Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

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: 092 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Procalcitonin Levels in Patients with Juvenile Dermatomyositis Compared to Healthy Controls
Christopher Costin¹, Gabrielle Morgan², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Amer Khojah⁴, Marisa Klein-Gitelman¹, Yvonne Lee⁵ and Lauren Pachman⁶, ¹Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL
Background/Purpose: Patients with JDM are at increased risk of infection due to increased aspiration risk and immunosuppression. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker of infection, that…
Abstract Number: 017 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Potential Uveitic Biomarkers in Tears of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Pilot Study
Tiffany Nguyen¹, Ilaria Maccora¹, Mekibib Altaye¹, Wendy Haffey², Theresa Hennard¹, Alyssa Sproles¹, Sherry Thornton¹, Virginia Miraldi Utz¹, Ken Greis² and Sheila Angeles-Han¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ²University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Children diagnosed with oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the most commonly diagnosed subset of chronic arthritis, are at increased risk of developing uveitis. Known…
Abstract Number: 060 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Are the Levels of Cytokines Good Biomarkers for Smoldering Disease Activity in Childhood-Takayasu Arteritis?
Gleice Clemente¹, Maria Teresa Terreri², Bruno Gualano³, Clovis Silva⁴ and Alexandre Wagner De Souza¹, ¹Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, ⁴Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Biomarkers for disease activity in adult Takayasu arteritis (TA) have been studied exhaustively, but there are inconsistencies among the studies (1). Childhood-TA (c-TA) differs…
Abstract Number: 069 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Neutrophil-Lymphocyte and Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratios of Patients with Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Rogerio do Prado¹, Fabiola I Suano-Souza¹, Wellington D. R. Rodrigues², Lucila Pereira¹, Maria Teresa Terreri³ and Roseli O. S. Sarni⁴, ¹FMABC, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Unicid, São Paulo, Brazil, ³UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Centro Universitário Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC), Brazil
Background/Purpose: The Neutrophil-Lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and Platelet-Lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are markers of systemic inflammation easily available from the blood count. Previous studies have revealed that…
Abstract Number: L13 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fetal Cardiac Targets Identify the Autoantibodies Associated with Congenital Heart Block
Stephanie Benjamin¹, Lisa Vi², Diptendu Chatterjee¹, Edgar Jaeggi¹, Marie Wahren-Herlenius³, Amelia Ruffatti⁴, Linda Hiraki⁵, Michelle Lohbihler², Lusia Sepiashvili¹, Carl Laskin⁶, Meena Fatah¹, Daniela Dominguez⁵, Lawrence Ng⁵, Anthony Gramolini², Vincent Christoffels⁷, Stephanie Protze² and Robert Hamilton⁸, ¹Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ⁴Universitå di Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Mt. Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁸Hospital for Sick Children, Markham, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune congenital heart block (CHB+) affects the fetus of mothers with anti-Ro antibodies. Anti-Ro (Ro+) antibodies (Abs) are usually present in maternal sera when…

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