Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 2176 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clusterin Is Upregulated in Muscle Tissue and Serum in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Is Associated with Clinical Disease Activity
Tereza Lennerova^1,2, Lucia Vernerova¹, Martin Klein¹, Veronika Hruskova^1,3, Lucie Andres Cerezo¹, Barbora Sumova^1,2, Michal Tomcik^1,2, Sabina Oreska^1,2, Herman F Mann^1,2, Josef Zamecnik⁴, 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, ³Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Medical School and University Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Clusterin (also known as apolipoprotein J) is a molecular chaperone that participates in a number of biological processes, such as inflammation and apoptosis. Recent…
Abstract Number: 2863 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Proteomic Signatures Predict Relapse in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Undergoing DMARD Withdrawal
Liam O'Neil¹, Victor Spicer², Carol A Hitchon², Juergen Rech³, Axel J. Hueber⁴, John Wilkins², Hani El-Gabalawy¹ and Georg Schett³, ¹Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Early and targeted treatment strategies have led to increasing numbers of patients with RA achieving sustained clinical remission. If and when to taper Disease…
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…
Abstract Number: 674 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of IRAK4-Dependent Gene Signature As a Biomarker Candidate for IRAK4 Small-Molecule Inhibitor in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
A. Francesca Setiadi¹, Kate Senger¹, Jason Hackney², Neta Zuckerman¹, Swathi Sujatha-Bhaskar¹, George Francis¹, Marian Bryan¹, Hans Brightbill¹, Ali A. Zarrin¹ and Michael J. Townsend¹, ¹Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ²Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous disease. Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4) activity is predicted to affect multiple pathogenic pathways in SLE1. We…
Abstract Number: 940 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL1RN Variation Is Associated with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Predicts Non-Response to Anakinra Treatment
Emily Shuldiner¹, Victoria Arthur¹, Anne Hinks², Patricia Woo³, Wendy Thomson², Elaine F. Remmers⁴ and Michael J. Ombrello¹, ¹Translational Genetics and Genomics Unit, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Genetics and Genomics Branch, NIH, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is a childhood inflammatory disease whose pathophysiology is poorly understood. sJIA is phenotypically heterogeneous with variable manifestations and responses…
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: 129 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of the Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score Results on Whether Rheumatologists Changed Biologic Therapy for RA Patients
Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, Kerri Ford², Lang Chen³, Huifeng Yun³ and Fenglong Xie⁴, ¹Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) score is a validated test used to assess disease activity for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). How it is…
Abstract Number: 675 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tissue-Based Biomarkers in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus: Type I IFN Responsive Protein Mxa and a Marker for Lymphocytic Inflammation (CD45) Correlate with CLASI Cross-Sectionally and Longitudinally
Taylor L. Reynolds¹, Carrie Wager¹, Stefan Hamann¹, Xueli Zhang¹, Galina Marsh¹, Cristina Musselli¹, Nathalie Franchimont¹, Agnes Gardet¹, Robert Dunstan², Dania Rabah¹ and Victoria P Werth³, ¹Biogen, Cambridge, MA, ²Abbvie, Worcester, MA, ³University of Pennsylvania and the VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is the cutaneous manifestation of SLE, affecting 85% of patients1. CLE is subdivided into acute, subacute and chronic/discoid forms. Discoid…
Abstract Number: 969 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modulation of Cartilage Degradation Biomarkers Reflect the Activation and Inhibition of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Signaling in an Ex Vivo Model of Bovine Cartilage
Cecilie F. Kjelgaard-Petersen^1,2, Neha Sharma^1,3, Ashref Kayed^4,5, Britt Christensen¹, Morten Karsdal⁶, Anne-C. Bay-Jensen⁷ and Christian S. Thudium¹, ¹Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, ³Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Research and Biomarkers, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁵Biomolecular Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Biomarkers and Reseacrh, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁷Biomarkers and Reseach, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Several inflammatory cytokines and intracellular signaling pathways have been targeted in drug development with varying clinical results. Improved understanding of the intracellular signaling’s modulation…
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: 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…

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