Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 1492 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pre-treatment Differentially Expressed Metagenes Characterize Systemic Lupus Patients Who Subsequently Achieve Clinical Response to Belimumab
Miles Smith¹, Kevin Thomas¹, Nicolas Dominguez¹, Susan Macwana¹, Wade DeJager¹, Stan Kamp¹, Carla Guthridge¹, Bridget Parrish¹, Cristina Arriens², Judith James¹, Joan Merrill¹ and Joel Guthridge¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Belimumab, which targets the B Cell activator and survival factor BLyS, is an approved treatment for systemic lupus (SLE) and has demonstrated efficacy in…
Abstract Number: 1733 • ACR Convergence 2023
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Is a Mediator of Disease in an Animal Model of Rheumatoid-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Nozima Aripova¹, Michael Duryee¹, Amy Nelson¹, Carlos Hunter¹, Breanna Butler¹, Bryant England¹, Jill Poole¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹ and Ted R Mikuls², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is a leading cause of mortality in RA with limited treatment options as well as lack of available…
Abstract Number: 2095 • ACR Convergence 2023
Integrated Analysis of Gene Expression and Methylation Identifies Biomarkers Associated with Mode of Action of Upadacitinib Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Preeti Lal¹, Yilin Xu¹, Thierry Sornasse¹, Rhiya Sharma¹, Laleh Jafarpour¹, Heidi Camp¹ and Iain McInnes², ¹AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ²University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA), an oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, significantly improves the signs and symptoms of RA patients1-3. The present study aims to elucidate the…
Abstract Number: 2343 • ACR Convergence 2023
Hydroxychloroquine Discontinuation in the Real World: Reasons, Predictive Factors and Clinical Implications
Eduardo Mantovani Cardoso¹, Rachel Simon¹ and Vasileios Kyttaris², ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²BIDMC, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by multi-systemic involvement and difficult-to-predict disease flares. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has long been recognized as…
Abstract Number: 2405 • ACR Convergence 2023
Role of Mitochondria in Activation of Platelets in Giant Cell Arteritis
Despoina Michailidou¹, Peter Grayson², Payton Hermanson¹, Jorge Armando Gonzalez-Chapa¹, David Cuthbertson³, Nader A. Khalidi⁴, Curry Koening⁵, Carol Langford⁶, Carol McAlear⁷, Larry Moreland⁸, Christian Pagnoux⁹, Philip Seo¹⁰, Antoine G Sreih¹¹, Kenneth Warrington¹², Paul Monach¹³, Peter Merkel⁷ and Christian Lood¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton Pike, NJ, ¹²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹³VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: We recently found extracellular mitochondrial-derived N-formyl methionine in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA. Extracellular mitochondria can be extruded by several mechanisms, including platelet…
Abstract Number: 0226 • ACR Convergence 2023
Relationships Among Parameters of Mineral Metabolism and Bone Turnover During Acute COVID-related Hospitalization and Subsequent Follow Up: A Pilot Study
Diego Cabrera¹, Clara Wong², Anna Santoro¹, Christine Simpson¹, Karl Insogna¹, Mary Geda¹, Andrew Cohen¹, Alexandra Hadjuk¹, Lauren Ferrante¹ and Evelyn Hsieh³, ¹Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, ³Yale University, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology; Yale School of Public Health; Section of Rheumatology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory conditions can exert direct adverse effects on bone metabolism, via increased bone resorption with inadequate compensatory bone formation. COVID-19 has been associated with…
Abstract Number: 0567 • ACR Convergence 2023
N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Correlates Strongly with Cardiovascular Damage in Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE): A Cross-sectional Study
Karim Sacre¹, Evelyne Vinet², Christian Pineau², Arielle Mendel³, Fares Kalache³, Louis Pierre Grenier³, Thao Huynh³ and Sasha Bernatsky⁴, ¹Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) disease represents the leading cause of death in SLE. Traditional risk factors are less accurate at identifying cardiovascular risk in SLE than…
Abstract Number: 0717 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mitochondria-mediated Platelet Activation in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Despoina Michailidou¹, Linda Johansson², Jorge Armando Gonzalez-Chapa¹, Ting Wang¹, Junmei Chen³, José A. López³, Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist⁴ and Christian Lood¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Umea University, Umea, Sweden, ³Bloodworks Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ⁴Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Platelets have been suggested to be involved in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) pathogenesis with elevated platelet activation observed in early stages of the disease. Upon…
Abstract Number: 0906 • ACR Convergence 2023
Paired Autoantibody Specificities from Serum and Immune Complexes Do Not Fully Explain the Circulating Immune Complex Load in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Study on 530 Patients
Enrico Fuzzi¹, Anna Svanqvist², Christine Westerberg², Agneta Zickert³, Iva Gunnarsson⁴, Johan Rönnelid² and Elisabet Svenungsson⁵, ¹Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, ³Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stocksund, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Medicine Solna, Unit of Rheumatology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypical autoimmune disease where autoantibody production and immune complex (IC) formation play a key role. Which antibodies contribute…
Abstract Number: 1195 • ACR Convergence 2023
Relationship of Depth-Specific Subchondral Bone Mineral Density to MRI Cartilage Worsening: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Jean Liew¹, JD Johnston², Gabriela Rabasa¹, Beth Lewis³, John Lynch⁴, James Torner⁵ and Tuhina Neogi⁶, ¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ²University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ³University of Alabama at Birimingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: While OA has been considered a disease of cartilage, early subchondral bone changes may precede cartilage abnormalities. Although higher systemic BMD has a known…
Abstract Number: 1495 • ACR Convergence 2023
Deep Serological Profiling of SLE Patients Treated with anti-CD19 CAR T Cells
Samik Basu¹, Daniel Nunez¹, Darshil Patel¹, Jenell Volkov¹, Zachary Vorndran¹, Steven Wong¹, Andreas Mackensen² and Georg Schett³, ¹Cabaletta Bio, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is a ground-breaking emerging treatment modality for severe refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and has shown…
Abstract Number: 1740 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exploring Disease-Associated DNA Methylome Alterations in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers
Arkaitz Mucientes¹, Martín-Núñez Gracia María², José Lisbona-Montañez³, Patricia Ruiz-Limon⁴, Rocío Redondo-Rodríguez⁵, SARA MANRIQUE⁶, Inmaculada Ureña⁵, Laura Cano-García⁵, Isabel Moreno-Indias¹, Natalia Mena Vazquez⁷ and Antonio Fernandez-Nebro⁸, ¹IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Málaga, Spain, ²Universidad de Málaga, Departamento de Medicina y Dermatología, Málaga, Spain, ³Universidad de Málaga, Departamento de Medicina y Dermatología, Moclinejo, Spain, ⁴IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Malaga, Spain, ⁷IBIMA, Málaga, Spain, ⁸Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain
Background/Purpose: The etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is not fully understood. It is accepted that RA results from the interplay of genetic and environmental factors.…
Abstract Number: 2111 • ACR Convergence 2023
Self-reported Methotrexate Adherence Underestimates Biochemical Adherence: Results from the Methotrexate Use Improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Biomarker Feedback Trial
James Bluett¹, Kimme Hyrich², Brian Keevil³, Patty Doran⁴ and Anne Barton⁵, ¹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Versus Arthritis Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Versus Arthritis Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) adherence is suboptimal and is associated with disease flare, DAS-28 response, radiographic damage and healthcare costs. Adherence can be measured using self-reported…
Abstract Number: 2349 • ACR Convergence 2023
Selection of the Dose for Subcutaneous Administration to Non-Japanese Subjects and Intravenous Administration to Japanese Subjects in the First-in-Human Study of DS-7011a, an Anti-TLR7 Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Li Zhang¹, Jun Tanaka², Michael Dodds³, Mirjam Trame³, Sophia Xu¹, Masafumi Kumazaki⁴, Yoshiaki Tomimori⁵, Samarth Patel¹, Aparna Mohan¹, Giorgio Senaldi¹ and Tarek Leil¹, ¹Daiichi Sankyo, Basking Ridge, NJ, ²Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ, ³Certara Strategic Consulting, Princeton, NJ, ⁴Daiichi Sankyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Toll-like receptor (TLR)7 is a pattern recognition receptor whose ligands include nucleic acids and whose gain-of-function mutations have been reported to result insystemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 2427 • ACR Convergence 2023
Degranulating PR3+ Myeloid Cells Characterize Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Alessandra Ida Celia¹, Xiaoping Yang², Hana Minsky², Silvia Malvica², Michelle Petri³, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership in RA/SLE⁴, Avi Rosenberg⁵ and Andrea Fava², ¹John Hopkins University of Medicine, Rome, Italy, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁴Multiple, Multiple, ⁵Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: As part of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP), we discovered that urinary PR3, a neutrophil degranulation product, is associated with histological activity, indicating the…

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