Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

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 McAlington², 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: L11 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatology Diagnostics Utilizing Artificial Intelligence (ANA Reader©) for ANA Pattern Identification and Titer Quantification
May Choi¹, Farbod Moghaddam¹, Mohammad Sajadi¹, Ann E. Clarke¹, Sasha Bernatsky², Karen Costenbader³, Irene Chen⁴, Murray Urowitz⁵, John Hanly⁶, Caroline Gordon⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae⁸, Juanita Romero-Diaz⁹, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero¹⁰, Daniel Wallace¹¹, David Isenberg¹², Anisur Rahman¹³, Joan Merrill¹⁴, Paul Fortin¹⁵, Dafna Gladman¹⁶, Ian Bruce¹⁷, Michelle Petri¹⁸, Ellen Ginzler¹⁹, Mary Anne Dooley²⁰, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman²¹, Susan Manzi²², Andreas Jönsen²³, Graciela Alarcón²⁴, Ronald Van Vollenhoven²⁵, Cynthia Aranow²⁶, Meggan Mackay²⁶, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza²⁷, S. Sam Lim²⁸, Murat Inanç²⁹, Kenneth Kalunian³⁰, Soren Jacobsen³¹, Christine Peschken³², Diane Kamen³³, Anca Askanase³⁴, Marvin Fritzler³⁵ and Mina Aminghafari¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴UC Berkeley and UCSF, Berkeley, CA, ⁵Self employed, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁷University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ⁹The National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁰Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹²Department of Ageing, Rheumatology and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁵Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - UniversitéLaval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹⁶University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁷Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁹SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, NY, ²⁰UNC physician network, Chapel Hill, NC, ²¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²²Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²³Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁴The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA, ²⁵Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁶Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, New York, NY, ²⁷Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, Bilbao, Spain, ²⁸Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²⁹Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³⁰UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³¹Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³³Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ³⁴Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³⁵Mitogen Diagnostics Corp, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibody (ANA) immunofluorescence (IFA) patterns and titers are a key part of rheumatology diagnostics, however, there is considerable intra- and inter-laboratory variability with…
Abstract Number: 0229 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Early Inflammatory Cardiac Phenotype and Association with Future Coronary Plaque Burden in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brittany Weber¹, Feng Liu², Mary Jeffway², Dana Weisenfeld², Gregory McDermott³, Elena Massarotti², Jonathan Coblyn², Michael Weinblatt⁴, Marcelo Di Carli², Damini Dey⁵ and Katherine Liao², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, DEDHAM, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁵Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Patients with RA are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to the general population. In a prior study of RA patients with…
Abstract Number: 0464 • ACR Convergence 2024
Increases in Paraoxonase-1 Activity over Time Associates with Reduced Risk of Incident Inflammatory Arthritis in an Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody-Positive Population
Amir Razmjou¹, Rong Guo², David Elashoff³, Kevin Deane⁴, Jill Norris⁵, Marie Feser⁶, Jennifer Wang¹, Ani Shahbazian² and christina Charles-Schoeman⁷, ¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, ³UCLA Department of Medicine Statistics Core, Los Angeles, ⁴University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁵Colorado School of Public Health, Denver, CO, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁷UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has a well described pre-clinical state, with a continuum of genetic and environmental risk factors leading to the development of systemic…
Abstract Number: 0605 • ACR Convergence 2024
Guselkumab Binding to CD64+ IL-23–Producing Myeloid Cells Enhances Potency for Neutralizing IL-23 Signaling
Dennis McGonagle¹, Raja Atreya², Maria Abreu³, James Krueger⁴, Kilian Eyerich⁵, Robert Bissonnette⁶, Carrie Greving⁷, He Li⁸, Tom C. Freeman⁹, Amy Hart⁸, Brice Keyes⁷, Brian Stoveken⁸, John Hartman⁸, Kristin Leppard⁸, Jenna Parrett¹⁰, Joshua Wertheimer⁸, Indra Sarabia⁷, Janise Deming⁷, Kristen Kohler⁷, Christopher Ritchlin¹¹, Iain McInnes¹², Matthieu Allez¹³, Anne Fourie⁷ and Kacey Sachen⁷, ¹National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ²Department of Medicine I, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Pneumology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, ⁴The Rockefeller University, Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, New York, NY, ⁵Karolinska Institute, Department of Medicine – Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Stockholm, Sweden; Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁶Innovaderm Research Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Immunology, San Diego, CA, ⁸Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Therapeutics Discovery, Spring House, PA, ⁹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ¹⁰Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ¹¹Department of Medicine, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY, ¹²University of Glasgow, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ¹³Hôpital Saint-Louis, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: IL-23 is implicated in the pathogenesis of psoriasis (PsO), and myeloid cells that express FcγRI (CD64) have been identified as a primary source of…
Abstract Number: 0710 • ACR Convergence 2024
High S100A4 Levels Associate with Inflammation and Vasculopathy in Systemic Sclerosis
Adela-Cristina Sarbu¹, Håvard Fretheim², Ladislav Šenolt³, Henriette Didriksen⁴, Cosimo Bruni⁵, Marco Sprecher⁶, Thor Ueland⁷, Jonas Hallén⁸, Rizwan Hussain⁹, Jörg Klingelhöfer¹⁰, Michal Tomcik¹¹, Yannick Allanore¹², Oliver Distler¹³ and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold², ¹University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Department of Rheumatology, Bern, Switzerland, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Moss, Norway, ⁵University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Universitätsspital Zürich (University Hospital Zurich), Zürich, Switzerland, ⁷Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, ⁸Arxx Therapeutics, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Agiana Therapeutics, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Calluna Pharma, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹²Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: S100A4, a member of the S100 protein family, is implicated in various cellular processes. In systemic sclerosis (SSc), S100A4 is believed to contribute to…
Abstract Number: 0852 • ACR Convergence 2024
3-dimensional Shape Changes of the Knee over 4 Years Are Linear and Progressive but Much More Rapid in Osteoarthritic Joints: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Alan Brett¹, Philip G Conaghan² and Michael Bowes³, ¹Imorphics, Austin, TX, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Imorphics, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The specific bony changes of osteophyte growth and “bone attrition” (broadening and flattening of the femoral condyles) associated with OA have been recognized in…
Abstract Number: 1094 • ACR Convergence 2024
Longitudinal Analysis of Serum Urate in Prediabetic Phase
Javier Marrugo¹, Leah Santacroce¹, Misti Paudel², Sho Fukui³, Sara Tedeschi¹ and Daniel Solomon⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: More than 460 million people worldwide are currently living with prediabetes, a condition that not only predisposes individuals to diabetes (DM) but also to…
Abstract Number: 1326 • ACR Convergence 2024
Which Biomarkers Indicate Imminent Progression to Inflammatory Arthritis in High Risk CCP Positive Persons?
Laurence Duquenne¹, Didem Sahin Eroglu², Jianhua Wu³, Kate Harnden¹, Andrea Di Matteo⁴, Lucy Elizabeth Thornton⁵, Rahaymin Chowdhury⁵, Leticia Garcia-Montoya¹, Kulveer Mankia⁶ and Paul Emery⁶, ¹1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Ankara, Turkey, ³1. University of Leeds, Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, Leeds, United Kingdom 2.Wolfson Institute of Population Health/Queen Mary University of London, UK, Leeds, ⁴1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Jesi, Italy, ⁵1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Leeds, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: A risk stratification model proposed a simple score using 4 biomarkers to identify those at high risk of developing inflammatory arthritis (IA) in primary…
Abstract Number: 1571 • ACR Convergence 2024
Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Is a Serum Biomarker and Pathogenic Factor of Progressive Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Vishal Kakkar¹, Sunhwa Kim², Yingtao Bi³, Christopher Wasson¹, Stefano Di Donato⁴, Rebecca Ross⁵, Marco Di Battista⁶, Enrico De Lorenzis⁷, Thierry Sornasse² and Francesco Del Galdo¹, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA, ³Abbvie, Worcester, MA, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Pisa, United Kingdom, ⁷Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: In systemic sclerosis (SSc), interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains the leading cause of mortality. A decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) is considered a…
Abstract Number: 1811 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Immune Map of Lupus Nephritis: A Spatially Resolved Kidney Proteomic Approach
Chen-Yu Lee¹, Matthew Caleb Marlin², Xiaoping Yang¹, Alessandra Ida Celia³, Vasileios Morkotinis⁴, Richard Furie⁵, Jill Buyon⁶, Chaim Putterman⁷, Jennifer Barnas⁸, Kenneth Kalunian⁹, Peter Izmirly¹⁰, Betty Diamond¹¹, Anne Davidson¹², Diane Kamen¹³, Jeff Hodgin¹⁴, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership RA/SLE¹⁵, Judith James², Michelle Petri¹⁶, Joel Guthridge², Avi Rosenberg¹ and Andrea Fava¹, ¹Johns Hopkins UNiversity, Baltimore, MD, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁴University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁶NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Safed, Israel, ⁸University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ¹⁰New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁴University of Michigan, Michigan, ¹⁵multiple, multiple, ¹⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: Treatment response rates in lupus nephritis (LN) remain suboptimal, highlighting the need for a better understanding of LN pathogenesis to enhance treatment strategies. Single-cell…
Abstract Number: 2104 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Relationship of Soluble Biomarkers to OA Pain: A Systematic Literature Review
Sylvain Mathieu¹, Liisa Kuhi², Philip G Conaghan³, Niels Eijkelkamp⁴, Yves Henrotin⁵, Eva Kosek⁶, Hans-George Schaible⁷, Ali Mobasheri⁸, Kalle Kisand⁹ and Jérémie Sellam¹⁰, and GO-PAIN working group, ¹CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ²East Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴University Medical Center, Umtrecht, Netherlands, ⁵MusculoSkeletal Innovative research Lab (mSKIL), Liege, Belgium, ⁶Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Institute of Physiology, Jena, Germany, ⁸Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, Ouli, Finland, ⁹University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, ¹⁰Saint-Antoine Hospital - AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Chronic joint pain is a major factor driving poor quality of life in people with osteoarthritis (OA). A better understanding of the complex mechanisms…

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