Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 0546 • ACR Convergence 2023
Markers of Oxidative Stress in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Nephritis
Lu Liu, Karina de Leeuw, Suzanne Arends, Berber Doornbos-van der Meer, Harry van Goor and Johanna Westra, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is regarded as one of the most severe manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This inflammation in the kidneys may lead…
Abstract Number: 0647 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: Insights from New Echocardiographic Parameters
Irene Carrión-Barberà¹, Laura Triginer², Laura Tío², Anna Pros³, Laia Belarte Tornero¹, Sara Valdivielso More¹, Sonia Ruiz Bustillo¹, Joan Vime Jubany¹, Nuria Farré López¹ and Ronald Morales Murillo¹, ¹Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disease that can affect multiple organs including the heart. Primary heart involvement in SSc refers…
Abstract Number: 0867 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium, a Glycosaminoglycan Mimetic Demonstrates Durable Effects on Pain, Function and Joint Structure in Canine Naturally Occurring Osteoarthritis
Ravi Krishnan¹, Catherine Stapledon², Christian Reiter², Stewart Ryan³, Sebastien Bauquier³ and Thierry Beths³, ¹Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals, Adelaide, Australia, ²Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals, Melbourne, Australia, ³U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Pentosan Polysulfate sodium (PPS) is a semi-synthetic polysaccharide and a glycosaminoglycan mimetic. The multiple actions of PPS involve anti-inflammatory effects via inhibition of NF-κB;…
Abstract Number: 1163 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-melanoma Differentiation Associated Gene 5 (Anti-MDA5) Antibody Dermatomyositis: Clinical Features and Outcome in a Racially Diverse Patient Cohort
Sai Koyoda¹, Dawn Wahezi², Xianhong Xie³, Anand Kumthekar⁴, Clement Tagoe³ and Bibi Ayesha⁵, ¹Essen Medical Center, Rahway, NJ, ²Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New Rochelle, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁵Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA5) antibody dermatomyositis typically expresses rapidly progressing interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) and ulcerative skin lesions, with or without muscle involvement.…
Abstract Number: 1456 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systematic Review of Effects of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus on Brain Structure and Structural Connectivity and Its Relationship with Cognitive Dysfunction Through an Advanced Neuroimaging Lens
Ibrahim Mohamed¹, Tala El Tal², santiago arciniegas³, Stephanie Fevrier⁴, justine ledochowski⁵ and Andrea Knight⁴, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Brampton, ON, Canada, ²Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cognitive dysfunction (CD) is highly prevalent in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and advanced structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revealed brain abnormalities in patients…
Abstract Number: 1698 • ACR Convergence 2023
High-throughput Proteomics Identities a Spectrum of Novel Serum Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis
Huihua Ding, Yiwei Shen, Min Dai and Nan Shen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: Navigating the molecular complexity of lupus nephritis (LN), a heterogeneous autoimmune disorder, poses challenges to biomarker discovery. This study addresses these challenges through an…
Abstract Number: 1864 • ACR Convergence 2023
Quantifying Inflammation: A Novel In-Vivo Total Body PET Imaging Tool to Determine the Kinetics of the Degree of Changes in Inflammation in Different Time Points
Siba Raychaudhuri¹, Sanchita Raychaudhuri², Naveen Chandrasekar³, Christine Abria³, Sneha Banerjee³, Smriti K Raychaudhuri³ and Abhijit Chaudhari², ¹UC Davis, School of Medicine/ VA Medical Center, Sacramento, Davis, CA, ²UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, ³VA Sacramento Medical Center, Mather, CA
Background/Purpose: Collagen‐induced arthritis (CIA) mouse model is one of the best recognized animal model for autoimmune diseases. In this model clinical methods of evaluating inflammation…
Abstract Number: 2336 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Urine Metabolites Linked to Disease Activity That Are Modulated by Anifrolumab in a Phase 2 LN Trial Using Untargeted Metabolomics Analysis
David Jayne¹, Eduardo Mysler², Zahir Amoura³, Patrick Gavin⁴, Erik Allman⁴, Cristina Di Poto⁴, Xiang Tian⁴, Sonja Hess⁴, Eszter Csomor⁵, Philip Brohawn⁴, Daniel Muthas⁵, Adam Platt⁶, Hussein Al-Mossawi⁶, Catharina Lindholm⁵ and Nicola Ferrari⁶, ¹University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³French National Reference Center for SLE, Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: LN is a severe complication of SLE, affecting 21%–48% of patients.1 Development of noninvasive diagnostic tests for LN is ongoing; urinary biomarkers have good…
Abstract Number: 2374 • ACR Convergence 2023
Torque Teno Virus as a Potential Biomarker for Assessment of Immunocompetence in Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitis
Balazs Odler¹, Regina Riedl¹, Jacinta Lee², Laura Cooney³, Peter Merkel⁴, William St.Clair⁵, Duvuru Geetha⁶, Paul Monach⁷, David Jayne², Rona Smith², Paul A. Lyons², Mark Little⁸, Salem Almaani⁹, Alexander Rosenkranz¹, Ulrich Specks¹⁰, John Stone¹¹ and Andreas Kronbichler¹², ¹Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Immune Tolerance Network, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁸Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine IV (Nephrology and Hypertension), Innsbruck, Austria
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a life-threatening disorder characterized by a relapsing-remitting disease course necessitating immunosuppression to control disease activity. Balancing the risks of infection…
Abstract Number: 2601 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Giant Cell Arteritis Using Plasma Proteome Profiles Integrated with Machine Learning
kevin cunningham¹, Jaeyun Sung², Benjamin Hur², VINOD GUPTA², Matthew Koster², Cornelia M. Weyand³, David Cuthbertson⁴, Nader Khalidi⁵, Curry Koening⁶, Carol Langford⁷, Carol McAlear⁸, Paul Monach⁹, Larry Moreland¹⁰, Christian Pagnoux¹¹, Rennie Rhee⁸, Philip Seo¹², Peter Merkel⁸ and Kenneth Warrington², ¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁷Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹⁰University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The availability of diagnostic laboratory tests and specific biomarkers of disease activity for giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains an area of unmet need. The…
Abstract Number: 0157 • ACR Convergence 2023
Discovering the Potential of Digital Biomarkers in the Work Process of the Rheumatology Healthcare Professionals, a Design Thinking Approach; Preliminary Results of the Healthcare Professionals Perspective
patty de Groot¹, Jolanda J. Luime¹, Marc r. Kok², marijn vis¹ and ilja Tchetverikov³, ¹Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Albert Sweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: During times of social-distancing, in-person outpatient visits were greatly reduced. Health care professionals (HCPs) were dependent on the patient's reported experience of their disease…
Abstract Number: 0548 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical and Interferon Biomarkers to Exclude Imminent Autoimmune Disease in ANA Positive Individuals
Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof¹, Sabih Ul-Hassan¹, Zoe Wigston¹, Antonios Psarras², Jack Arnold¹, Lucy Carter³, Paul Emery⁴ and Ed Vital¹, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³University of Leeds, Hartlepool, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Many rheumatologists find it challenging to safely discharge "At-Risk" ANA-positive people at the first visit due to lack of cardinal signs and prediction tools.…
Abstract Number: 0666 • ACR Convergence 2023
Troponin I Levels in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Myocardial Involvement
Eva Hoekstra¹, Sophie Liem¹, Nivine Levarht¹, Cynthia Fehres¹, Saad Ahmed¹, Nina Ajmone Marsan², Thomas Huizinga¹ and Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: As primary myocardial involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with worse prognosis, research on diagnostic tools for recognition is essential. Troponin I was…
Abstract Number: 0869 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Impact of PTEN as a Marker for Diabetes-Associated Osteoarthritis
Irene Lorenzo Gomez¹, Uxía nogueira Recalde², Christian García Domínguez¹, Natividad Oreiro Villar³, Jose Antonio Pinto Tasende³, Mohit Kapoor⁴, Francisco J. Blanco³ and Beatriz Carames¹, ¹Unidad de Biología del Cartílago, Grupo de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (iNIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ²Unidad de Biología del Cartílago, Grupo de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Biomedica de A Coruña (iNIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ³Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Division of Orthopaedics, Osteoarthritis Research Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, and Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Defects in homeostatic mechanisms, such as autophagy, contribute to joint aging and Osteoarthritis (OA) and precede joint damage (1). OA is a complex and…
Abstract Number: 1171 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cardiac Biomarkers Are a Useful Initial Screening Tool for Myocarditis in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Caoilfhionn M. Connolly¹, Jana Lovell², Melody Chung³, Brittany Adler², Jemima Albayda², Eleni Tiniakou², Christopher Mecoli¹, Stefan Zimmerman², Lisa Christopher-Stine², Nisha Gilotra² and Julie Paik², ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Kaiser Permanante, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Myocarditis in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) is poorly understood despite its associated morbidity and mortality. As manifestations of myocarditis can be mild or subclinical…

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