Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 2637 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Urine Complement Ba Levels During Flares of Renal Disease in Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Salem Almaani¹, Christopher Toy ², Anna Levesque ², Lynn Fussner ¹, Alexa Meara ¹, Lianbo Yu ¹, David Cuthbertson ³, Simon Carette ⁴, Nader A. Khalidi ⁵, Curry L. Koening ⁶, Carol Langford ⁷, Carol A. McAlear ⁸, Larry Moreland ⁹, Christian Pagnoux ¹⁰, Philip Seo ¹¹, Antoine Sreih ¹², Steven Ytterberg ¹³, Paul Monach ¹⁴, Peter Merkel ¹², Brad Rovin ¹ and Dan Birmingham ¹⁵, ¹The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸University of Pennsylvania - VCRC Project Manager, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹University of Pittsburgh, PITTSBURGH, PA, ¹⁰Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹³Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ¹⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁵The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus
Background/Purpose: The alternative complement pathway has been implicated in the pathogenesis of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Change in markers of complement activation within patients have not…
Abstract Number: 641 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Novel Method to Analyze Circulating Immune Complexes Predicts Disease Activity and Severity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anders Bengtsson ¹, Helena Tyden ¹, Tiffany Pan ², J. Lee Nelson ³ and Christian Lood², ¹Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²University of Washington, Seattle, ³Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
Background/Purpose: Circulating immune complexes (IC) are detectable in a variety of systemic inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), reflecting the…
Abstract Number: 1661 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Circulating Cell Free DNA Released from Eosinophils Is a Practical Biomarker in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Teppei Hashimoto¹, Yuichi Yokoyama ², Tetsuya Furukawa ³, Takahiro Yoshikawa ³, Naoto Azuma ², Kohsuke Yoshida ⁴, Akira Hashiramoto ⁴ and Kiyoshi Matsui ³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan, ⁴Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Fragmented cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is released into blood circulation as results of damage or death of peripheral blood cells as well as organ tissues,…
Abstract Number: 2848 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Semiquantitative Assessment of Synovial Inflammation on US-Guided Synovial Membrane Biopsy Is Contingent to Disease Phase, Autoimmune Profile and Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Large Single Center Experience (SYNGem Cohort)
Stefano Alivernini¹, Barbara Tolusso ¹, Marco Gessi ², Maria Rita Gigante ¹, Luca Petricca ¹, Clara Di Mario ³, Simone Perniola ¹, Anna Laura Fedele ¹, Giusy Peluso ⁴, Laura Bui ², Annunziata Capacci ¹, Francesco Federico ², Gianfranco Ferraccioli ³ and Elisa Gremese ¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Pathology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ³Institute of Rheumatology - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ⁴Division of Rheumatology - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US)-guided minimally-invasive Synovial Tissue (ST) biopsy is a well tolerated procedure for basic and translational studies on chronic inflammatory joint diseases as Rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 686 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Association Between the Soluble Terminal Complement Complex C5b-9 (sC5b-9) and Signs of Active Kidney Disease in a Swiss SLE Cohort
Kristin Schmiedeberg ¹, Ruediger B. Mueller ², Thomas Neumann ¹, Ian Pirker ¹, Philipp Rein ³, Camillo Ribi ⁴, Andrea Rubbert-Roth ⁵, Michael Kirschfink ⁶, Reinhard Voll ⁷ and Johannes von Kempis¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Immunolog, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, ²Clinic of Rheumatology, Medical University Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland, ³Division of Rheumatology and Immunolog, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St.Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, ⁴Service of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, ⁶Institute of Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Centre - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: There is a lack of reliable biomarkers for disease activity in SLE. While C3a, an anaphylatoxin generated during of complement activation, could be predictive…
Abstract Number: 1694 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacodynamics of Response to Apremilast in a Phase 3 Clinical Study in Subjects with Active Behçet’s Disease
Joseph Maranville¹, Irina Medvedeva ¹, Robert Yang ¹, Mindy Chen ², Lorraine (Ruoying) Fang ², Sandra Collazo ³, Shannon McCue ³, Marla Hochfeld ³ and Peter Schafer ³, ¹Celgene Corporation, Cambridge, MA, ²Celgene Corporation, Berkeley Heights, NJ, ³Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
Background/Purpose: This was an exploratory analysis of genetic polymorphisms, plasma biomarkers, and blood leukocytes with clinical response in the phase 3 clinical study CC-10004-BCT-002 (NCT02307513).Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2887 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cell-bound Complement Activation Products in Combination with Low Complement C3 or C4 Have Superior Diagnostic Performance in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sonali Narain¹, Daniel Wallace ², Chaim Putterman ³, Cristina Arriens ⁴, Anca Askanase ⁵, Kenneth Kalunian ⁶, Christopher Collins ⁷, Amit Saxena ⁸, Elena Massarotti ⁹, Roberta Alexander ¹⁰, Claudia Ibarra ¹⁰, Tyler O'Malley ¹¹, John Conklin ¹⁰, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman ¹², Joseph Ahearn ¹³, Susan Manzi ¹³, Arthur Weinstein ¹⁰ and Thierry Dervieux ¹⁰, ¹Northwell Health, Great Neck, Long Island, NY, ²Cedars Sinai Medical Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Columbia University, New York, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁷MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Department of Rheumatology, Washington, DC, ⁸New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Exagen, Vista, CA, ¹¹Exagen, Oceanside, CA, ¹²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹³Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
Background/Purpose: Cell-bound complement activation products (CB-CAPs) are stable forms of classical complement activation ex-vivo, with high sensitivity and specificity for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We…
Abstract Number: 692 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Correlation of Urinary Soluble CD163 Levels with Clinicopathological Features in Lupus Nephritis: Its Role as a Potential Biomarker
Shilpa Venkataraman¹, Ankita Singh ², Manjula Murari ³, Vinita Agrawal ², Amita Aggarwal ³ and Rakesh Pandey ⁴, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate institute of medical science, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ³Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute for Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN), is seen in 30-50% patients with SLE and 5-10% patients progress to end-stage renal disease. The clinical disease activity indices do…
Abstract Number: 1767 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Biomarker Profiling Reveals Novel Mechanistic Insights into Ustekinumab Therapeutic Responses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Matteo Cesaroni¹, Loqmane Seridi ¹, Jarrat Jordan ¹, Kristen Sweet ¹, Keying Ma ¹, Carol Franks ¹, Jessica Schreiter ¹, Peter Lipsky ², Ronald van Vollenhoven ³, Bevra Hahn ⁴, Shawn Rose ¹, Frédéric Baribaud ¹, Matthew Loza ¹, Kim Campbell ¹ and George Tsokos ⁵, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ²AMPEL BioSolutions, LLC, Charlottesville, VA, ³Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous autoimmune disease that causes progressive organ damage. The cytokines type I interferon (IFN-I), IL-12 and IL-23 have…
Abstract Number: 2896 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Role of Alterations in the Splicing Machinery in the Pathogenesis of Lupus: Does It Impact Lupus Nephritis?
Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, Alejandro Ibañez-Costa ¹, Mª Ángeles Aguirre-Zamorano ², Laura Pérez-Sanchez ³, Alejandra Patiño-Trives ¹, Maria Luque-Tevar ¹, Maria del Carmen Abalos-Aguilera ¹, Ivan Arias de la Rosa ⁴, Nuria Barbarroja ⁵, Mario Espinosa ⁶, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez ⁴, Justo Castaño ⁷, Raúl Luque ⁷ and Carlos Perez-Sanchez ⁸, ¹IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ³MIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴University of Cordoba/IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵University of Cordoba/IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶UGC de Nefrología. Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Maimónides Institute for Biomedical Research at Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether alterations in the splicing machinery of immune cells could influence the development and activity of…
Abstract Number: 698 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Measurement of Type I IFNα Production at the mRNA Level and Its Potential Use as a Biomarker in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ilana Abeles¹ and Vasileios Kyttaris ², ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Gene expression studies have previously demonstrated increased Type I interferon α (IFN) inducible genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)…
Abstract Number: 1827 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical Implications of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Stanley Moore ¹, Hsin-Hsuan Juo ¹, Christoffer Nielsen ², Helena Tyden ³, Anders Bengtsson ³ and Christian Lood¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, ²Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil activation, including formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), is essential in host defense. However, NET formation has also been linked to inflammation and…
Abstract Number: 2913 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Serum Interferon Score Predicts Clinical Outcome at 12 Months in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis as Measured by Global Ranked Composite Score (GRCS) and Composite Response Index in SSc (CRISS)
Antonio Carriero ¹, Giuseppina Abignano ², MIchelle Hutchinson ³, Karri Ballard ⁴ and Francesco Del Galdo⁵, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ²3Rheumatology Institute of Lucania (IReL) and University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³University of Leeds and LTHT NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ⁴Myriad RBM, austin, TX, ⁵University of Leeds and LTHT NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a highly heterogeneous disease orphan of effective disease modifying agents. The diffuse cutaneous clinical subset (dcSSc) is currently targeted in…
Abstract Number: 784 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Application of Systems Biology-Based In Silico Tools for Optimal Treatment Strategy Identification in Still’s Disease
Cristina Segu-Verges¹, Mireia Coma ¹, Christoph Kessel ², Serge Smeets ³, Dirk Foell ² and Anna Aldea ⁴, ¹Anaxomics, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ³Novartis, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Novartis, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic JIA (sJIA) and Adult Onset Still’s Disease may represent a disease continuum1 of the same autoinflammatory disorder, Still’s Disease. Current challenges in its…
Abstract Number: 1889 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Biomarkers of Clinical Relapse and Radiological Progression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Remission: Observational Study of 5 Years of Follow-up
Julio Ramirez¹, Andrea Cuervo Aguilera ², Raquel Celis ³, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide ³, Raul Castellanos-Moreira ⁴, Jose Gomez-Puerta ⁵, Raimon Sanmarti ⁵ and Juan Cañete ⁵, ¹Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department. Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: To search biomarkers of clinical relapse and radiological progression in patients with RA in clinical remissionMethods: RA patients in clinical remission (defined as DAS28-ESR…

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