Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 1367 • ACR Convergence 2023
Novel Autoantibodies Might Circumvent the Need for Labial Biopsy in a Subset of Seronegative Sjögren’s Disease Patients
Maxwell Parker¹, Zihao Zheng², Michael Lasarev³, Roxana Alexandridis³, Michael Newton³, Miriam Shelef³ and Sara McCoy⁴, ¹University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ²Google, Sunnyvale, CA, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Middleton, WI
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is typically diagnosed by the presence of an anti-SSA antibody or focal lymphocytic sialadenitis in salivary gland tissue. Among SjD patients…
Abstract Number: 1689 • ACR Convergence 2023
Deep Cellular Immune Profiling in Psoriatic Arthritis Correlates with Imaging Phenotypes and Response to Targeted Advanced Therapy
Lihi Eder¹, Xianwei Li², Sydney Thib³, Darshini Ganatra⁴, Liqun Diao² and Vinod Chandran⁵, ¹Women’s College Research Institute, Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ³Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: To characterize the relationships between peripheral blood immune cell profiles in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and (1) baseline clinical and imaging disease features;…
Abstract Number: 1794 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Role of the Deubiquitinase ZRANB1/TRABID in Inflammation and Bone Formation in Spondyloarthritis
Archita Srinath¹, Daniele Mauro², Francesco Ciccia³ and Nigil Haroon⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Campania, Naples, Italy, ³University of Campania - Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, ⁴University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Inflammation and new bone formation are important disease mediators in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Recent studies in mice show that the deubiquitinase molecule TRABID epigenetically…
Abstract Number: 2273 • ACR Convergence 2023
Predicting SLE Disease Activity with Blood Biomarkers: A Step Towards Precision Medicine
Vasileios Kyttaris¹, Tyler O'Malley², Giorgio Casaburi², Sudha Kumar² and Andrew Concoff³, ¹BIDMC, Boston, MA, ²Exagen, Vista, CA, ³Exagen, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the prototypical autoimmune disease with diverse clinical manifestations and variable treatment response. Conventional biomarkers of SLE activityprovide modest correlation…
Abstract Number: 2365 • ACR Convergence 2023
Decoding the Peripheral Immune Landscape of Systemic Sclerosis to Investigate Disease Stages and Interstitial Lung Disease Progression
Vasuki Ranjani Chellamuthu¹, Maria Noviani², Ahmad bin Mohamed Lajam¹, Andrea Hsiu Ling Low² and Salvatore Albani¹, ¹Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth, Singapore, Singapore, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogenous autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis, vascular abnormalities and immune dysregulation. Characterization of peripheral blood immune signatures in relation…
Abstract Number: 2578 • ACR Convergence 2023
Machine Learning Identifies New Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis Endotypes Associated with Unique Autoantibody Profiles
Jenny Wei¹, Mark Tarnopolsky², Marie Hudson³, Ross Mitchell⁴, Katherine Buhler⁵, Antoine Dufour⁶, Luiz de Almeida⁶, Paul R. Fortin⁷, Eric Boilard⁸, Yann Becker⁸, Erin Hatcher², Mei Feng Zhang⁶, Marvin Fritzler⁶ and May Choi⁶, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵University of Calgary; Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ⁸Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a subset of autoimmune inflammatory myopathies (AIM) that is often challenging to diagnose. The objective of this study…
Abstract Number: 0099 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cell-bound Complement Activation Products in Antiphospholipid Antibody-positive Patients Without Other Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
Doruk Erkan¹, JoAnn Vega¹, Tyler O'Malley² and Andrew Concoff³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Exagen, Vista, CA, ³Exagen, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Based on animal models, complement activation is part of Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) pathogenesis. However, studies investigating complement activation in antiphospholipid antibody (aPL)-positive patients are…
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…

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