Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 2350 • ACR Convergence 2023
Upregulation of Both APRIL and BAFF in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Suggests Non-Redundant Roles, Further Revealed by Dual Inhibition with Povetacicept (ALPN-303; TACI vTD-Fc)
Tiffany Blair, Elizabeth Repash, Armand Bankhead, Amanda Enstrom, Lawrence Evans, Susan Debrot, Allison Chunyk, Sherri Mudri, Stanford Peng and Stacey Dillon, Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc., Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: B cell activating factor (BAFF) and a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) are cytokines that signal through transmembrane activator and CAML interactor (TACI), B cell maturation…
Abstract Number: 2435 • ACR Convergence 2023
Deciphering Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity-Associated Gene Signatures and Cell Subsets Through Single Cell Transcriptomics
Marie Binvignat¹, Brenda Miao², Camilla Wibrand³, Monica Yang⁴, Dmitry Rychkov⁵, Emily Flynn⁴, Umair Khan⁴, Joanne Nititham⁶, Alex Carvidi⁴, Melissa Krueger⁴, Erene Niemi⁴, Yang Sun⁴, Gabriella Fragiadakis⁴, David Klatzmann¹, Jeremie SELLAM⁷, Encarnita Mariotti-Ferrandiz¹, Andrew Gross⁴, Chun Jimmie Ye⁴, Atul Butte⁴, Lindsey Criswell⁶, Mary Nakamura⁸ and Marina Sirota⁵, ¹Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ²University of California San Francisco, Fremont, CA, ³Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶NIH/NHGRI, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France, ⁸UCSF/SFVAHCS, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Single cell transcriptional profiling (scRNA-Seq) is valuable in identifying gene signatures and cell subpopulations associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However prior studies have often…
Abstract Number: 0288 • ACR Convergence 2023
Proinflammatory Bioactive Lipid Mediators (BLM) Are Associated with Worse Anti-Oxidant Function of High Density Lipoproteins (HDL) in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM)
Sangmee Bae¹, Ani Shahbazian¹, Jennifer Wang², Dawoud Sulaiman³, David Meriwether⁴, srinivasa Reddy⁵ and Christina Charles-Schoeman⁶, ¹UCLA Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCLA Cardiology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴UCLA Digestive Diseases, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵UCLA Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA
Background/Purpose: Lipid oxidation products produced by artery wall cells under oxidative stress not only regulate immune responses, but their accumulation in HDL are shown to…
Abstract Number: 0569 • ACR Convergence 2023
Serum S100A8 and S100A9 Are Useful Biomarker Indicated IFN Associated Organ Involvements in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Risa Wakiya¹, Hiromi Shimada¹, Shusaku Nakashima¹, Taichi Miyagi², Yusuke Ushio³, Koichi Sugihara⁴, Mao Mizusaki¹, Rina Mino⁵, Kanako Chujo⁶, Ryoko Kagawa³, Hayamasa Yamaguchi³, Tomohiro Kameda¹ and Hiroaki Dobashi¹, ¹Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ²Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ³Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁴Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁵Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ⁶Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: S100, a damage-related molecular pattern factor, was reported to be a biomarker associated with disease activity in SLE. Additional hydroxychloroquine, which could regulate IFN…
Abstract Number: 0770 • ACR Convergence 2023
Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinases in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease: Associations with Disease Presence, Severity, and Subtypes
Brent Luedders¹, Austin Wheeler¹, Dana Ascherman², Joshua Baker³, Michael Duryee¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul¹, K Wysham⁴, Paul Monach⁵, Andreas Reimold⁶, Gail Kerr⁷, Gary Kunkel⁸, Grant Cannon⁹, Jill Poole¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹, Ted R Mikuls¹⁰ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁶University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁷Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁸University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are enzymes involved in extracellular matrix remodeling that have been implicated in the pathogenesis and progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and…
Abstract Number: 0908 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of Biologic Sex with Glycosphingolipids and the N-glycome in Lupus Nephritis and Renal Mesangial Cell Function
Tammy Nowling, bethany wolf, Calvin Blaschke, Richard Drake, Sandra Sanchez, Mariia Stefanenko, Mykhailo Fedoriuk, Oleg Palygin, Hongxia Bai and Jessalyn Rodgers, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: SLE primarily afflicts women and many SLE patients develop nephritis, a serious complication of lupus. Identification of biomarkers and the pathogenic mechanisms underlying LN…
Abstract Number: 1265 • ACR Convergence 2023
Changes in the Endocannabinoid Tone in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis – Discovery of a Novel Target for the Treatment of Pain and Inflammation?
Jost Klawitter¹, Andrew Clauw¹, Jennifer Seifert¹, Jelena Klawitter¹, Bridget Tompson¹, Cristina Sempio¹, Uwe Christians¹ and Larry Moreland², ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Denver, CO

Background/Purpose: Inflammation is a complicated physiological process that results in a variety of disorders. Several inflammatory mediators are produced during this process, which is responsible…
Abstract Number: 1517 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparing Deep Neural Network to Modified Rodnan Skin Score in a Trial for Belumosudil in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Baran Gunes¹, Lucy Duran Camacho¹, Shawn Cowper², Gauri Panse², Elizabeth Bundschuh³, Alyssa Williams⁴, Nicolas Page⁵, Mary Karns⁶, Kathleen Aren⁶, Niki Pradhan⁷, Elana Bernstein⁸, Sarah Fantus⁹, Elizabeth Volkmann¹⁰, Heather Bukiri¹⁰, Chase Correia¹¹, Francis Wilson¹, Seamus Mawe¹², J. Matthew Mahoney¹³, Monique Hinchcliff¹⁴ and Rui Wang¹⁵, ¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine - Dermatopathology, New Haven, CT, ³Yale University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Yale University School of Medicine, Winchester, MA, ⁵Yale University School of Medicine, Salem, CT, ⁶Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁷Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁹Kansas City Physician Partners- Center for Rheumatic Disease, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁰University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹¹Riverside Medical Group, Hampton, VA, ¹²The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, ¹³Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, ¹⁴Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT, ¹⁵Sanofi, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: We previously published a proof-of-principle study demonstrating the potential utility of computer vision (Deep Neural Network/DNN) methods applied to stained skin biopsy sections from…
Abstract Number: 1758 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Circulating Autoantibodies Associated with ACPA Status in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lucía Lourido¹, Vijay Joshua², Monika Hansson³, Ronald Sjöberg⁴, Elisa Pin⁴, Cristina Ruiz-Romero⁵, Peter Nilsson⁴, Lars Klareskog² and Francisco J. Blanco⁶, ¹Unidad de Proteómica. Grupo de Investigación de Reumatología (GIR). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). C/ As Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Division for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (Solna) Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Protein Science, SciLifelab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵1) Unidad de Proteómica. Grupo de Investigación de Reumatología (GIR). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). C/ As Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006, A Coruña, España. 4) Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN). Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5. Pabellón 11,28029, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with the presence of autoantibodies being the anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) the hallmark as they are present in almost…
Abstract Number: 2140 • ACR Convergence 2023
Serum Alarmins and the Risk of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ted R Mikuls¹, Bryant England², Harlan Sayles², Tate Johnson², Michael Duryee², Carlos Hunter², Joshua Baker³, Gail Kerr⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Grant Cannon⁶, Brian Sauer⁷, K Wysham⁸, Amy Joseph⁹, Beth Wallace¹⁰, Geoffrey Thiele² and Jill Poole², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹Washington University / St. Louis VA, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁰Ann Arbor VA, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Alarmins are proteins found in the nuclei of epithelial, endothelial, and immune cells that are released following cell damage and act as stress signals.…
Abstract Number: 2352 • ACR Convergence 2023
High Serum C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 10 (CXCL10) Potentially Predicts New Onset of Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease
Yehya Al-Adwi, Isabella Atzeni, Berber Doornbos-van der Meer, Marcel J van der Leij, Bart-Jan Kroesen, Alja Stel, Wim Timens, C.Tji Gan, Harry van Goor, Johanna Westra and Douwe J Mulder, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is the leading cause of death in SSc patients. There is an unmet need for predictive biomarkers of ILD…
Abstract Number: 2462 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mitochondrial-Mediated Neutrophil Activation in Dermatomyositis (DM) and Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM): Insights into Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Implications
Jorge Armando Gonzalez-Chapa¹, Jemima Albayda², Begum Horuluoglu³, Despina Michailidou¹, Marina Barguil Macedo¹, Lisa Christopher-Stine², Ingrid Lundberg⁴ and Christian Lood¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet; Department of Gastroenterology, Dermatotology, Rhematology, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) and inclusion body myositis (IBM) are characterized by muscle weakness and inflammation, with emerging evidence of mitochondrial and neutrophil involvement. Prior work…
Abstract Number: 0289 • ACR Convergence 2023
Markers of Endothelial Damage Are Elevated in Patients with Dermatomyositis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Associated with Low Paraoxonase-1 Activity
Sangmee Bae¹, Ani Shahbazian¹, Jennifer Wang², Tiffany De Leon¹, Yuna Lee¹, srinivasa Reddy³ and Christina Charles-Schoeman⁴, ¹UCLA Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCLA Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA
Background/Purpose: Damage to the vascular endothelium is implicated in the pathogenesis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and its associated interstitial lung disease (ILD), with microvascular…
Abstract Number: 0572 • ACR Convergence 2023
Serum/ Urine Levels and Expression of CD163 in Lupus Nephritis
Erdem Gurel¹, Suzan Cinar², Ozge Hurdogan³, Yasemin Ozluk³, Isin Kilicaslan⁴, Sibel Varelci¹, Safak Mirioglu⁵, Yasemin Yalcinkaya⁶, Ahmet Gul⁶, Lale Ocal¹, Murat Inanc⁶ and Bahar Artim-Esen⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Department of Immunology, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Department of Pathology, Istanbul University Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Department of Pathology, Istanbul University Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbıl, Turkey, ⁵Division of Nephrology, Bezmialem Vakif University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: CD163 is a glycosylated membrane protein expressed in monocytes and macrophages that phagocytize the hemoglobin/haptoglobin complex. As a result of proinflammatory stimuli, CD163 is…
Abstract Number: 0771 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Modified Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis-Derived Composite Biomarker Score Is Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease Among U.S. Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brent Luedders¹, Dana Ascherman², Daniel Kass³, Joshua Baker⁴, Michael Duryee¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul¹, K Wysham⁵, Paul Monach⁶, Andreas Reimold⁷, Gail Kerr⁸, Gary Kunkel⁹, Grant Cannon¹⁰, Jill Poole¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹, Ted R Mikuls¹¹ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁷University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁸Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Based on the overlap in peripheral blood biomarkers associated with rheumatoid arthritis interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a composite biomarker…

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