Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 1159 • ACR Convergence 2025
IL-18 Correlates with Pouchot Score and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease: Insights From a Repeated Measures Study
Hadeel Abdul-Rehman¹, Karen Gambina² and Bella Mehta³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Medical Center, Islip, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Jersey City, NJ
Background/Purpose: Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease. Interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels are significantly elevated in AOSD patients¹ and may be a promising…
Abstract Number: 0590 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effect of Deucravacitinib Treatment on Disease Activity–Associated Plasma Biomarkers in Patients With Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Results From 2 Phase 3 Studies
Vinod Chandran¹, Oliver FitzGerald², Philip J. Mease³, Lihi Eder⁴, Jose Scher⁵, Christopher Ritchlin⁶, Dafna D. Gladman⁷, Walter P Maksymowych⁸, Coryandar Gilvary⁹, Aditi Basu Bal⁹, Eleni Vritzali¹⁰ and Jinqi Liu⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, and Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ²UCD, Dublin ⁶, Dublin, Ireland, ³Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶University of Rochester Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, ⁷Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ¹⁰Bristol Myers Squibb, Boudry, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Understanding how treatments affect disease-relevant biomarker expression is essential for advancing targeted therapies. Deucravacitinib, an oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, has…
Abstract Number: 0832 • ACR Convergence 2025
Elevated serum peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) levels in anti-CCP antibody positive at-risk individuals with arthralgia who progress to rheumatoid arthritis.
Sana Sharrack¹, Xia Yu², Arun Jayaraman³, Laurence Duquenne⁴, Andrea Di Matteo⁵, Kate Harnden⁵, Lucy Thornton⁵, Helen Jayne-Sugden⁵, Jacqueline Nam⁶, Adam Smith⁵, Mia Collins⁷, Rachel Sparks³, Fanyi Jiang⁸, Kyriakos Konstantinidis⁹, Jessica Neisen¹⁰, Greet De Baets¹⁰, David Close¹¹, Chris chamberlain¹⁰, Adam Platt¹², Paul Emery¹³, Josie Meade² and Kulveer Mankia¹³, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ²Division of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³AstraZeneca, Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America, Gaithersburg, Maryland, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ⁷AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁸AstraZeneca, Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁹AstraZeneca, R&I Projects, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D,, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁰AstraZeneca, Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹¹AstraZeneca, Royston, United Kingdom, ¹²AstraZeneca, Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Melbourn, Royston,, United Kingdom, ¹³University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies are one of the strongest risk factors for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Anti-CCP antibodies are generated against…
Abstract Number: 0463 • ACR Convergence 2025
Synovial fluid is a robust biomarker of synovial tissue inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis
Solana Cushing¹, Susan Goodman², Michael Parides¹, Hadeel Abdul-Rehman¹, Daniel Ramirez², Edward DiCarlo², Kristine Carandang³, Renee Davis⁴, Rebecca Blank⁵, Laura Donlin¹, Anna Helena Jonsson⁶, Amit Lakhanpal², Bella Mehta⁷, Dana Orange⁸ and Melanie smith², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, ⁴New York, New York, NY, ⁵NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁶University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁷Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Jersey City, NJ, ⁸The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Synovial tissue pathotype may indicate treatment response in RA, but synovial biopsies are not widely available. Synovial fluid (SF) is a promising surrogate. We…
Abstract Number: 0212 • ACR Convergence 2025
Biomarker-Guided Therapeutic Calculator for Personalized Management in Pregnant Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Noe Macias-Segura¹, Rodolfo Martinez-Canales¹, Andres M. Ortiz-Rios², Braulio R. Avalos-Garcia², Eva Abigaid Galindo-Calvillo², Mario Cesar Salinas-Carmona¹, Lorena Perez-Barbosa², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado³ and Cassandra Michele Skinner-Taylor², ¹Immunology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Therapeutic decisions during pregnancy in women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) such as SLE, APS, RA, and Sjögren’s syndrome require a personalized approach due…
Abstract Number: 2625 • ACR Convergence 2025
Early Detection of Knee Osteoarthritis – The Role of a Composite Disease Activity Metric: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Julieann Patarini¹, Timothy McAlindon², Jonggyu Baek¹, Emily Kirillov³, Nhung Vo³, Michael Richard³, Ming Zhang⁴, Matthew Harkey⁵, Grace Lo⁶, Shao-Hsien Liu¹, Kate Lapane¹, Charles Eaton⁷, James Mackay⁸ and Jeffrey Driban⁹, ¹UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²UMass Chan School of Medicine, Arlington, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Westford, MA, ⁵Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, ⁶Baylor College of Medicine / MEDVAMC, Houston, TX, ⁷Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, ⁸University of Cambridge; Norwich Medical School, San Diego, CA, ⁹University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Marlborough, NH

Background/Purpose: Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) and effusion-synovitis are frequent and dynamic disease processes detected from early- to late-stage knee OA. These processes are associated with…
Abstract Number: 2396 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Machine Learning Algorithm Based on a 15-Autoantibody Profile by a Novel Fully Automated Multiplexed Microarray Immunoassay for the Diagnosis of Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases
Gerber Gomez¹, Yipeng Cheng², Kristiana Nita², Michael Hausmann³, Christian Fischer¹ and Yasemin Ataman-Önal³, ¹Scientific & Medical Affairs, AliveDx Suisse SA, Eysins, Switzerland, ²AliveDx, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ³AliveDx Suisse SA, Eysins, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Detection of relevant autoantibodies is key in the identification of autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTD). The evaluation of multiple autoantibodies for extended serological profiling…
Abstract Number: 2123 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sclerostin in Aging Bone and Muscle: A Comparative Study of Osteoporosis, Sarcopenia, and Osteosarcopenia
Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy¹, Fatma Fayed¹, Shirihan Mahgoub¹, Yasmin El Ebrashy² and Maha Hossam Al-Din Ibrahim¹, ¹Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ²National institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cairo, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and frailty are the 3 determinants of aging. A novel syndrome of combined osteosarcopenia has negative health outcomes among geriatric populations. In…
Abstract Number: 1840 • ACR Convergence 2025
Breathomics in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: uncovering non-invasive markers of disease activity
Lorenzo Beretta¹, Martina Iacubino², Lorenzo Rocco³, Alexandre Voskuijl⁴, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁵, Guillermo Barturen⁶, LIam Grimmett⁷, Matt Kerr⁷, Chiara Bellocchi³, Barbara Vigone⁸, Alessandro Santaniello⁸ and Ioannis Parodis⁹, ¹Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di MIlano, Milan, Milan, Italy, ²UNIMI, Milano, Milan, Italy, ³University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁴Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, ⁶Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Andalusia, Spain, ⁷Owlstone Medical, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁸Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, ⁹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: 3TR (taxonomy, treatment, targets and remission) aims to provide insights into the mechanisms of response and non-response to treatment in systemic autoimmune diseases, including…
Abstract Number: 1741 • ACR Convergence 2025
Chronic JDM Plasma Proteomic Signature Reflects Inflammation from Immune and Tissue-resident Muscle and Skin
Marianne Kerski¹, Celine Berthier¹, Benjamin Klein¹, Li Chen², Christine Goudsmit², Sophia Matossian¹, Qinmengge Li³, Chioma Madubata⁴, Jessica Neely⁵, J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹ and Jessica Turnier⁶, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³University of Michigan, Ypsilanti, MI, ⁴UCSF, SF, CA, ⁵UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁶University of Michigan, Saline, MI
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) are systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by overlapping yet distinct clinical manifestations and treatment responses. In this study,…
Abstract Number: 1525 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rituximab super-responders: characteristics of patients with more than 3 years response to a single cycle of treatment
Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof¹, Junaid Patel², Paul Emery³ and Ed Vital³, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²University of Leeds, Leeds, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Emerging therapies such as CD19 CAR-T-cells have been reported to induce deeper B-cell depletion and thereby drug-free remission up to 18 months. With rituximab,…
Abstract Number: 1314 • ACR Convergence 2025
Protein-Specific Anti-Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Antibodies and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Julia King¹, Michael Duryee¹, Punyasha Roul², Katherine Wysham³, Grant Cannon⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, John Richards⁶, Isaac Smith⁷, Beth Wallace⁸, Gail Kerr⁹, Andreas Reimold¹⁰, Pascale Schwab¹¹, Daniel Anderson¹², Wenxian Zhou¹³, Joshua Baker¹⁴, Ted Mikuls¹, Bryant England¹ and Tate Johnson¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²UNMC, Omaha, NE, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁸Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹⁰Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹VA Portland and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ^120587964, Durham, NC, ¹³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ¹⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), driven primarily by atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) and heart failure (HF). Malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde…
Abstract Number: 0969 • ACR Convergence 2025
FOXO1 Mediated Polysialic Acid Dysregulation in Severe Systemic Sclerosis (SSc): A Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target?
Lamia Khan¹, Lisa Willis², Jan Storek³, Desiree Redmond⁴, Robert Gniadecki⁴ and Mohammed Osman¹, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a life-threatening autoimmune disease where fibroblasts (FB) contribute to disease severity by resisting apoptosis and driving excessive skin fibrosis. Among…
Abstract Number: 0560 • ACR Convergence 2025
Single Cell Sequencing Analysis of Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Drug Response Reveals Enrichment of Pro-inflammatory Pathway in Non-responders and Amino Acid Metabolic Pathways in Responders
Ayantika Talukdar¹, Phuong Nguyen², Neke Ibeke³, Rohan Machhar¹, Mansi Aparnathi¹, Archita Srinath², Akihiro Nakamura⁴, Robert Inman³, Igor Jurisica⁵, Proton Rahman⁶, Nigil Haroon⁷ and Sareh Keshavarazi¹, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Craig L. Dobbin Genetics Research Centre, Discipline of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a type of chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting the spine and peripheral joints. Although tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) substantially improve…
Abstract Number: 0795 • ACR Convergence 2025
Molecular Stratification of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients by Multi-Omics Integration Reveals Disease Status and Predictors of Therapeutic Response
Ismael Sanchez-Pareja¹, Daniel Toro², Carlos Pérez Sánchez³, Laura muñoz-Barrera¹, Tomás Cerdó¹, Elena Moreno-Caño⁴, Sagrario Corrales¹, Lydia Formanti Alonso⁵, Rafaela Ortega-Castro⁶, Jerusalén Calvo⁵, Lourdes Ladehesa⁷, Concepción Aranda-Valera⁵, M Carmen Abalos-Aguilera⁸, Christian Merlo-Ruiz⁸, MARIA ANGELES AGUIRRE ZAMORANO¹, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁹, Alejandro Escudero Contreras⁵ and Chary López pedrera¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ²GENYO / Karolinska Institutet, Granada / Stockholm, Spain, ³Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/ CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital-University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC / Reina Sofia Hospital / University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁷IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital-University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁹Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: To characterize molecular profiles of RA patients through multi-omics integration and evaluate their associations with disease status and therapeutic response to csDMARDs, TNF inhibitors…

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