Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-Myxovirus Resistance Protein 1: A Novel Biomarker for Autoimmune Myositis and Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Eugene Krustev¹, Marvin Fritzler², Sasha Bernatsky³, Yvan St-Pierre⁴, Evelyne Vinet⁵, Christian Pineau⁶, Arielle Mendel⁷, Faras Kalache⁸, Louis-Pierre Grenier⁸, Thaisa Cotton⁸, Omid Zahedi⁹ and May Choi¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Mitogen Diagnostics Corp, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Although autoimmune myositis (AIM) and interstitial lung disease (ILD) are uncommon in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), they are associated with worse outcomes. Myxovirus Resistance…
Abstract Number: 0766 • ACR Convergence 2024
Neutrophil Transcriptomics in VEXAS Syndrome
Chloe Palmer¹, Gustaf Wigerblad¹, Tom Hill², Bhavisha Patel³, Emma Groarke⁴, Neal Young⁴, Stefania Dell'Orso⁵ and Peter Grayson⁶, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ³National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Beltsville, MD, ⁴National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁶National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD
Background/Purpose: Vacuoles, E1 ubiquitin-activating enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic (VEXAS) syndrome is caused by somatic mutations of the ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 1 (UBA1) gene and…
Abstract Number: 0898 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Blood Transcriptome Signature Distinguishes Between Diverse Systemic Autoimmune Diseases and Infection
Kleio-Maria Verrou¹, Argyrios Theophilopoulos², Nikolaos Vlachogiannis³, George Kollias⁴, Christoforos Nikolaou⁵ and Petros Sfikakis¹, ¹Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Centre of New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine (CNBPM), School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²Department of Immunology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, San Diego, CA, ³Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Centre of New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine (CNBPM), School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Zografou, Greece, ⁴Centre of New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine (CNBPM), School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Institute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Vari, Greece. Department of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁵Institute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: The most pathogenic responses against self and foreign antigens that lead to systemic autoimmune diseases and infections, respectively, overall engage similar immunologic components. Consequently, there are…
Abstract Number: 1152 • ACR Convergence 2024
Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Abnormalities in Different Autoimmune Inflammatory Myopathy Subsets
Thaisa Cotton¹, Valérie Leclair², Claudie Berger³, Yves Troyanov⁴, marie Hudson² and Geneviève Gyger², and Canadian Inflammatory Myopathy Study (CIMS), ¹Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) alterations have mostly been described in autoimmune inflammatory myopathies (AIM) classified using Bohan and Peter criteria. The aim of this study…
Abstract Number: 1422 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Salivary Gland Focus Score in Sjogren’s Disease Using Deep Learning: A Step Towards Tissue Biomarker Discovery
Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos¹, Nikos Tsiknakis², Dimitrios Zaridis³, Athanasios Tzioufas⁴, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis⁵ and Andreas Goules⁶, ¹Pathophysiology Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²Karolinska Institutet, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Computational BioMedicine Laboratory, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Stockholm, Sweden, ³School of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Biomedical Research Institute National Technical University of Athens and FORTH, Unit of Medical Technology and Intelligent Information Systems, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ⁴LAIKO HOSPITAL, Athens, Greece, ⁵Unit of Medical Technology and Intelligent Information Systems, University of Ioannina & FORTH, Ioannina, Greece, ⁶GENERAL HOSPITAL LAIKO ATHENS, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Sjogren's Disease (SjD) is characterized by focal sieladenitis in minor salivary gland biopsies (mSGB), which is evaluated using the Focus Score (FS). FS ≥…
Abstract Number: 1679 • ACR Convergence 2024
Differential Pharmacodynamic Changes of Circulated Immune Subsets After Treatment with Abatacept or Adalimumab in Patients with ACPA+ Early RA in the AMPLIFIED Study
Nathanial Eddy¹, Jane Buckner², Paul Emery³, Michael Weinblatt⁴, Vivian Bykerk⁵, Andrew Cope⁶, Gerd Burmester⁷, Yoshiya Tanaka⁸, Gustavo Citera⁹, Peter Nash¹⁰, Quentin Dornic¹¹, Peter Schafer¹², Sheila Kelly¹³, Michael Maldonado¹¹ and Jinqi Liu¹¹, ¹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, ²Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁵Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁰Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, ¹¹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ¹²Bristol Myers Squibb, BELLE MEAD, NJ, ¹³Bristol Myers Squibb, Doylestown, PA
Background/Purpose: Despite considerable advances in pharmacologic approaches to RA management, a better understanding of the underlying immunopathology is still needed.1,2 A dysregulated immune system is…
Abstract Number: 1976 • ACR Convergence 2024
Artificial Intelligence Analysis of HRCT Images Reflects Pulmonary Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease
Enrico De Lorenzis¹, Lucy Elizabeth Thornton², Stefano Di Donato³, Marco Minerba³, Lesley-Anne Bissell⁴, Riccardo Bixio⁵, Anand Devaraj⁶, Peter George⁷ and Francesco Del Galdo⁸, ¹Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ²1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Leeds, ³1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Verona, Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁶Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Interstitial Lung Disease, Royal Brompton Hospital London, London, United Kingdom, ⁸University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. Current functional, imaging, and clinical measures of…
Abstract Number: 2245 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Efficacy and Molecular Cardiovascular Changes of Baricitinib in Biologic-naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Direct Comparative Analysis with TNF Inhibitors and Conventional DMARDs
Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, Laura Muñoz-Barrera², Rafaela Ortega-Castro³, Sagrario Corrales², Jerusalén Calvo⁴, Concepción Aranda-Valera⁵, María Lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda¹, Pilar Font², Ismael Sánchez Pareja², Elena Moreno-Caño⁵, María Carmen Ábalos-Aguilera⁶, Christian Merlo-Ruiz⁶, Mª Angeles Aguirre-Zamorano⁷, Tomás Cerdó², Nuria Barbarroja², Carlos Perez-Sanchez² and Alejandro Escudero-Contreras², ¹IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ³Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁶IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, CÓRDOBA, Spain, ⁷IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, CÓRDOBA, Andalucia, Spain
Background/Purpose: The main objective of this study was to conduct extensive clinical and molecular analyses to accurately characterize the specific effects of Baricitinib (4 mg/day)…
Abstract Number: 2430 • ACR Convergence 2024
Dapirolizumab Pegol Impacts Important Immunologic Pathways in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Pharmacodynamic Analysis of T Cell and Antigen Presenting Cell Pathways from a Phase 2b Trial
Alex S. Powlesland¹, Ioana Cutcutache¹, Andrew Skelton¹, Anthony Shock¹, Matthew Page¹, Eris Bame², Janine Gaiha-Rohrbach², George Stojan³, Ania Skowera¹, Christian Stach⁴ and Thomas Dörner⁵, ¹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ²Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA, ³UCB Pharma, Atlanta, GA, ⁴UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rheim, Germany, ⁵Department of Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany and DRFZ, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: CD40-CD40L interactions play a pivotal role in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis by orchestrating a range of immune and inflammatory responses involving B cells,…
Abstract Number: 2644 • ACR Convergence 2024
Baseline Fibroblast Immunophenotype Predicts Clinical Improvement Among Individuals with Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Lakin¹, Robert Spiera², John Spivack¹, Yaxia Zhang¹, Jessica Gordon³ and dana Orange⁴, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Scleroderma, Vasculitis, and Myositis Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁴Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that fibroblast CD34 is low and alpha-smooth muscle actin (aSMA) is high in severe diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) skin,…
Abstract Number: 0179 • ACR Convergence 2023
Social Disparities and Pathology Markers at Lupus Nephritis Diagnosis Predict Worse Kidney Outcomes
Shivani Garg¹, Brad Astor², Amish Raval², S. Sam Lim³, Weixiong Zhong², Sarah Panzer², Brad Rovin⁴ and Christie M. Bartels², ¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: At diagnosis, a typical 30-year-old with lupus nephritis (LN) already has 10-fold higher chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk than peers and LN is a…
Abstract Number: 0558 • ACR Convergence 2023
Elevated Serum Levels of S100A8/A9 Discriminate Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Cognitive Impairment from Patients Without Impairment
Carolina Munoz-Grajales¹, Michelle Barraclough², Juan Pablo Diaz Martinez³, Jiandong Su², Kathleen Bingham², Mahta Kakvan⁴, Roberta Kretzmann⁵, Carmela Tartaglia⁶, Lesley Ruttan⁷, May Choi⁸, Simone Appenzeller⁹, Sherief Marzouk⁵, Dennisse Bonilla², Patti Katz¹⁰, Dorcas Beaton¹¹, Robin Green⁵, Joan Wither² and Zahi Touma⁵, ¹UHN/TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University Health Network, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁹UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, ¹⁰University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA, ¹¹Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cognitive impairment (CI) is one of the most common manifestations of Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (NPSLE). Studies have reported that SLE patients with different…
Abstract Number: 0708 • ACR Convergence 2023
NFKB1 and NFKBIA: Relevant Players in the Pathogenesis of IgA Vasculitis?
Joao Carlos Batista-Liz¹, Verónica Pulito-Cueto¹, María Sebastián Mora-Gil¹, Belén Sevilla-Pérez², María Teresa Leonardo³, Norberto Ortego-Centeno⁴, Ana Peñalba³, Javier Narvaez⁵, luis martin penagos⁶, Emilio Rodrigo⁶, Lara Belmar-Vega⁶, Cristina Gomez-Fernandez⁷, Luis Caminal-Montero⁸, Paz Collado⁹, Miren Uriarte-Ecenarro¹⁰, Esther Vicente Rabaneda¹¹, Esteban Rubio¹², Manuel León Luque¹², Juan María Blanco-Madrigal¹³, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹⁴, Santos Castañeda¹⁵, Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay¹⁶, Ricardo Blanco¹⁷ and Raquel López-Mejías¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ³Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Medicine Department, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Division of Nephrology, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-DIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Division of Dermatology,Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁸Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁴Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶IDIVAL and School of Medicine, UC, Santander; Department of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Santander, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis (IgAV) is a B-cell-mediated inflammatory disease. NF-kappa B (NF-kB) plays a key role in autoimmunity and inflammation1. In this regard, the…
Abstract Number: 0899 • ACR Convergence 2023
Complement Factor I (CFI) Gene Expression by Kidney Tubular Cells Is Increased in Lupus Nephritis Patients with Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy
Shudan Wang¹, John Greally², Masako Suzuki³, Jee-Young Moon², Tao Wang², Yvonne M Saenger², Brad Rovin⁴ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg⁵, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, ⁴Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Tubulointerstitial injury is a strong predictor of progression to kidney failure in lupus nephritis (LN). Prior animal studies suggest intrarenal complement activation has an…
Abstract Number: 1194 • ACR Convergence 2023
Extent of Subregional Involvement of Subchondral Bone Marrow Lesions in Incident Knee OA Is Associated with Weight-Bearing Knee Pain
Kent Kwoh¹, Frank Roemer², Erin Ashbeck³ and Ali Guermazi⁴, ¹University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁴Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Subchondral bone marrow lesions (BMLs) have been associated with incident and progressive pain and reported to fluctuate along with concurrent fluctuations in symptoms. While…

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