Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 1441 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Ultrasound-Detecting Efficacy of Abatacept By Profiling Multiple Serum Cytokines, Chemokines and Bone-Related Biomarkers in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Kyushu Multicenter Rheumatoid Arthritis Ultrasound Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Shinya Kawashiri^1,2,3, Ayako Nishino^3,4, Nobutaka Eiraku³, Tamami Yoshitama³, Naoki Matsuoka³, Toshiyuki Aramaki³, Yukitaka Ueki³, Akitomo Okada³, Hiroaki Hamada³, Shuji Nagano³, Keita Fujikawa³ and Atsushi Kawakami^1,3, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Departments of Community Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Kyushu multicenter rheumatoid arthritis ultrasound prospective observational cohort study group, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: We have been prospectively investigating therapeutic efficacy of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by ultrasound (US) in Kyushu…
Abstract Number: 2198 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combinatorial Peripheral Blood Inflammatory and MRI-Based Biomarkers Predict Radiographic Joint Space Narrowing in Knee OA
Svetlana Krasnokutsky Samuels¹, Hua Zhou², Mukundan Attur¹, Jonathan Samuels¹, Gregory Chang³, Jenny Bencardino⁴, Sisi Ma², Leon Rybak³ and Steven B. Abramson⁵, ¹Rheumatology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Bioinformatics, New York University, New York, NY, ³Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵Dept of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Inflammation contributes to OA disease pathogenesis. Subsets of knee OA patients with peripheral blood leukocyte (PBL) detected inflammatory gene expression profiles exhibit more rapid…
Abstract Number: 2864 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Acetylated Peptide Antibodies Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Show a More Favorable Response to Tumor-Necrosis-Factor Inhibitor Treatment and Better Disease Activity Control over Time
Paul Studenic¹, Stephan Blüml¹, Holger Bang², Daniela Sieghart¹, Daniel Aletaha¹, Helmuth Haslacher³, Josef S. Smolen^1,4 and Günter Steiner¹, ¹Medical University Vienna, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Vienna, Austria, ²Orgentec Diagnostika GmbH, Mainz, Germany, ³Medical University Vienna, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Anti-acetylated-peptide antibodies (AAPA) have been found in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and may be additional markers for diagnosis, particularly in rheumatoid factor (RF)/ anti-citrullinated…
Abstract Number: 138 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Using a Multi-Biomarker of Disease Activity
Fenglong Xie¹, Lang Chen², Huifeng Yun² and Jeffrey R. Curtis³, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The ACC/AHA recommends preventive strategies for patients with a high predicted risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). RA patients are at higher risk for…
Abstract Number: 679 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Distinct Interferon Scores Are Separately Associated with Activity and Long Term Sequelae in SLE
Katherine Dutton¹, Antonios Psarras², Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof², Paul Emery³, Yasser M El-Sherbiny⁴ and Edward M Vital¹, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Type I interferon (IFN-I) has a crucial role in the pathogenesis and activity of Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE). IFN-I targeted therapies are currently in…
Abstract Number: 971 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Fibroblast CD318 Expression Mediates T Cell Adhesion and Migration in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ray A. Ohara¹, Stephanie M. Rasmussen¹, W. Alexander Stinson¹, Huadong Cui¹, Yuxuan Du¹, Daniel P. Weber¹, M. Asif Amin¹, Phillip L. Campbell², Nora Singer³, Feng Lin⁴, David A. Fox¹ and Jeffrey H. Ruth⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Autoimmune Center of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Ann Arbor, MI, ³Division of Rheumatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Autoimmune Center of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: CD6 is an important marker and regulator of T cells and interacts with its known ligand, CD166. Our group has previously shown that interferon…
Abstract Number: 1446 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Significance of Serum Levels of ROM (reactive oxygen metabolities) at 12 Weeks during Treatment with Biologic Agents As a Predictor for the 52-Week Remission
Arata Nakajima¹, Masato Sonobe¹, Shinji Taniguchi¹ and Koichi Nakagawa², ¹Orthopaedics, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura-city, Chiba, Japan, ²Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura-city, Chiba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Oxidative stress induced by reactive oxygen species is thought to be an important mechanism that underlies joint destruction and synovial proliferation. We have shown…
Abstract Number: 2207 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Urine CTX-II, CTX-I, Osteocalcin, and Radiographic Severity of Multiple OA Knee Joints: Does CTX-II Originate from Bone or Cartilage?
Asger R. Bihlet¹, Inger Byrjalsen², Anne C. Bay-Jensen³, Jeppe Andersen⁴, Claus Christiansen¹, Bente J. Riis¹ and Morten Asser Karsdal³, ¹Nordic Bioscience, Clinical Development, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ³Rheumatology, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴Clinical Development, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Excessive cartilage degradation is a known characteristic of osteoarthritis (OA), and several methods of quantification of cartilage degradation exist. Biomarkers such as urinary C-telopeptide…
Abstract Number: 2867 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CD39 Positive Regulatory T Cells As a Biomarker of Responsiveness to Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vikas Gupta¹, Shobhita Katiyar², Ankita Singh², Ramnath Misra¹ and Amita Aggarwal¹, ¹Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: About 30-40% of patients with RA do not respond to MTX, the first-line therapy in RA. Early identification of responders may allow the use…
Abstract Number: 173 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Applying Urine Proteomics for Discovery of Lupus Nephritis Damage Biomarkers in a Pediatric Cohort
Jessica Turnier¹, Bruce Aronow², Kenneth Greis³, Michael Bennett⁴, Wendy Haffey³, Sherry Thornton⁵, Gaurav Gulati⁶, Michael Wagner⁷, David Witte⁸, Prasad Devarajan⁹ and Hermine I. Brunner¹⁰, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Computational Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Division of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁸Pathology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁹Nephrology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Non-invasive biomarkers of lupus nephritis (LN) damage are needed to guide treatment decisions and determine risk for kidney failure. Urinary proteomics has advanced as…
Abstract Number: 680 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Abnormalities in Complement System Are Related to Disease Severity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Cristina Arriens¹, Sonali Narain², Amit Saxena³, Christopher E. Collins⁴, Daniel J. Wallace⁵, Elena Massarotti⁶, John Conklin⁷, Roberta Alexander⁷, Kenneth C. Kalunian⁸, Chaim Putterman⁹, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman¹⁰, Jill P. Buyon¹¹, Anca Askanase¹², Richard Furie², Susan Manzi¹³, Joseph Ahearn¹⁴, Arthur Weinstein¹⁵ and Thierry Dervieux⁷, ¹Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ³Rheumatology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, ⁵Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Exagen Diagnostics, Inc., Vista, CA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, Bronx, NY, ¹⁰FSM, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹¹Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹²Rheumatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹³Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁴Lupus Center of Excellence, West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁵Rheumatology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: We sought to evaluate the relationships between low complement C3 and C4 proteins, abnormal complement activation (cell-bound complement activation products [CB-CAPs]), and a Lupus…
Abstract Number: 1010 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Circulating Biomarkers of Disease Activity and Organ Involvement in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis By Targeted Proteomics
Jun Ishizaki¹, Ayako Takemori², Koichiro Suemori¹, Takuya Matsumoto¹, Yoko Akita¹, Masaki Yasukawa¹, Nobuaki Takemori² and Hitoshi Hasegawa¹, ¹Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan, ²Division of Proteomics Research, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
Background/Purpose: Targeted proteomics, which involves quantitative analysis of targeted proteins using selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mass spectrometry, has emerged as a new methodology for discovery…
Abstract Number: 1535 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Study of Potential Clinical and Biologic Predictors of Maintaining Good Response at 1 Year Follow-up, in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Under Dose Reduction of TNFi Treatment
Mireia Moreno¹, Caridad Pontes², Ferran Torres³, Agusti Sellas-Fernandez⁴, Miriam Almirall⁵, Juan Carlos Torre-Alonso⁶, Teresa Clavaguera⁷, Carlos Rodriguez-Lozano⁸, Luis Francisco Linares⁹, Ana Urruticoechea-Arana¹⁰, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez¹¹, Rosa Morla¹², Delia Reina¹³, Eduardo Cuende¹⁴, Pedro Zarco¹⁵, Cruz Fernandez-Espartero¹⁶, Rosario García-Vicuña¹⁷, Jesus Sanz¹⁸, Xavier Juanola¹⁹, Antoni Vallano²⁰, Francisco J Blanco²¹, Raimon Sanmarti²², Gonzalo Calvo²³, Cristina Avendaño²⁴, Eugenio De Miguel²⁵, Roser Vives²⁶, Raul Veroz Gonzalez²⁷, Carlos Alberto Montilla-Morales²⁸ and Jordi Gratacos-Masmitja²⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, Sabadell, Spain, ²Clinic Pharmacology, Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari. I3PT. UAB, Sabadell, Spain, ³Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Valle Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶H Monte Naranco, Oviedo, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology. Palamós Hospital, Rheumatologist, Catalonia, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca. Murcia. Spain, Murcia, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department. Hospital Can Misses, IBIZA, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, IMIBIC-Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain, ¹²Rambla Vella, 14, Hospital La Tecla, Tarragona, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Immune System Diseases, Rheumatology department, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵H Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital de Mostoles, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Clinic pharmacology, Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Servicio de Reumatología. Area Genomica. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ²²Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Clinic pharmacology, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴Clinic pharmacology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Medicine, Universidad Autonoma Madrid, MADRID, Spain, ²⁶Clinic pharmacology, Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari. I3PT. UAB, Sabadell, Spain, ²⁷Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ²⁹Rheumatology, Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Some clinical guidance recommends empirical TNFi dose reductions in AS patients despite lack of robust supportive evidence. Recently, we communicated that a strategy of…
Abstract Number: 2322 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative Proteomics Comparison of Children with Inactive and Active Uveitis
Sheila Angeles-Han¹, Duc Duong², Steven Yeh³, Purnima Patel⁴, Virginia Miraldi Utz⁵, Kirsten Jenkins⁶, Danielle Lowe⁷, Sampath Prahalad⁸ and Gary Holland⁹, ¹Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁸Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ⁹Jules Stein Eye Institute, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Children with chronic non-infectious uveitis are at high risk for sight-threatening complications and vision loss. No biomarker predicts uveitis development or treatment response. Aqueous…
Abstract Number: 2875 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Molecular Features Define Unique Sjögren’s Syndrome Patient Subsets
Judith A. James¹, Joel M. Guthridge², Hua Chen³, Rufei Lu³, Rebecka L. Bourn³, Alan N. Baer⁴, Ghaith Noaiseh⁵, Anne Parke⁶, Andreea Coca⁷, Tammy Utset⁸, Mark C. Genovese⁹, Teresa Aberle³, Daniel J. Wallace¹⁰, Karen Boyle¹¹, Lynette Keyes-Elstein¹², Nathalie Franchimont¹³, Eugene St. Clair¹⁴, Virginia Pascual¹⁵, Paul J. Utz¹⁶ and Kathy L. Sivils², ¹Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Medicine (Rheumatology), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, ⁷University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁸University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁹Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁰UCLA, Beverly Hills, CA, ¹¹Rho Federal Systems, Inc, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹²Rho Federal Systems, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, ¹³Biogen, Cambridge, MA, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹⁵Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, TX, ¹⁶Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Immunologic heterogeneity in primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) poses a challenge when selecting a therapeutic for a given patients or when assembling patient cohorts for…

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