Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 2094 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cross-sectional Associations of Radiographic Multiple Joint Osteoarthritis and Pain with Demographic and Clinical Characteristics: Design of a Multi-modal Study in Human and Pet Dogs
Liubov Arbeeva¹, Kelly Johnson², Serena Savage-Guin³, Tessa Walker², Masataka Enomoto⁴, Christina Stevens⁴, Milja Koskinen⁴, Tracey Cole⁴, Savannah Aker⁴, Connor Thonen-Fleck⁴, Richard Loeser⁵, Jordan Renner², Duncan Lascelles⁶, Yvonne Golightly⁷ and Amanda Nelson⁸, ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, NC, ²Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Translational Research in Pain and Comparative Pain Research and Education Center, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ⁵University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Multiple joint osteoarthritis (MJOA) is a progressive, highly prevalent disease affecting millions of Americans and as well as pet dogs. This preliminary analysis sought…
Abstract Number: 2338 • ACR Convergence 2024
TNF Inhibitor Therapy Increases Absolute Lymphocyte Count Which Is Associated with Lower Mortality in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Lenche Kostadinova¹, Brigid Wilson², Hinnah Siddiqui², Sara Behrens³, Angela Gupta⁴, Megan O'Mara³, Vicky Nahra⁵, Mahesha Makandura⁶, Shahdi Malakooti⁷, Maya Mattar⁸, David A Zidar¹ and Donald D Anthony⁹, ¹Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, cleveland, ²VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, ³CWRU, Cleveland, ⁴Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Rheumatology Center, Jamaica Plain, ⁵University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, ⁶Henri Ford Medical Center, Detroit, ⁷MetroHealth at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, ⁸Louis Stokes VA medical Center, Mayfield Heights, OH, ⁹Louis Stokes VA Medical Center/Metro Health, Cleveland
Background/Purpose: Pathogenic inflammation in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) includes TNF pathway engagement, and this is associated with morbidity. Recently, we observed lower absolute lymphocyte count (ALC)…
Abstract Number: 2536 • ACR Convergence 2024
Trans-Disease Microbial Biomarkers of Protection and Pathogenesis in Autoimmune Conditions: Results from the AMP AIM Consortium
Kevin Bu¹, Rebecca Blank², Adam Cantor¹, Alba Boix-Amoros³, Jose Scher⁴ and Jose Clemente¹, and Accelerating Medicines Partnership and Immune-Mediated Diseases Network (AMP AIM), ¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ²NYU, New York, NY, ³Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases (AIMDs) affect over 20 million Americans. Although AIMDs have distinct symptomatology, there is significant overlap in their treatment, suggesting overlap…
Abstract Number: 0098 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-HSP90α as a Protective Natural Antibody Against Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Marina Barguil Macedo¹, Jorge Armando Gonzalez-Chapa¹, Anders Bengtsson², Iva Gunnarsson³, Elisabet Svenungsson⁴ and Christian Lood¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Heat shock protein 90 alpha (HSP90α) is an epichaperone present ubiquitously inside the cell, whose dimers function as a foldase that helps the correct…
Abstract Number: 0462 • ACR Convergence 2024
Circulating Mediators of Endothelial Dysfunction as Predictors of Incident Heart Failure in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tate Johnson¹, Michael Duryee¹, Carlos Hunter¹, Punyasha Roul², Joshua Baker³, grant Cannon⁴, Beth Wallace⁵, Paul Monach⁶, Andreas Reimold⁷, Gail Kerr⁸, Isaac Smith⁹, John Richards¹⁰, Katherine Wysham¹¹, Gary Kunkel¹², Iris Lee¹³, Daniel Anderson¹⁴, Geoffrey Thiele¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²UNMC, Omaha, NE, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁷Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁸Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ¹⁰Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ¹²University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹³Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ¹⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Endothelial dysfunction, leading to myocardial inflammation and dysfunction, may drive a heightened risk of heart failure (HF) in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Circulating…
Abstract Number: 0574 • ACR Convergence 2024
14-3-3 Eta (η) Auto-Antibody as a Diagnostic Marker in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Longitudinal Study
Anthony Marotta¹, Walter Maksymowych², Stephanie Wichuk² and Navneet Sidhu¹, ¹Augurex Life Sciences Corp, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is challenging and often delayed primarily due to the lack of sensitive and specific markers needed for accurate and…
Abstract Number: 0695 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prognostic Value of Serum Type I Interferon in Predicting Morbi-Mortality Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis: Insights from the STRIKE Basket Cohort
Stefano Di Donato¹, Marco Minerba², Enrico De Lorenzis³, Collette Hartley⁴, Lesley-Anne Bissell⁵, Rebecca Ross⁶ and Francesco Del Galdo⁴, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Taranto, United Kingdom, ³Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ⁴University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) encompasses limited cutaneous (lc)SSc and diffuse cutaneous (dc)SSc, with lcSSc affecting more than 60% of patients and dcSSc associated being burdened…
Abstract Number: 0838 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Mechanistic Impact of IgA anti-beta-2 Glycoprotein I on Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Primary APS
Kavya Sugur¹, Emily Chong¹, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi², Katarina Kmetova³, Lyndsay Kluge¹, Wenying Liang², Cyrus Sarosh⁴, NaveenKumar Somanathapura K², Jacqueline Madison², Ajay Tambralli², Jason Knight² and Yu Zuo², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Michigan, Temperance, MI
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired thrombo-inflammatory disease characterized by persistent antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). APS patients experience significant morbidity and mortality, much of which…
Abstract Number: 0964 • ACR Convergence 2024
Engaging the PD-1 Pathway Attenuates Inflammation Associated Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis Fibroblasts and a Preclinical Mouse Model
Maithri Aspari¹, Voon Ong², Klaus Soendergaard³, Esben Naeser⁴, Malene Hvid⁴, Angela Tam⁵, Shiwen Xu⁵, Christopher Denton⁶, David Abraham⁷, Bent Deleuran¹ and Stinne Greisen⁸, ¹Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²University College London, London, England, United Kingdom, ³Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴AARHUS UNIVERSITET, AARHUS C, Denmark, ⁵University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁶University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom, ⁷UCL, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Aarhus University/Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The precise molecular mechanisms driving fibrosis in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) remain to be elucidated. The immune regulatory programmed cell death protein 1…
Abstract Number: 1317 • ACR Convergence 2024
Serum (1-3)-β-D-Glucan Levels in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Yasmine LAMROUS, Camille LEGLISE, Audrey VANRENTERGHEM, Taieb CHOUAKI and Djamal-Dine DJEDDI, CHU AMIENS PICARDIE, AMIENS, France
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) encompasses the most common chronic rheumatologic manifestations in children. It results from the interplay of genetic, environmental, and infectious factors.…
Abstract Number: 1570 • ACR Convergence 2024
Deconvolution of the Lipidomic Signature of Very Early Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis (VEDOSS) and Established Disease: Lipid Biomarker Features That Predict Disease Progression in Skin and Lung
Sunhwa Kim¹, Yingtao Bi², Vishal Kakkar³, Rebecca Ross⁴ and Francesco Del Galdo³, ¹AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA, ²Abbvie, Worcester, MA, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease with variable clinical presentations and progression rates. Accurate patient stratification is crucial for optimizing treatment strategies.…
Abstract Number: 1808 • ACR Convergence 2024
Not Only Type-I Interferon Regulated Genes Are Differentially Expressed in Circulating Monocytes from Active Lupus Nephritis Patients
Paula Losada Vanegas¹, Juan Antonio Villatoro-García², Daniel Rodriguez³, Juan Camilo Diaz³, Ricardo Pineda⁴, Pedro Carmona-Saez⁵, Mauricio Rojas⁶ and Gloria Vasquez⁷, ¹Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia, ²GENYO (Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer, University of Granada, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ³ARTMEDICA, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, ⁴ARTMEDICA, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia, ⁵GENYO (Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer, University of Granada, Granada, Asturias, Spain, ⁶Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética, Sede de Investigación Universitaria. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia, ⁷Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética, Sede de Investigación Universitaria. Facultad de Medicina.Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Monocytes play an important role in organ damage, such as in Lupus Nephritis (LN). Although monocytes are typically considered inflammatory cells, evidence shows they…
Abstract Number: 2102 • ACR Convergence 2024
Unraveling Knee Osteoarthritis Subtypes: Differential Effect of Oral Salmon Calcitonin Treatment
Monica Hannani¹, Peder Frederiksen², Morten Karsdal², Asger Reinstrup Bihlet³, Jaume Bacardit⁴, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen² and Christian Thudium², ¹Nordic Bioscience & University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ³NBCD A/S, Soeborg, Denmark, ⁴School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) patients are to this day left without effective treatment options. Despite different etiologies, trials designs do not account for the substantial heterogeneity…
Abstract Number: 2357 • ACR Convergence 2024
Longitudinal Evaluation of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Guselkumab-Treated Patients with Psoriatic Disease and Levels of Systemic Inflammation Associated with Elevated Cardiovascular Risk: Post-hoc Analysis of 4 Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Studies
Joseph Merola¹, Alexis Ogdie², Arthur Kavanaugh³, Evan Leibowitz⁴, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁵, Ryan Funk⁶, Francois Nantel⁷, Frederic Lavie⁸, Katelyn Rowland⁹ and Enrique R. Soriano¹⁰, ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Newton, MA, ²Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Fair Lawn, NJ, ⁵McGill University, Department of Pediatrics / Scientific Affairs, JSS Medical Research Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Long Grove, IL, ⁷Nantel MedSci Consult, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Janssen Cilag Global Medical Affairs, Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Issy les Moulineaux, France, ⁹Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Horsham, PA, ¹⁰Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic disease (PsD) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a biomarker of systemic inflammation; NLR ≥2.5…
Abstract Number: 2561 • ACR Convergence 2024
Circulating Proteomic Profiles and Incident Gout Risk: Prospective Cohort Study of >48,000 Men and Women
Natalie McCormick¹, Amit Joshi², Robert Terkeltaub³, Tony Merriman⁴, Matthew Nayor⁵, Chio Yokose⁶ and Hyon K. Choi⁷, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Channing Division of Network Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL, ⁵Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Detailed characterization of the plasma proteome may provide insights into the dynamic molecular changes preceding gout. A previous cross-sectional study of pre-existing gout (n=330…

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