Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 1467 • ACR Convergence 2022
Dickkopf Homolog 3 (DKK3) as a Prognostic Marker in Lupus Nephritis: A Prospective Monocentric Experience
Savino Sciascia¹, Alice Barinotti², Massimo Radin², Irene Cecchi¹, Elisa Menegatti², Vittorio Modena², Daniela Rossi², Simone Baldovino², Roberta Fenoglio² and Dario Roccatello², ¹University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ²University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Background/Purpose: Lupus Nephritis (LN) is a major cause of mortality/morbidity in patients affected by Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Reliable prognostic markers, especially related to the…
Abstract Number: 1611 • ACR Convergence 2022
Putative Role of the Histidine and Tryptophan Biochemical Pathways in the Mode of Action of Upadacitinib in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Thierry Sornasse¹, Liang Li², Shuang Zhao², Xiaohang Wang², Fang Cai³, Yingtao Bi⁴, In-Ho Song⁵, Stephanie Wichuk⁶, Robert G. Lambert⁷ and Walter P Maksymowych⁸, ¹AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA, ²The Metabolomics Innovation Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³AbbVie, Redwood City, CA, ⁴AbbVie, Inc, Worcester, MA, ⁵AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA) 15 mg QD is efficacious in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) exhibiting inadequate responses to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs-IR).1 We determined…
Abstract Number: 1869 • ACR Convergence 2022
Looking for BlyS(BAFF) in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A New Biomarker of Disease Activity
Christopher Costin¹, Gabrielle Morgan², Amer Khojah³ and Lauren Pachman⁴, 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, ³Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Northwestern'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: B Cell Activating Factor (BAFF) is a cytokine that drives B Cell proliferation and maturation. B Cells remain an important factor in JDM immune…
Abstract Number: 2026 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serum and Tear Autoantibodies from nor Mice as Potential Diagnostic Indicators of Local and Systemic Inflammation in Sjögren’s Syndrome
Shruti Singh Kakan¹, Yaping Ju², Maria Edman² and Sarah Hamm-Alvarez³, ¹Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California; Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California; Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by infiltration of lymphocytes into lacrimal (LG) and salivary (SG) glands and their concurrent loss of…
Abstract Number: 2227 • ACR Convergence 2022
Active Takayasu Arteritis Is Associated with Plasma and Cellular Measures of Endothelial Dysfunction
Marta Peverelli¹, Andrew Porter¹, Kerri Malone², Allan Kiprianos¹, Tom McKinnon¹, Charis Pericleous¹, Robert Maughan¹ and Justin Mason¹, ¹Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, ²European BioInformatics Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The accurate assessment of disease activity and progression is a major challenge in Takayasu Arteritis (TA). An improved understanding of disease pathogenesis is required…
Abstract Number: 0256 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patients with ACPA-positive and ACPA-negative Rheumatoid Arthritis Show Different Circulating Auto-antibody Repertoires
Kevin Cunningham¹, Benjamin Hur², John Davis² and Jaeyun Sung², ¹University of Minnesota, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: RA is commonly diagnosed through a serological test for the presence of ACPA, and RA patients who test positive are collectively known as 'ACPA-positive…
Abstract Number: 0531 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development and Performance of a Diagnostic Precision Biomarker for Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis Based on DNA Methylation in Blood
Espen Riskedal¹, Karl Trygve Kalleberg¹, Arne Søraas², Maria Dahl Mjaavatten³, Grethe-Elisabeth Stenvik⁴, Joe Sexton⁴, Janis Neumann¹, Cathrine Lund Hadley¹, Guro Goll⁴, Silje Watterdal Syversen⁴, Håkon Bøås⁵, Jennifer Ruth Harris⁵, Astanand Jugessur⁵, Siri Lillegraven⁴ and Espen Haavardsholm⁴, ¹Age Labs AS, Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ²Age Labs AS, Eiksmarka, Norway, ³Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Haslum, Norway, ⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) exhibit no detectable antibodies, often resulting in delayed diagnosis and treatment initiation. A blood-based test, capable of detecting…
Abstract Number: 0655 • ACR Convergence 2022
Proteomic Analysis of Histological Lesions Lupus Nephritis Identifies an Inflammatory Signature of Fibrous Crescents
Alessandra Ida Celia¹, Jeffery Hodgin², Avi Rosenberg³, Laurence S Magder⁴, Jill Buyon⁵, Betty Diamond⁶, Judith James⁷, William Apruzzese⁸, Paride Fenaroli⁹, Derek Fine¹, Jose Monroy-Trujillo¹, Mohamed G. Atta¹, Peter izmirly¹⁰, Michael Belmont⁵, Anne Davidson⁶, Daniel W. Goldman¹¹, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) RA/SLE¹², Michelle Petri¹¹ and Andrea Fava¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Johns Hopkins University, Ballwin, MO, ⁴University of Maryland, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ⁵NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ¹⁰NYU Long Island School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ¹²Multiple Insitutions
Background/Purpose: We employed urine proteomics to define the molecular signatures associated with the histological features quantified by the NIH activity and chronicity indices. Methods: Glomerular…
Abstract Number: 0919 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Methotrexate Monotherapy Response in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Multicentre, Randomized Controlled Trial
Siddharth Jain¹, Varun Dhir², Amita Aggarwal³, Ranjan Gupta⁴, Bidya Laishangtham¹, Aastha Khullar¹, Shankar Naidu¹, Veena Dhawan¹, Shefali Sharma⁵, Aman Sharma⁶ and sanjay jain¹, ¹Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ²PGIMER, CHD, INDIA, Chandigarh, India, ³Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ⁴All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, ⁵PGIMER< Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ⁶PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is the gold standard, first-line therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, not all patients respond to MTX, and the predictors of its…
Abstract Number: 1155 • ACR Convergence 2022
Epigenome-Wide Integrative Association Study on Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Elena Carnero-Montoro¹, Ivan Arias-de la Rosa², Clementina Lopez-Medina³, lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda⁴, Rafaela Ortega-Castro², Daniel Toro-Domínguez¹, Manuel Martinez-Bueno¹, Raúl López-Domínguez⁵, Olivia Castellini-Pérez¹, Guillermo Barturen¹, Nuria Barbarroja², Eduardo Collantes² and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹, ¹Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ³Reina Sofia University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Jaén, Spain, ⁴Reina Sofia University Hospital/Rheumatology Department/Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Cordoba, Spain, ⁵University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Background/Purpose: An important role of DNA methylation changes in Spondylitis Ankylosing has been recently demonstrated by epigenome-wide studies. However, there is a lack of genome-wide…
Abstract Number: 1474 • ACR Convergence 2022
Quinolinic Acid, a Kynurenine/Tryptophan Pathway Metabolite, Correlates with Abnormalities in Brain Structure and Function in SLE
Erik Anderson, Chris Tang, An Vo, Cynthia Aranow, Bruce Volpe, Betty Diamond and Meggan Mackay, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Stimulation of the kynurenine/tryptophan pathway by interferons alpha and gamma, both known contributors to SLE pathogenesis, leads to a potentially neurotoxic imbalance of pathway…
Abstract Number: 1642 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mast Cells May Explain Sex Differences in Osteoarthritis Pain
Bella Mehta¹, Edward DiCarlo², Fei Wang³, Miguel Otero⁴, Eun Kyung Song⁵, Peter Sculco², Mark Figgie², Susan Goodman², William Robinson⁵ and Dana Orange⁶, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Weil Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery Research Institute, New York, NY, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Women are at increased risk for knee osteoarthritis(OA) and report more severe pain than men at the time of total knee arthroplasty. It has…
Abstract Number: 1873 • ACR Convergence 2022
Relationship Between Baseline Characteristics of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Types of Mortality: Study of Cohort Followed Prospectively
Cristina Corrales¹, Fabricio Benavides Villanueva¹, Ivan Ferraz Amaro², Nuria Vegas Revenga³, Virgi Portilla⁴, Ricardo Blanco⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶ and Alfonso Corrales⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Spain., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ³Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ⁴Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of mortality mainly due to cardiovascular (CV) events, infections and malignancies. The relationship between the…
Abstract Number: 2085 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Osteoporosis on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACEs) and Mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Longitudinal Study
Chi Chiu Mok¹, Kar Li Chan², Ling Yin Ho³ and Chi Hung To⁴, ¹Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China, ²Tuen Mun Hospital, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, China, ³Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China, ⁴Pok Oi Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: To study the effect of osteoporosis on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) and mortality in a longitudinal cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus…
Abstract Number: 2229 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ultrasound Localization Microscopy as a New Tool for Takayasu’s Arteritis Activity Assessment, a Deep Insight Within Carotid Wall Inflammation
Guillaume Goudot¹, Anatole Jimenez², Nassim Mohamedi³, jonas Sitruk³, Lina Khider¹, Hélène Mortelette³, Clément Papadacci², Fabien Hyafil⁴, Mickaël Tanter², Emmanuel Messas¹, Mathieu Pernot² and Tristan Mirault¹, ¹Vascular medicine department, Georges Pompidou European hospital, APHP, Université Paris Cité, INSERM U970 PARCC, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ²Physics for Medicine Paris, INSERM U1273, ESPCI Paris, CNRS FRE 2031, PSL Research University, Paris, France, ³Vascular medicine department, Georges Pompidou European hospital, APHP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴Nuclear medicine department, Georges Pompidou European hospital, APHP, Universite Paris Cite, INSERM U970 PARCC, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Use of sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles (MB) with ultrasound allow to assess arterial wall vascularization through signal enhancement. The use of ultrafast imaging with MB…

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