Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 0575 • ACR Convergence 2024
Combined Testing of anti-CD74 IgA and Anti-UH-axSpA Antibodies Increases the Diagnostic Potential for axSpA
Kurt de Vlam¹, Pieter Ruytinx², Elien luyten², Anouk Agten², Frank Vandenabeele² and Veerle somers², ¹Department of Rheumatology, UZ Leuven, and Department of Development and Regeneration, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Universiteit Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is challenging and a specific laboratory diagnostic test is lacking. Previously, we identified novel immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA…
Abstract Number: 0696 • ACR Convergence 2024
MRI DAVIX Index Is an Imaging Biomarker for Endothelial Damage of Systemic Sclerosis Digital Ulcers
Stefano Di Donato¹, Rebecca Ross², Yassir El-Sherbiny³, Riccardo Bixio⁴, Marco Minerba⁵, Christopher Wasson⁶, Jun Li⁷, Jochen SCHMITZ⁸, Sudha Visvanathan⁹ and Francesco Del Galdo⁶, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Verona, Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁵1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim, Danbury, CT, ⁸Boehringer-Ingelheim, Ridgefield, CT, ⁹Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT
Background/Purpose: Circulating endothelial cells (CEC) and their precursors have been shown to correlate to the severity of vascular manifestations in Systemic sclerosis1, such as Digital…
Abstract Number: 0849 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness of Tocilizumab in Aortitis and Aneurysms Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis. Multicenter Open-label Study
Adrián Martín-Gutiérrez¹, Javier Loricera², Carmen Secada Gómez³, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez⁴, Susana Romero Yuste⁵, Eugenio De Miguel⁶, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa⁷, ivan Ferraz-Amaro⁸, Julio Sánchez-Martín⁹, Patricia Moya Albarado¹⁰, Cristina Campos Fernández¹¹, Fernando Lopez-Gutierrez¹², Santos Castañeda¹³ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso¹⁴, and the Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis Spanish Collaborative Group, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Renedo de Piélagos, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Complex of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital de San Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) was initially described involving mainly the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries. However, GCA also may involve the aorta (GCA-aortitis)…
Abstract Number: 1090 • ACR Convergence 2024
Hepatic Fibrosis Before and During Intensive Urate-lowering with Pegloticase in the Presence and Absence of Methotrexate Co-therapy
Naomi Schlesinger¹, Katie Obermeyer², Lissa Padnick-Silver², Brian LaMoreaux³ and Peter Lipsky⁴, ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Amgen, Inc., Deerfield, IL, ⁴AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Gout is associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD),1 with elevated serum urate (SU) and high flare frequency (≥3 flares/yr) contributing.2 The Fib-4 index, calculated from…
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…
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…

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