Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 0529 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sex-dependent Differences in Disease Characteristics Do Not Influence Effectiveness of Secukinumab Therapy in Patients with Active Axial Spondyloarthritis in a Non-Interventional Trial (AQUILA)
Michaela Koehm¹, Maximilian Klippstein², Sabine Kugler³, Sina Mackay³, Daniel Schulz³, Asmir Vodencarevic⁴, Guillaume Wendt⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁴, Uta Kiltz⁵, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁶ and Frank Behrens⁷, ¹University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ²Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Immune Mediated Diseases CIMD, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS, Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Immune Mediated Diseases CIMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁴Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Goethe-University & Fraunhofer ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: Individualized treatment strategies are of high importance in the treatment of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). IL-17A inhibition has demonstrated good efficacy on axSpA.…
Abstract Number: 0602 • ACR Convergence 2023
Dual Blockade of ICOS and CD28 with Acazicolcept (ALPN-101) Reveals Non-Redundant Roles of T Cell Co-Stimulation Pathways in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Elizabeth Repash, Tiffany Blair, Amanda Enstrom, Lawrence Evans, Susan Debrot, Katherine Lewis, Armand Bankhead, Stanford Peng and Stacey Dillon, Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc., Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: CD28 and inducible T cell costimulator (ICOS) play nonredundant roles in T cell activation and inhibiting these pathways can ameliorate an (auto)immune response. Systemic…
Abstract Number: 0850 • ACR Convergence 2023
Persistence of Urinary Biomarkers of Intrarenal Inflammation Precedes Loss of Kidney Function in Lupus Nephritis
Andrea Fava¹, Mohamed G. Atta¹, Jose Monroy-Trujillo², Derek Fine², Daniel Goldman³, Izmirly peter⁴, H Michael Belmont⁵, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership in RA/SLE⁶, Jill Buyon⁷ and Michelle Petri³, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁴NYU, New York, NY, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Multiple, Multiple, ⁷NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: One third of lupus nephritis (LN) patients develop irreversible kidney damage despite achieving a clinical response based on resolution of proteinuria. Furthermore, per protocol…
Abstract Number: 1142 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Retrospective Analysis of Radiographic and Serologic Findings in Patients with Scleroderma and Interstitial Lung Disease
Nikita Jhawar, Claire Wilson, Andy Abril, Li Zhuo and Yaohua Ma, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma are frequently associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Detection of autoantibodies is crucial in characterizing disease phenotypes, but…
Abstract Number: 1379 • ACR Convergence 2023
Population Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Dazodalibep, a CD40L Antagonist, in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sjogren’s Syndrome
Kenneth Der¹, Ryan Crass², Brendan Smith³, Wonkyung Byon⁴, Yan Xin⁵ and Jiayin Huang⁶, ¹Horizon Therapeutics, Danville, CA, ²Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Michigan, ³A2-Ai, Michigan, ⁴Amador Bioscience, Michigan, ⁵Horizon Therapeutics, South San Francisco, CA, ⁶Horizon Therapeutics, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's (SjS) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease caused by aberrant activation and infiltration of lymphocytes. Dazodalibep (DAZ), a novel non-antibody biologic antagonist of…
Abstract Number: 1693 • ACR Convergence 2023
Blood Immunophenotyping Distinguishes Three Subgroups of Lupus Nephritis Patients with Distinct Kidney Infiltrates and Interferon Signatures
Alice Horisberger¹, Alec Griffith¹, Arnon Arazi², Joshua Keegan¹, Kaitlyn Howard¹, Takanori Sasaki¹, Tusharkanti Ghosh³, Andrea Fava⁴, Jun Inamo⁵, John Pulford¹, Ekaterina Murzin¹, Brandon Hancock¹, Katie Preisinger⁶, Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus⁷, Thomas Eisenhaure⁸, Joel Guthridge⁹, Paul Hoover¹⁰, Maria Dall'Era¹¹, David Wofsy¹¹, Diane L. Kamen¹², Kenneth Kalunian¹³, Richard Furie¹⁴, H Michael Belmont¹⁵, Peter Izmirly⁶, Robert Clancy¹⁶, David Hildeman¹⁷, steve Woodle¹⁷, William Apruzzese¹⁸, Maureen McMahon¹⁹, Jennifer Grossman²⁰, Jennifer Barnas²¹, Fernanda Payan-Schober²², Mariko Ishimori²³, Accelerating Medicines Partnership Program RA SLE Network²³, Matthias Kretzler²⁴, Celine Berthier²⁴, Jeff Hodgin²⁴, Dawit Demeke²⁴, Chaim Putterman²⁵, Nir Hacohen⁸, Michael Brenner¹, Jennifer Anolik²¹, Anne Davidson²⁶, Judith James⁹, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹⁰, Michelle Petri²⁷, Jill Buyon¹⁶, Betty Diamond²⁶, The Accelerating Medicines Partnership In RA/SLE²⁸, Fan Zhang²⁹, James Lederer¹ and Deepak Rao¹⁰, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Melrose, MA, ³School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁶New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, ⁹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁰Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹³University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ¹⁴Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁶NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁷University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁸Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Program: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (AMP® RA/SLE) Network, Boston, MA, ¹⁹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁰University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²²Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, ²³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²⁶Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²⁸multisites, multisites, ²⁹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Patients with lupus nephritis (LN) have variable responses to standard-of-care therapy, and a third of patients with class III, IV, or V show a…
Abstract Number: 1795 • ACR Convergence 2023
Multi-Omics Analyses Identify Metabolic Pathways That Differentiate Psoriatic Arthritis from Psoriasis
Chiara Pastrello¹, Darshini Ganatra², Max Kotlyar¹, Nikita Looby², Quan Li³, Lihi Eder⁴, Dafna Gladman⁵, Proton Rahman³, Igor Jurisica⁶ and Vinod Chandran⁷, ¹Osteoarthritis Research Program, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Schroeder Arthritis Institute and Data Science Discovery Centre for Chronic diseases, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Craig Dobbin Research Institute, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada, ⁴Women’s College Research Institute, Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute and Departments of Medical Biophysics and Computer Science and Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto and Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, ⁷Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a form of inflammatory arthritis that occurs in patients with cutaneous psoriasis. Due to the lack of clinically useful diagnostic…
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: 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: 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: 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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