Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 2297 • ACR Convergence 2023
Interferon-α as a Biomarker to Predict Flares in Lupus Nephritis
Laura Patricia Whittall Garcia¹, Dafna Gladman², Murray Urowitz³, Zahi Touma⁴ and Joan Wither¹, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute; University of Toronto Lupus Clinic; Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Type I Interferons (IFN-I) play a role in SLE and Lupus Nephritis (LN) pathogenesis. We have recently shown that IFN-I gene expression predicts the…
Abstract Number: 2368 • ACR Convergence 2023
Is Skin Disease a Local Manifestation of Systemic Tissue Turnover? Serological Collagen Biomarkers Provide Important Information on Skin Diseases Arising from Mutations in Collagen Genes
Signe Holm Nielsen¹, Matej Anđelić², Dovile Sinkeviciute¹, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen¹ and Morten Karsdal¹, ¹Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Collagens are the main constituents of the skin. Genetic mutations in type VI, VII, and XVII collagen cause skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis,…
Abstract Number: 2584 • ACR Convergence 2023
Gut Microbiome and Intestinal Inflammation in Preclinical Stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Benoît Thomas P. GILBERT¹, Raul Yhossef TITO TADEO², Céline LAMACCHIA¹, Olivia STUDER¹, Delphine COURVOISIER¹, Jeroen RAES³ and Axel Finckh⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Center for Microbiology, VIB, Leuven. Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³Center for Microbiology, VIB, Leuven. Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven., Leuven, Belgium, ⁴HUG, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: We attempted to replicate and expand previous findings of an increased abundance of Prevotellaceae in early untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) or its preclinical stages,…
Abstract Number: 0101 • ACR Convergence 2023
Non-Criteria Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Calprotectin as Potential Biomarkers in Pediatric Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Elizabeth Sloan¹, Katarina Kmetova², NaveenKumar K. Somanathapura², Lyndsay Kluge², Emily Chong², Claire Hoy², Srilakshmi Yalavarthi², Jacqueline Madison², Cyrus Sarosh², Lynnette Walters³, Jeanine Baisch⁴, Jessica Turnier², Virginia Pascual⁴, Tracey Wright¹, Jason Knight², Ayesha Zia¹ and Yu Zuo², ¹UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: While classification criteria for pediatric APS are not yet available, recent research suggests pediatric APS patients are unique, and many present with extra-criteria manifestations…
Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2023
Autoantibodies to dsDNA and Associated Proteins: Association with Proteinuria and Lupus Nephritis
Ranjan Gupta¹, Amita Aggarwal², Avinash Jain³, Liza Rajasekhar⁴, Chengappa Kavadichanda⁵, Vineeta Shobha⁶, Ashish J Mathew⁷, Parasar Ghosh⁸, Bidyut Das⁹ and Manish Rathi¹⁰, ¹All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India, ³SMS Medical College, Lucknow, India, ⁴Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Madhapur, India, ⁵Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India, ⁶St. John's National Academy of Health Science, Bangalore, India, ⁷Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, ⁸Govt of West Bengal, Kolkata, India, ⁹SCB medical college, Cuttack, India, ¹⁰Postgraduate Institute of Medical education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Anti-dsDNA antibodies (ADA) are traditionally measured by ELISA and are associated with Lupus nephritis (LN). Testing by immunoline assay (IL) provides additional information on…
Abstract Number: 0627 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Significance of Anti-Ro/SSA Antibodies in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Study from the EUSTAR Database
Blaz Burja¹, Marouane Boubaya², Patricia Carreira³, Christina Bergmann⁴, Lidia P Ananieva⁵, Gabriela Riemekasten⁶, Okada Masado⁷, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra⁸, Edoardo Rosato⁹, Marie-Elise Truchetet¹⁰, Nicoletta Del Papa¹¹, Antonella Marcoccia¹², FABIOLA ATZENI¹³, Tim Schmeiser¹⁴, Madelon Vonk¹⁵, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁶, Oliver Distler¹⁷ and Muriel Elhai¹⁸, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Clinical Research, CHU Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France, ³Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Department Internal Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵V.A. Nasonova Research Institute Of Rheumatology Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ⁶University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Germany, ⁷St.Luke's International Hospital Immuno-Rheumatology Center, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ¹⁰Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ¹¹Scleroderma Clinic, UOC Reumatologia Clinica, ASST G. Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹²Centro Di Riferimento Interdisciplinare Per La Sclerosi Sistemica, Rome, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Univerity of Messina, Messina, Italy, ¹⁴Krankenhaus St. Josef, Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany, ¹⁵Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁶University of Leeds - Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Muskuloskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Despite the progress in understanding the patient heterogeneity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) based on SSc-specific antibodies, better risk stratification is needed. SSc non-specific antibodies…
Abstract Number: 0862 • ACR Convergence 2023
Role of CRTAC1 as a Biomarker of Osteoarthritis
Aneta Pekacova¹, Jiri Baloun², Adela Navratilova³, Lucia Ondrejcakova⁴, Jana Zborovjanova⁴, Petr Fulin⁵, Rastislav Ballay⁶, Michal Tomcik⁷ and Ladislav Senolt⁸, ¹First faculty of medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵First Department of Orthopaedics, First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Cartilage acidic protein-1 (CRTAC1) has been recently considered a promising biomarker of osteoarthritis (OA) progression (1,2). The aim of this study is to compare…
Abstract Number: 1147 • ACR Convergence 2023
Blood-Based Biomarkers of Inflammation and Tissue Remodeling Can Discriminate Between Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis, and Psoriatic Arthritis and Are Associated with Hand Function
Helena Port I Linares¹, Birte Coppers², Sara Bayat², Godonou Elie-Tino², Larissa Valor-Mendez², David Simon², Filippo Fagni², Giulia Corte², Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen³, Koray Tascilar², Axel Hueber⁴, Verena Schoenau², Michael Sticherling⁵, Simon Heinrich⁶, Daniela Bohr², Georg Schett⁷, Arnd Kleyer⁸, Sigrid Leyendecker⁶, Signe Holm Nielsen³ and Anna-Maria Liphardt⁹, ¹Nordic Bioscience A/S / University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology / Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany, ³Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Klinikum Nürnberg, Paracelsus Medical University / Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁵Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Dermatology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Applied Dynamics, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are characterized by physical function impairment due to progressive inflammatory and structural changes.…
Abstract Number: 1409 • ACR Convergence 2023
Analysis of Soluble Biomarkers in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Caroline Bauchiero¹, Stephanie Sinnappan² and Joerg Ermann³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Distinguishing patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) from patients with other causes of chronic back pain remains a challenge. The lack of reliable biomarkers contributes…
Abstract Number: 1697 • ACR Convergence 2023
Molecular Characterisation of Remission and Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) by Whole-Blood Transcriptome-Based Pathways in a Pan-European Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cohort
Ioannis Parodis¹, Julius Lindblom¹, Guillermo Barturen², Rafaela Ortega Castro³, Ricard Cervera⁴, Jacques-Olivier Pers⁵, Fernanda Genre Romero⁶, Falk Hiepe⁷, Maria Gerosa⁸, Laszlo Kovacs⁹, Ellen De Langhe¹⁰, Silvia Piantoni¹¹, Georg Stummvoll¹², Carlos Vasconcelos¹³, Barbara Vigone¹⁴, Torsten Witte¹⁵, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹⁶ and Lorenzo Beretta¹⁷, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Andalusia, Spain, ³Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, Hospital de la Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ⁶IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Charité Universitatsmedizine - Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ⁹University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, ¹⁰Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ¹¹ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹²Medical University Vienna, Baden, Austria, ¹³Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal, ¹⁴Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy, ¹⁵Dept of Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover, Germany, ¹⁶Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ¹⁷Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di MIlano, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: Treating to remission or lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS) are conceptual frameworks for the management of SLE, but the biological milieus underlying these…
Abstract Number: 1842 • ACR Convergence 2023
Reduction in the Concomitant Ordering of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein Within the Rheumatology Clinics at an Academic Medical Center
Ruchi Desai¹, Nainesh Shah¹, Ray Zhang¹, Maria Bacalao², Haidy Galous³, David Karp¹ and Puneet Bajaj¹, ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern, Southlake, TX
Background/Purpose: ESR and CRP are two laboratory values usedto assess inflammation. There is data to support that CRPis superior to ESR to detect/monitor inflammation or…
Abstract Number: 2333 • ACR Convergence 2023
Dapirolizumab Pegol Impacts Important Immunologic Pathways in SLE: Pharmacodynamic Analysis of B Cell and Type I Interferon Pathways from a Phase 2b Trial
Ioana Cutcutache¹, Alex Powlesland¹, Andrew Skelton¹, Yunyun Sun¹, Matthew Page¹, George Stojan², Peter Lipsky³, Ania Skowera¹ and Christian Stach⁴, ¹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ²UCB, Baltimore, MD, ³AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: The pivotal role of CD40-CD40L interactions in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis stems from the orchestration of a range of immune and inflammatory responses…
Abstract Number: 2371 • ACR Convergence 2023
Plasma and Urine Cytokine Profiles in Active ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Salem Almaani¹, Huijuan Song², Stacy Ardoin³, Lynn Fussner² and Brad Rovin², ¹Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that often affects the kidneys. It is unclear why some patients with AAV have kidney involvement…
Abstract Number: 2586 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Novel Blood-Based Assay Differentiates Seropositive and Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis from Healthy Individuals and Those with Other Inflammatory Diseases or Osteoarthritis
Peter C. Taylor¹, Jenya Antonova², Jennifer Geis³, Katharine Dilger³, David Chernoff⁴, Diana Abdueva³, Nancy Shadick⁵ and Michael Weinblatt⁶, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Compass Strategy and Research, Inc., San Francisco, CA, ³Aqtual Inc., Hayward, CA, ⁴Chernoff Consulting, Sausalito, CA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA
Background/Purpose: Non-invasive differentiation of seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from other conditions has been limited in the current practice. We aimed to evaluate the…
Abstract Number: 0149 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impacts of Social Determinants of Health and the Immune System in Adults with Acute-to-Chronic Low Back Pain: An Observational Study
Colleen Burke¹, Michael Brown², Kenneth Taylor², Stephanie Danyluk², Kelley Seebeck² and Adam Goode³, ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Chronic low back pain (cLBP) is common worldwide yet poorly understood due to the combination of biological, psychological, and sociological factors. An individual's social…

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