Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

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…
Abstract Number: 942 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Randomized Prospective Trial to Assess the Clinical Utility of Multianalyte Assay with Complement Activation Products in Diagnosing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Daniel Wallace¹, Roberta Alexander ², Tyler O'Malley ³, Arezou Khosroshahi ⁴, Mehrnaz Hojjati ⁵, Konstantinos Loupasakis ⁶, Jeffrey Alper ⁷, Yvonne Sherrer ⁷, Maria Fondal ⁷, Rajesh Kataria ⁸, Tami Powell ², Claudia Ibarra ², Sonali Narain ⁹, Elena Massarotti ¹⁰, Arthur Weinstein ² and Thierry Dervieux ², ¹Cedars Sinai Medical Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Exagen, Vista, CA, ³Exagen, Oceanside, CA, ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ⁶MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Department of Rheumatology, Washington, DC, ⁷BendCare Rheumatology, Naples, FL, ⁸Southern Ohio Rheumatology, Wheelersburg, OH, ⁹Northwell Health, Great Neck, Long Island, NY, ¹⁰Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Cell-Bound Complement Activation Products (CB-CAPs) in multianalyte assay panel (MAP) is a diagnostic immunology laboratory test with established clinical validity in distinguishing systemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 1907 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Abatacept Reduces Serum CXCL13 and Disease-Relevant Immune Cell Phenotypes in a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Clinical Trial
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹, Sumanta Mukherjee ², Marleen Nys ³, Robert Wong ⁴, Hendrika Bootsma ⁵ and Neelanjana Ray ⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb, Braine L’Alleud, Belgium, ⁴Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, ⁵University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13 (CXCL13), produced by follicular helper T (Tfh) cells, plays a pivotal role in B-cell homing and activation in germinal…
Abstract Number: 1020 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
NLRP12 Regulates Interferon-α Expression and Is a Biomarker for Disease Activity of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ming-Han Chen¹, Yen-Po Tsao ¹ and Szu-Ting Chen ², ¹Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology/Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China), ²Institutes of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with diverse etiological factors. It was well recognized that interferon (IFN) signature did the perpetration…
Abstract Number: 1909 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
miR-21-5p Expression as a Marker of Treatment Response in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Rohan Machhar¹, Justine (Yang) Ye ², Remy Pollock ¹ and Dafna Gladman ³, ¹Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ²University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis occurring in patients with psoriasis. Links between altered miRNA expression with the pathogenesis of several autoimmune disorders…
Abstract Number: 1054 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Serum Markers Across the Scleroderma Spectrum Shows Subset and Stage Specific Profiles of Fibrogenesis
Kristina Clark¹, Corrado Campochiaro ¹, Katherine Nevin ², Eszter Csomor ², Nicholas Galwey ², Mary Morse ², Nicolas Wisniacki ², Shaun Flint ², Voon Ong ³, Emma Derrett-Smith ¹ and Christopher Denton ⁴, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ³UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London, ⁴University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, UK, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterised by autoimmunity, fibrosis and vasculopathy. There is striking heterogeneity in skin fibrosis that is likely to reflect the balance…
Abstract Number: 1915 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Validation of a Serologic Antibody Biomarker Against a Candidate Gut Pathobiont for the Diagnosis of Lupus Nephritis
Gregg Silverman¹, Doua Azzouz ¹, Caroline Grönwall ², Iva Gunnarsson ³ and Elisabet Svenungsson ⁴, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the archetypic systemic autoimmune disease, for which there is mounting evidence for roles for intestinal bacteria in the development…
Abstract Number: 1226 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Neutrophil Activation Identifies Patients with Active Polyarticular Gout – a Role for Neutrophil Biomarkers in Monitoring Gout Disease Activity and Severity
Daisy Vedder ¹, Martijn Gerritsen ¹, Mike Nurmohamed ², Ronald van Vollenhoven ³ and Christian Lood⁴, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology & immunology Center / Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center location Reade and Amsterdam UMC location VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center ARC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are key immune cells participating in host defense through several mechanisms, including the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Excessive neutrophil activation has…
Abstract Number: 1945 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Polymorphisms in Genes Involved in Methotrexate Pathway: Predictor of Response to Methotrexate Therapy in Indian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Ankita Singh¹, Harikrishnan Nair ², Vikas Gupta ², Pradeepta Sekhar ², Ramnath Misra ³ and Amita Aggarwal ⁴, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate institute of medical science, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ³Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is first line therapy to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. However, the response is variable with 50-60% showing response and this variability…

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