Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 1812 • ACR Convergence 2024
Glycosylation Changes as Non-Invasive Biomarkers for Lupus Nephritis Detection and Prognosis
Aaron Angerstein¹, Richard Drake², Vishwajeeth Pasham², Bethany Wolf², Jim Oates² and Tammy Nowling², ¹Medical University of South Carolina, North Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease predominantly affecting women of childbearing age. Roughly 50% of SLE patients develop Lupus Nephritis (LN),…
Abstract Number: 2117 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Risk of Medication-related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (MRONJ) in a Patient with Osteoporosis Treated with Antiresorptive Therapy and Undergoing Dental Care Is Negligible with a CTX Threshold Above 260
Camille Ghio, Robinson Gravier-Dumonceau, Pierre Lafforgue, Roch Giorgi and Thao Pham, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
Background/Purpose: Although antiresorptive treatments, including bisphosphonates and denosumab, have demonstrated their efficacy in treating osteoporosis. However, osteonecrosis of the jaw has been reported as a…
Abstract Number: 2382 • ACR Convergence 2024
Utility of Urinary Biomarkers to Predict Long-term Renal Outcomes in Lupus Nephritis
Ryan Baker¹, Laura Patricia Whittall Garcia¹, Michael Kim¹, Dennisse Bonilla¹, Murray Urowitz², Dafna Gladman³, Zahi Touma⁴ and Joan Wither¹, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Self employed, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) affects up to 50% of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Around 40% of patients will experience a subsequent renal flare in…
Abstract Number: 2574 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tear Biomarkers for Monitoring Disease Activity and Progression of Noninfectious Chronic Anterior Uveitis in Children
Mariia Pavlenko¹, Ilaria Maccora², Mekibib Altaye³, hermine brunner⁴, Alexandra Duell³, Megan Quinlan-Waters³, Alyssa Sproles¹, Sherry Thornton⁵, Virginia Miraldi Utz³ and sheila Angeles-Han⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²?PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Childhood chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) can be idiopathic (iCAU) or associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA-U). Ocular complications occur in 50% of affected children. …
Abstract Number: 0271 • ACR Convergence 2024
Intercritical Gout Represents a Systemic Inflammatory State
Tanner Ourada¹, Austin Wheeler², Michael Duryee², Bryant England², Richard Reynolds³, James O'Dell², Jeff Newcomb², Michael Pillinger⁴, Robert Terkeltaub⁵, Ryan Ferguson⁶, Mary Brophy⁶, Tony Merriman⁷ and Ted Mikuls², ¹University of Nebraska-Medical Center: College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY, ⁵Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁶Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL
Background/Purpose: The presence of systemic inflammation during gout flares is well characterized. While initial research suggests inflammation persists in intercritical gout, these reports have come…
Abstract Number: 0470 • ACR Convergence 2024
New Approach for Early and Accurate Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis-related Interstitial Lung Disease: Matrix Metalloproteinases 7 and 9 as Novel Blood Biomarkers
Veronica Pulito-Cueto¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo², gonzalo Ocejo-Viñals³, Victor M. Mora-Cuesta⁴, David Iturbe-Fernández⁴, Joao Carlos Batista-Liz¹, María Sebastián Mora-Gil⁵, Mónica Renuncio-García⁶, Elena González López³, José M. Cifrián⁷, Ricardo Blanco-Alonso⁸ and Raquel Lopez-mejias¹, ¹IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Department of Immunology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (HUMV), Santander, Spain, ⁴Immunopathology Group, Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) and Department of Pneumology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (HUMV), Santander, ⁵Immunopathology Group, Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) and Department of Rheumatology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (HUMV), Santander, ⁶Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Immunopathology Group, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. Immunopathology group, IDIVAL, Santander, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the main causes of death in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients [1]. Early diagnosis of RA-ILD+ is critical…
Abstract Number: 0610 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Evaluation on IFI44L Gene Methylation Detection for Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Methylation Sensitive High Resolution Melting (MS-HRM)
Xiaoping hong and liancheng lin, The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of IFI44L gene methylation detection for the diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) by MS-HRM, to determine the relative…
Abstract Number: 0725 • ACR Convergence 2024
Serum Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Could Assess Cross-sectional Vasculitis Activity by Reflecting Renal Involvement in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis
Lucy Eunju Lee¹, Taejun Yoon², Yong-Beom Park² and Sang-Won Lee², ¹Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, ²Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), an intermediate filament protein produced by astrocytes in the CNS, has been identified as a biomarker for disease activity…
Abstract Number: 0863 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Development of Future Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis Can Be Predicted by Peripheral Blood Epigenetic Models
Cindy Miranda¹, Nicholas Hannebutt², Gabby dyson³, Montana Barrett⁴, Aleksander Szymczak³ and Matlock Jeffries³, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Yukon, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Spencer, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴University of Oklahoma, Cement, OK
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by a variety of clinical and molecular phenotypes. However, we do not yet have robust biomarkers…
Abstract Number: 1110 • ACR Convergence 2024
Microvascular Abnormalities in COVID-19 Survivors and LONG COVID
Rosanna Campitiello¹, Emanuele Gotelli², Elvis Hysa³, Carmen Pizzorni⁴, Alberto Sulli⁵, Sabrina Paolino⁶, Alessandro Pinelli⁷, Tamara Vojinovic², vanessa smith⁸ and Maurizio Cutolo², ¹Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Liguria, Italy, ²Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy, ³Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy., Genova, Italy, ⁶Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties (Di.M.I.), University of Genova; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Liguria, Italy, ⁷Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties (Di.M.I.), University of Genova; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, ⁸Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infective disease known to cause mainly respiratory symptoms along with a wide range of systemic manifestations [1]. Long…
Abstract Number: 1349 • ACR Convergence 2024
Two Composite Cytokine Scores Predict Flare and Drug-free Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jasmine Sim¹, Nandhini Ramamoorthi², Fiona Rayner³, Abbie Degnan¹, Imogen Wilson¹, Julie Diboll¹, Anna Guttman⁴, Andrew Melville⁵, Nisha Rathore², Stefan Siebert⁵, Iain McInnes⁶, Carl Goodyear⁵, Catharien Hilkens¹, Andrew Filer⁷, Karim Raza⁷, Christopher Buckley⁸, Arthur Pratt¹, James Wason⁹, Amy Anderson¹, Michael Townsend², Kenneth Baker¹ and John Isaacs¹, ¹Translational and Clinical Research Institute, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle University and The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ²Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ³Translational and Clinical Research Institute, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle University and The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, ⁴Genentech, South San Franscisco, CA, ⁵School of Infection and Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Glasgow, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology Research Group, Institute for Inflammation and Ageing, NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Center and Clinical Research Facility, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁹Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Recent studies show that half of patients with RA remission can stop conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (csDMARD) therapy to achieve drug-free remission (DFR),…
Abstract Number: 1607 • ACR Convergence 2024
Low Concentrations of Anti-C5a Complement Receptor Antibodies Are Associated with Relapse in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)
Sebastian Klapa¹, Sabrina Arnold², Antje Müller², Andreas Koch³, Anja Staehle⁴, Wataru Kähler³, Harry Heidecke⁵, Gabriela Riemekasten² and Peter Lamprecht², ¹University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Lübeck, ²University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Lübeck, Germany, ³Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Kiel, Germany, ⁴University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Lübeck, Germany, ⁵CellTrend GmbH, Luckenwalde, Germany
Background/Purpose: Complement activation has been shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of the two major anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) variants,…
Abstract Number: 1815 • ACR Convergence 2024
Leveraging Novel Systemic Sclerosis Disease Signatures to Build a Humanized Drug Discovery Funnel
Lauren Reinke-Breen¹, Laura Leys¹, Sunhwa Kim², Lauren Olson¹, Anastasia Marinopoulos¹, Chris Butler¹, Jennifer Van Camp¹ and Lisa Hazelwood¹, ¹AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ²AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic, progressive autoimmune disorder with significant morbidity and mortality. The lack of effective therapies for SSc is, in part,…
Abstract Number: 2145 • ACR Convergence 2024
Study of Bone Metabolism in Patients Diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Daniel Ramos Castro¹, SAMUEL LEAL², Elena Grau García³, JOSE ELOY OLLER RODRIGUEZ⁴, José Ivorra-Cortés⁵, Carmen Riesco Barcena⁶, Anderson Huaylla Quispe⁷, Pablo Muñoz Martínez⁸, Laura Mas Sánchez⁹, Alba Torrat noves¹⁰, Belén Villanueva Mañés¹¹, Iago Alcántara Álvarez¹², Andrés Pérez Hurtado¹, Miguel Simeo Vinaixa¹¹ and Jose A Román-Ivorra¹³, ¹Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ³HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁴HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI I POLITÈCNIC LA FE, VALENCIA, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Fe, PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario i Politecnic La Fe (Valencia-Spain), Valéncia, Spain, ⁷Medicina, Valéncia, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario y Politècnico La Fe, Sagunto, Spain, ⁹Resident at Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Valéncia, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valéncia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitari i Politècnic la Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder (90% autosomal dominant) characterized by a disruption in type 1 collagen or proteins associated with…
Abstract Number: 2390 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-Sm Antibody Titers Vary During SLE Disease Course
Faye Megaris¹, Emily Wu² and Kyriakos Kirou³, ¹CUNY School of Medicine, Astoria, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Rochester, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by positive antibodies to dsDNA and/or Sm which have high specificity for the disease. While anti-dsDNA titers are…

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