, ¹Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ²Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ³The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, HaZafon, Israel, ⁴Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel, ⁵Carmel and Zvulun Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ⁶Tel Hashomer Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Background/Purpose: Difficult to treat (D2T) psoriatic arthritis (PsA) presents a state of active inflammatory disease manifestations despite therapy with at least two biologic disease modifying…
Abstract Number: 1208 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neutrophil Activation in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Associations with Muscle Function and Disease Progression
Jia Shi¹, Yang Wu², Aviya Levy³, Ting Wang⁴, Abhinav Janappareddi⁵, Payton Hermanson¹, Jorge A. Gonzalez-Chapa⁵, Qian Wang⁶, Susan Shenoi⁷ and Christian Lood⁵, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²¹. Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; ². Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China; ³. University of Washington, Division of Rheumatology, Seattle, WA, USA, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ³Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center, Seattle, ⁵University of Washington, Division of Rheumatology, Seattle, ⁶Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁷Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center, Mercer Island, WA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is an inflammatory vasculopathy characterized by muscle weakness and systemic inflammation. This study aimed to investigate the clinical utility of neutrophil…
Abstract Number: 0660 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effects of Deucravacitinib on Dysregulated Autoimmune Gene Modules That Correlate With Skin Disease Severity and Treatment Response in Patients With Cutaneous Manifestations of Lupus Erythematosus: Biomarker Results From a Global, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study
J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹, Victoria Werth², Joerg Wenzel³, John Schwarz⁴, Jinqi Liu⁴ and Brandon Johnson⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Deucravacitinib, an oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor approved in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, has demonstrated significant improvements in cutaneous manifestations…
Abstract Number: 0851 • ACR Convergence 2025
Urinary Tenascin C Predicts Kidney Function Loss in Lupus Nephritis
CHEN-YU LEE¹, Sepehr Taghavi², Shangzhu Zhang³, Roopa Madhu⁴, Jasmine Shwetar⁵, Tyler O'Malley⁶, Daniel Goldman⁷, Peter Izmirly⁸, H Michael Belmont⁹, Richard Furie¹⁰, Noa Schwartz¹¹, Chaim Putterman¹², Jennifer Barnas¹³, Jennifer Anolik¹⁴, Sarah French¹⁵, Maria Dall'Era¹⁶, Judith James¹⁷, Joel Guthridge¹⁷, Jacob Vasquez¹⁸, Mike Nerenberg¹⁹, Andrew Concoff²⁰, Christine Schleif²¹, Kevin Wei²², Thomas Eisenhaure²³, Nir Hacohen²³, Rachael Bogle²⁴, Johann Gudjonsson²⁵, Lam Tsoi²⁵, Brad Rovin²⁶, Jill Buyon²⁷, Michelle Petri⁷ and Andrea Fava¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Exagen Inc, Escondido, CA, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁵New York School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Exagen, Vista, CA, ⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁸New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Safed, Israel, ¹³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ¹⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ¹⁵UCSF, Mill Valley, CA, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁸Exagen, Inc., Vista, CA, ¹⁹Exagen, DEL MAR, CA, ²⁰Specialty Networks/United Rheumatology, a Cardinal Health Company, N/A, ²¹Exagen, Carlsbad, CA, ²²Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²³Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ²⁴University of Michigan, Holland, OH, ²⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²⁶The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²⁷NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Kidney survival is the ultimate treatment goal in lupus nephritis (LN), but long-term predictors remain understudied due to the need for extensive follow up.…
Abstract Number: 0750 • ACR Convergence 2025
Fibrinogen as a biomarker in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis and detection of flares
Jonathan Miller¹, Sharon Cowley², Patricia Harkins³, David O'Sullivan⁴, Gearoid McGeehan⁵, Eamonn Molloy⁶, Richard Conway⁷, David Kane⁸ and Geraldine mcCarthy⁹, ¹St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Trinity College Dublin, Dublin ⁸, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D²⁴, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the commonest idiopathic systemic vasculitis in adults over 50 years of age. It can be associated with high morbidity.…
Abstract Number: 0309 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Composite Cumulative Cartilage Damage Metric Predicts Incident Symptomatic Knee OA: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Julieann Patarini¹, Timothy McAlindon², Jonggyu Baek¹, Emily Kirillov³, Nhung Vo³, Michael Richard³, Ming Zhang⁴, Matthew Harkey⁵, Grace Lo⁶, Shao-Hsien Liu¹, Kate Lapane¹, Charles Eaton⁷, James Mackay⁸ and Jeffrey Driban⁹, ¹UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²UMass Chan School of Medicine, Arlington, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Westford, MA, ⁵Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, ⁶Baylor College of Medicine / MEDVAMC, Houston, TX, ⁷Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, ⁸University of Cambridge; Norwich Medical School, San Diego, CA, ⁹University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Marlborough, NH

Background/Purpose: Cartilage defects are a hallmark of OA progression. We previously developed a composite MRI-based metric that combines cartilage damage from 6 anatomical regions throughout…
Abstract Number: 0044 • ACR Convergence 2025
DNA Methylation Signatures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis Highlight Divergent Immune Pathways
Rufei Lu¹, Tayte Stephens², Carla Guthridge¹, Miles Smith¹, Joseph Kheir¹, Cristina Arriens¹, Joan Merrill³, Marci Beel⁴, Susan Macwana¹, Wade DeJager⁵, Nicholas Domingez¹, Teresa Aberle¹, Joel Guthridge¹ and Judith James¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City ⁷³¹⁰⁴, OK, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foun, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are autoimmune diseases with distinct clinical and immunopathological features. Epigenetic modifications, particularly DNA methylation, contribute to…
Abstract Number: 2688 • ACR Convergence 2025
Single cell RNA-seq immune profiling of blood samples from a psoriatic disease clinical trial reveals a CD4 T cell population associated with response to IL-23 blockade
Kathryne Marks¹, Anina Sun², Ifeoluwakiisi Adejoorin¹, Lourdes Perez Chada³, Anna Perillo⁴, Leanne Barrett², Michael Garshick⁵, James Krueger⁶, Joseph Merola⁷, Marcelo DiCarli², Deepak Rao¹ and Brittany Weber⁸, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham And Women's Hospital, Boston, ³Harvard Medical School, Wayland, MA, ⁴The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY, ⁵NYU Langone Health, Tenafly, NJ, ⁶Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ⁷UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, DEDHAM, MA
Background/Purpose: The use of IL-23 inhibitors (IL-23i) for psoriatic diseases resulted in significant improvement in disease symptoms for many patients. Whether any blood immune cell…
Abstract Number: 2503 • ACR Convergence 2025
Validation of a Composite Biomarker Score To Predict Modified Rodnan Skin Score: Insight From Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation International Scleroderma trial
stefano rodolfi¹, kristina clark², bahja Ahmed Abdi¹, medha kanitkar³, Voon H. Ong³, Alexandre Voskuijl⁴, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra⁵, Jacob M. van Laar⁶, Christopher Denton⁷ and julia Spierings⁸, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, London, United Kingdom, ³Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁷University College London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Ultrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Skin fibrosis is a cardinal manifestation of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) and is routinely measured via the modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS); however,…
Abstract Number: 2275 • ACR Convergence 2025
Agreement Between Two Rheumatoid Arthritis Response Measures Across b/ts DMARD Treatment Classes in a Large, Prospective Observational Study Supporting the Development and Clinical Validation of a Novel Blood-based Precision Medicine Test
Peter Taylor¹, Jason Carlson², Shirley Vu², Signe Fransen³, Diana Abdueva⁴ and Jeffrey Curtis⁵, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Aqtual Inc, Hayward, CA, ³Aqtual, sf, CA, ⁴Aqtual, Hayward, CA, ⁵Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Contemporary pharmacological management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is set within a treat-to-target framework. This requires quantitative, longitudinal assessments of disease activity with a view…

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