Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 0766 • ACR Convergence 2020
ACPA and Cholesterol Titers as Predictors of Good Clinical Response at One Year in an Argentine Cohort
Rodrigo Garcia Salinas¹, Alvaro Ruta¹, Santiago Ruta¹, Einer Sanchez Prado¹, Jessica Torres Chichande¹ and Sebastian Magri¹, ¹Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Autoantibody positivity, erosions, activity level, and functional capacity were classically defined as poor prognosis. Paradoxically, many of them also predict a good response to…
Abstract Number: 1150 • ACR Convergence 2020
Traditional Laboratory Parameters and New Biomarkers in Macrophage Activation Syndrome and Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Arianna De Matteis¹, Denise Pires Marafon¹, Ivan Caiello¹, Manuela Pardeo¹, Giulia Marucci¹, Emanuela Sacco¹, Giusi Prencipe¹, Fabrizio De Benedetti² and Claudia Bracaglia¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Laboratory of Immuno-Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) and secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH) are hyperinflammatory conditions caused by a cytokine storm, in which IFNγ plays a pivotal role.…
Abstract Number: 1239 • ACR Convergence 2020
Peripheral Protein Biomarker Changes Following Selective Inhibition of Janus Kinase 1 (JAK1) by Filgotinib in Methotrexate Naïve Adults with Moderately-to-Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Peter Taylor¹, Amer Mirza², Bryan Downie², Jinfeng Liu², Rachael Hawtin² and Emon Elboudwarej², ¹Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City
Background/Purpose: Filgotinib (FIL), an oral selective JAK1 inhibitor, has shown efficacy and safety in phase 3 studies in adults with moderately-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…
Abstract Number: 1567 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Blood Count Biomarkers and Clinical Features with Immune Related Adverse Events (irAEs) in Patients with Cancer Treated with Checkpoint Inhibitors (CPI)
Despina Michailidou¹, Ali R Khaki², Guangyu Wang³, Leonidas Diamantopoulos² and Petros Grivas², ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Patients with cancer treated with CPI can develop irAEs. Since immune changes may impact blood counts and ratios, we hypothesized that those would be…
Abstract Number: 1809 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serum Cytokine Profiling in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Analysed Using Unsupervised Machine Learning, Reveals Clinically Relevant Clusters
Fabien Vincent¹, Jannina Ong¹, Alberta Hoi², Sarah Boyd¹, Hieu Nim¹ and Eric Morand³, ¹Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, ²Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ³Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: SLE is a heterogeneous disease, where a better understanding of molecular differences between patients is needed in order to direct therapy. Existing approaches generally…
Abstract Number: 2039 • ACR Convergence 2020
Short Telomeres and Autoantibodies Targeting Telomere-Associated Proteins in Scleroderma
Britany Adler¹, Ami Shah², Francesco Boin³, Paul Wolters³, Livia Casciola-Rosen⁴ and Antony Rosen¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, MD
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma is a systemic fibrosing disease of unknown etiology that often manifests with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Prior studies have found an association between…
Abstract Number: 0171 • ACR Convergence 2020
Interferon Response Gene Expression Differs in Whole Blood, Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, Monocytes, T Cells, B Cells, and NK Cells in Patients with the Autoinflammatory Interferonopathies, CANDLE and SAVI
Jacob Mitchell¹, Sara Alehashemi², Bernadette Marrero³, Yan Huang⁴, Sofia Torreggiani¹, Lena Bichell¹, Gina Montealegre Sanchez⁵, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky⁶ and Adriana de Jesus⁷, ¹Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Clarksville, MD, ³Computational Systems Biology Section/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIH, Bethesda, ⁵NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, ⁶Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Potomac, MD, ⁷Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Silver Spring, MD
Background/Purpose: The disease progression of patients (pts.) with type-I interferon (IFN)-mediated diseases undergoing treatment with JAK1 and JAK2 inhibitors is monitored in part by measuring…
Abstract Number: 0562 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Relationship Between Heart Disease Risk Profile and Osteoarthritis, Overall and by Multi-/Single-Joint Involvement
Anthony Perruccio¹, Shatabdy Zahid², Calvin Yip³, J Denise Power², Mayilee Canizares², George Heckman⁴ and Elizabeth Badley¹, ¹Krembil Research Institute, UHN; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) and heart disease (HD) are among the most common chronic conditions. Several studies have shown that OA increases the risk of HD…
Abstract Number: 0776 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Influence of Adipokine Profile and Periodontal Infection in Early Stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis and First-degree Relatives
Consuelo Romero-Sanchez¹, Juliette De Avila², Jeimmy Andrea Chaparro-Sanabria³, Philipe Chalem Choueka⁴, Juan Manuel Bello-Gualtero⁵, Alejandro Ramos-Casallas², Lorena Chila-M² and Wilson Bautista-Molano⁶, ¹Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada / Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada /Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group -InmuBo-, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ²Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group -InmuBo-, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ³Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁴Fundacion Instituto de Reumatología Fernando Chalem, Universidad El Rosario, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁵Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada/ Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁶University Hospital Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá and Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Early RA (eRA) patients have a significant incidence of periodontal inflammation and overweight/obesity. A similar degree of disease activity, functional disability and health-related quality…
Abstract Number: 1151 • ACR Convergence 2020
Implementation and Initial Experience with a Screening Protocol for Inflammatory Hyperferritinemia
Michael Zhang¹, Corinne Schneider², Vinh Dang² and Scott Canna³, ¹Children's Hospital UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, ³University of PIttsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) epitomize a diverse and deadly group of inflammatory hyperferritinemic syndromes. Early biomarkers distinguishing these syndromes, especially…
Abstract Number: 1240 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Increase in Red Cell Mean Corpuscular Volume by Methotrexate Is Potentiated by Hydroxychloroquine and Predicts Clinical Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Muhammad Shipa¹, Su-Ann Yeoh¹, Dev Mukerjee² and Michael Ehrenstein¹, ¹University College London, LONDON, United Kingdom, ²North Middlesex University hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) can result in an increase in mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of red blood cells. The range of MCV change varies between patients…
Abstract Number: 1581 • ACR Convergence 2020
Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Immune-Related Adverse Events in CTLA-4 Treated Patients: A Retrospective Review
Michael Cunningham¹, Carolina Alvarez², Shruti Saxena Beem³, Todd Schwartz⁴ and Rumey Ishizawar⁵, ¹UNC Hospitals, Durham, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Miami, FL, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, ⁴University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) target checkpoint proteins PD-1/PD-L1 and CTLA-4 to activate and enhance the cytotoxic effects of T lymphocytes against tumor cells [1-2].…
Abstract Number: 1814 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Association of Urinary Membrane Attack Complex (C5b-9) with Proteinuria and Glomerular Activity in Lupus Nephritis
Shudan Wang¹, Erica Moore², Brianna Lally³, Beatrice Goilav⁴, Chaim Putterman³ and Anna Broder⁵, ¹Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Complement activation is known to play a major role in lupus nephritis (LN). Urinary membrane attack complex (C5b-9) has been shown to correlate with…
Abstract Number: 2050 • ACR Convergence 2020
Autoantibodies Targeting Complement Receptors C3aR and C5aR1 Are Decreased in ANCA-associated Vasculitis and Correlate with a Higher Relapse Rate
Sebastian Klapa¹, Antje Müller², Andreas Koch³, Anja Kerstein-Staehle⁴, Wataru Kaehler³, Harald Heidecke⁵, Susanne Schinke⁶, Markus Huber-Lang⁷, Martin Nitschke⁸, Silke Pitann⁹, Christian Karsten¹⁰, Gabriela Riemekasten¹¹ and Peter Lamprecht², ¹University of Lübeck and Institute of Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel c/o German Naval Medical Institute, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Luebeck, Germany, ²University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Lübeck, Germany, ³Institute of Experimental Immunology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, c/o German Naval Medical Institute, Kronshagen, Germany, ⁴University of Lübeck, Dept Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Luebeck, Germany, ⁵CellTrend GmbH, Luckenwalde, Germany, ⁶University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Luebeck, Germany, ⁷Institute of Clinical and Experimental Trauma Immunology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine I, Transplant Center, University of Lübeck, Luebeck, Germany, ⁹University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,, Luebeck, Germany, ¹⁰Institute of Systemic Inflammation Research, University of Lübeck, Luebeck, Germany, ¹¹University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,, Lübeck, Germany
Background/Purpose: Activation of the alternative and common terminal complement pathways has been shown in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Circulating titers of the anaphylatoxin C5a are increased…
Abstract Number: 0253 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serum Albumin as a Predictor of Proteinuria Recovery in Lupus Nephritis
Tara Tofighi¹, Heather Reich², Jiandong Su³ and Zahi Touma⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ³University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Centre for Prognosis Studies in Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Centre for Prognosis Studies in Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network; Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Clinical trials and observational studies in lupus nephritis (LN) have shown that proteinuria level at 12 months is the best predictor of long-term renal…

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