Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 1921 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Urine Angiostatin and VCAM-1 Surpass Conventional Metrics in Predicting Elevated Renal Pathology Activity Indices in Lupus Nephritis
Samar Soliman^1,2, Fatma Mohamed³, Faten Ismail³, Ramesh Saxena⁴ and Chandra Mohan², ¹Rheumatology and rehabilitation, University of Minya, Minya, Egypt, ²Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, ³Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, University of Minya, Minya, Egypt, ⁴Internal Medicine/Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: The goal of this study is to investigate how urinary angiostatin, VCAM-1 and established measures of renal function relate to specific histologic findings in…
Abstract Number: 2815 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pathological Roles By Siglec and Type I Interferons for the Development of Autoimmune Congenital Heart Block
Robert M. Clancy¹, Marc Halushka² and Jill P. Buyon¹, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Given that diseases associated with anti-SSA/Ro such as SLE and Sjögren’s syndrome associate with an upregulation of type I interferons, recent attention has focused…
Abstract Number: 66 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling of OA PBMCs Reveals Slowed Epigenetic Aging Among Rapid Radiographic Progressors: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)
Alexander Rivas¹, Madison Andrews² and Matlock A. Jeffries³, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Extensive evidence has correlated epigenetic alterations in articular tissues with both the presence and progression of human osteoarthritis. A recent study demonstrated that accelerated…
Abstract Number: 649 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Role of Eicosanoids As Biomarkers in Psoriatic Arthritis
Roxana Coras^1,2, Arthur Kavanaugh¹, Doquyen H. Huynh¹, Aladdin Shadyab³, Sara Marsal⁴, Oswald Quehenberger⁵ and Monica Guma¹, ¹Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Rheumatology Research Unit, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Pharmacology, Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory disease affecting the joints and connective tissue and is associated with psoriasis of the skin and nails. There…
Abstract Number: 854 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictive Modeling of Mortality in Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease Based on Combination of Serum Myositis-Specific Autoantibodies and Conventional Biomarkers
Takahisa Gono¹, Kenichi Masui², Yasushi Kawaguchi³, Kei Ikeda⁴, Atsushi Kawakami⁵, Maasa Tamura⁶, Yoshinori Tanino⁷, Takahiro Nunokawa⁸, Yuko Kaneko⁹, Shinji Sato¹⁰, Katsuaki Asakawa¹¹, Naoshi Nishina⁹ and Masataka Kuwana¹, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Anesthesiology, National Defense Medical College School of Medicine, Tokorozawa, Japan, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, ⁵Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki City, Japan, ⁶Department of Stem Cell and Immune Regulation, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁷Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, ¹¹Division of Respiratory Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the leading causes of mortality in patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Since clinical courses and outcomes…
Abstract Number: 1389 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Progranulin Antibodies (PGRN-abs) in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Being Negative for RF-IgM and ACCP-IgG
Gunter Assmann¹, Silke Zinke², Moritz Gerling³, Natalie Fadle³, Klaus Dieter Preuss³, Michael Pfreundschuh³ and Lorenz Thurner³, ¹Medicine I, University Medical School of Saarland, 66424, Germany, ²Rheumapraxis, Rheumatology Center Berlin - Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany, ³Medicine I, Jose Carreras Center, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Until recently, most research on progranulin (PGRN) had been focused on its role in neurogenerative diseases as frontotemporal dementia. After the detection of elevated…
Abstract Number: 1977 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated Levels of Eotaxin-2 in Serum of Fibromyalgia Patients
Victoria Furer¹, Eyal Hazan², Adi Mor³, Michal Segal³, Avi Katav³, Valerie Aloush⁴, Ori Elkayam⁴, Jacob George^3,5 and Jacob N. Ablin^6,7, ¹Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ²Internal Medicine D, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³ChemomAb Ltd. Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁵Heart Institute, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel, ⁶Internal Medicine H, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a widespread chronic pain syndrome (FMS) the pathogenesis of which remains incompletely understood. FMS patients demonstrate an altered profile of chemokines relative…
Abstract Number: 2816 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Connective Tissue Disease in an at-Risk Cohort Using a Novel Interferon Stimulated Gene Expression Score
Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof^1,2, Yasser M El-Sherbiny^1,3, Antonios Psarras¹, Elizabeth M.A. Hensor^1,4, Adewonuola Alase¹, Alaa Mohamed¹, Miriam Wittmann^1,4, Paul Emery^1,4 and Edward M Vital^1,4, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Clinical Pathology dept., School of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, ⁴NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Prediction of connective tissue disease in an at-risk cohort using a novel interferon stimulated gene expression scoreBackground/Purpose: A period of ANA positivity and other immune…
Abstract Number: 75 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Associated with TNF Receptor 2 Levels Above the Measurable Range in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Michelle Frits¹, Gary Bradwin², Nancy A. Shadick¹, Christine Iannaccone³, Michael Weinblatt¹, Nader Rifai² and Katherine P. Liao⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Laboratory Medicine, Childrens Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFa) is involved in the pathogenesis of RA and is increasingly being studied as a biomarker of cardiovascular disease (CVD). While…
Abstract Number: 668 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Uric Acid Level a Predictor of Long-Term Renal Outcome in Lupus Nephritis?
Michelle Lopes¹, Samara Gavinier², Elaine Leon², Vilma Viana², Eduardo Ferreira Borba¹ and Eloisa Bonfa³, ¹Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Divison, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Hyperuricemia has been reported to be associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in several clinical conditions, and recent studies also observed an association between…
Abstract Number: 867 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Highly Sensitive Cardiac Troponin-I in Peripheral Blood Predicts Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, Joel Estis², Long Pham³, John Todd² and Matthew Budoff⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²Singulex, Alameda, California, Alameda, CA, ³Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ⁴Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: Cardiac troponins (cTn) are specific biomarkers of myocardial injury; their measurement with highly-sensitive assays and at subthreshold levels for myocardial infarction (MI) diagnosis, predicts…
Abstract Number: 1399 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tissues Are Differently Modulated By Tocilizumab and Methotrexate; Assessment of Connective Tissue Metabolites in the Ambition Study
Anne C. Bay-Jensen¹, Anne Sofie Siebuhr¹, Christian S. Thudium² and Morten Asser Karsdal¹, ¹Rheumatology, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The response to any treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is assessed by symptomatic changes, such as swollen joint count and DAS28. However, such assessments…
Abstract Number: 2075 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Uric Acid Lowering Treatment on the Microbiome in Gout Patients
Hye Won Kim¹, Eun-Jeong Yoon², Seok Hoon Jeong² and Min-Chan Park¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine,Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Accumulating evidence indicates that gut microbiota interact with gout but it is still unknown how the uric acid lowering treatment (ULT) affects to the…
Abstract Number: 2858 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation of Biomarkers to Predict Flare in Polyarticular JIA upon Stopping Anti-TNF Therapy
Daniel J Lovell¹, Sarah Ringold² and P. Scott Eastman³, ¹PRCSG, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³Senior Director, New Product Development, Crescendo Bioscience, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: More than 40% of children with polyarticular forms of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) experience clinical inactive disease on medication (CR). No clinical variable or…
Abstract Number: 78 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-37 Is Associated with Increased Atherogenesis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Barbora Sumova^1,2, Tereza Lennerova^1,2, Lucie Andres Cerezo¹, Hana Hulejova¹, Romana Jandova¹, Karel Pavelka^1,2, Jiri Vencovsky^1,2 and Ladislav Senolt^1,2, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-37 (IL-37) is one of few anti-inflammatory cytokines belonging to the IL-1 cytokine family. It is mainly produced by immune cells of innate immunity…

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