Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

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: 0054 • ACR Convergence 2024
Supernatants from Macrophages Stimulated with Citrullinated and MAA-Modified Fibrinogen Contain PDGF-BB and TGF-b and Upregulate Fibrotic Markers in Human Lung Fibroblasts
Nozima Aripova¹, Michael Duryee¹, Bryant England¹, Carlos Hunter¹, Lauren Klingemann¹, Nigina Aripova², Amy Nelson¹, Jill Poole¹, Dawn Katafiasz¹, Kristina Bailey¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹ and Ted Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²WUSTL, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Lung tissues from patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) have greater levels of malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde adducts (MAA) that co-localize with citrullinated (CIT) and…
Abstract Number: 0382 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparative Analysis of Tear-based S100 Proteins, Cytokines, and Chemokines Levels in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Associated-uveitis: Insights into Eye Laterality and Severity of Ocular Inflammation
Ilaria Maccora¹, Mariia Pavlenko², Jackeline Rodriguez-Smith³, Amy Cassedy⁴, Mekibib Altaye⁵, hermine brunner⁶, Alexandra Duell⁵, Alexei Grom⁵, Theresa Hennard⁷, Virginia Miraldi Utz⁵, Najima Mwase⁵, Megan Quinlan-Waters⁵, grant schulert⁵, Alyssa Sproles⁸, Jessica Shantha⁹, Sunil K Srivastava¹⁰, Sherry Thornton⁸, Steven Yeh¹¹ and sheila Angeles-Han¹², ¹?PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Division of Biostatistics and Epidemology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁸Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁹UCSF/Proctor Foundation, San Francisco, IL, ¹⁰Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic;, Cleveland, OH, ¹¹Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center., Nebraska, NE, ¹²Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (JIA-U) is an ocular disease that can be unilateral or bilateral. Measurement of ocular inflammation is performed by ophthalmic examination…
Abstract Number: 0505 • ACR Convergence 2024
UseofaMolecularSignatureResponseClassifiertoPredictInadequateResponsetoTNFiResultsinFewer Patients Prescribed TNFi
George Karpouzas¹, Lixia Zhang², Mark Zielinski², Brian Cheng² and Sherry Guardiano³, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²Scipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, ³Scipher Medicine Corporation, Keene, NH
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are generally the first class of biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with…
Abstract Number: 0643 • ACR Convergence 2024
Using FDG PET Brain Scans and Deep Learning Analyses to Identify a Specific Network Correlated with Cognitive Impairment in SLE
Nha Nguyen¹, An Vo¹, Chris Tang¹, Erik Anderson², Cynthia Aranow², Betty Diamond³, David Eidelberg¹ and Meggan Mackay⁴, ¹Feinstein Institutes, Manhasset, NY, ²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, New York, NY, ³The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Cognitive impairment (CI) is a debilitating, untreatable problem for up to 80% of individuals with SLE and human and mouse data suggest multiple SLE-related…
Abstract Number: 0799 • ACR Convergence 2024
Peripheral Biomarker Signatures and a Genetic Risk Score Improve the Identification of RA-ILD Beyond Clinical Risk Factors
Austin Wheeler¹, Thomas Riley², Joshua Baker³, Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul⁴, Katherine Wysham⁵, grant Cannon⁶, Gary Kunkel⁷, Gail Kerr⁸, Dana Ascherman⁹, Paul Monach¹⁰, Andreas Reimold¹¹, Jill Poole¹, Tony Merriman¹², Ted Mikuls¹ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Hopsital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁵VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁶University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁰VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹¹Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is an extra-articular manifestation of RA that causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Despite the paucity of known risk…
Abstract Number: 0899 • ACR Convergence 2024
Proteomic Insights into JAK Inhibitor Therapeutic Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ting-Shuan Wu¹ and Yi-Ming Chen², ¹Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China), ²Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common and complex inflammatory polyarthritis. Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) have shown superior efficacy compared to traditional treatments, but predictors…
Abstract Number: 1191 • ACR Convergence 2024
Discordant Associations Among Chronological and Biological Age with Multi-joint Osteoarthritis and Symptom Burden: The Johnston County Health Study
Liubov Arbeeva¹, Yvonne Golightly², Cameron Kurz³, Matlock Jeffries⁴, Virginia Kraus⁵, Richard Loeser⁶, Duncan Lascelles⁷ and Amanda Nelson³, ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, NC, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁷North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Biological age (BA) may be superior to chronological age (CA) in predicting mortality and age-related conditions such as diabetes and cognitive/functional decline (PMID35715611), as…
Abstract Number: 1463 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigation of the Cardiometabolic-related Mechanism of Action of Apremilast Through Plasma Proteomics Profiling of Patients with Psoriasis or Psoriatic Arthritis from Three Phase 3 Studies
A. Francesca Setiadi¹, Maggie Burhans², Xuguang Hu², Stephen Colgan³, Kim Notari², Marcia C. Teixeira dos Santos², Apostolos Kontzias², Sue Cheng² and Nehal Mehta⁴, ¹Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Amgen, Halton Hills, ON, Canada, ⁴The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are associated with higher rates of obesity and cardiometabolic complications. Apremilast (APR) is an inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4,…
Abstract Number: 1685 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Renal Activity Index for Lupus (RAIL) Identifies Active Renal Disease in SLE Patients and Its Longitudinal Score Associates with Achievement of Renal Responses in Lupus Nephritis
Minal Aundhia¹, Jinqi Liu², Ellen Cody³, James Rose⁴, Angela Merritt¹, Megan Quinlan-Waters¹, Alyssa Sproles⁵, Sherry Thornton⁵, Prasad Devarajan⁴, Bin Huang⁶ and hermine brunner⁷, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cinciannati, OH, ⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Lupus Nephritis (LN) confers a poor prognosis, and there is a lack of effective non-invasive tests to assess disease activity and treatment response. We…

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