Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

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: 584 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in CD4+ T and B Cell Profile As Indicator of Clinical Remission to TNF Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Borja Hernández-Breijo^1,2, Israel Gañán-Nieto³, Cristina Sobrino³, Victoria Navarro-Compán¹, Ana Martínez^1,2, Carlota García-Hoz³, Javier Bachiller³, María Gema Bonilla Hernán^1,4, Garbiñe Roy⁵, Mónica Vázquez³, Alejandro Balsa^1,6, Luisa María Villar³, Dora Pascual-Salcedo¹, Eulalia Rodríguez-Martín³ and Chamaida Plasencia^1,4, ¹Immuno-Rheumatology research group, IdiPaz. La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Immunology. La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³Immuno-Rheumatology research group, IRYCIS. Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Immunology. Ramón y Cajal University Hospital and IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: TNF inhibitors (TNFi) are widely used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aims to analyse the profile of peripheral blood mononuclear…
Abstract Number: 1049 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Optical Biomarkers for the Early Diagnosis of Osteoarthritis
Paula Casal Beiroa^1,2, Elena F. Burguera^2,3,4, Tamara Hermida-Gómez^2,3,4, Noa Goyanes⁵, Natividad Oreiro^4,6, Pío González⁷, Francisco J Blanco⁸ and Joana Magalhaes^2,4,9, ¹Unidad de Medicina Regenerativa. Grupo de Investigación en Reumatología (GIR), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). CHUAC. SERGAS., A Coruña, Spain, ²Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC)., a coruña, Spain, ³Unidad de Medicina Regenerativa, Grupo de Investigación en Reumatología, Agrupación Estratégica CICA-INIBIC, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas, Universidade de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER), madrid, Spain, ⁵Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC)., A Coruña, Spain, ⁶Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña. España, A Coruna, Spain, ⁷Grupo de Nuevos Materiales. Departamento de Física Aplicada. Universidad de Vigo., Vigo, Spain, ⁸Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC). Sergas. Universidade de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ⁹Unidad de Medicina Regenerativa. Grupo de Investigación en Reumatología (GIR), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). CHUAC. SERGAS., a coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a rheumatic disease characterized by articular cartilage degradation. On its early stages, OA is asymptomatic and its current gold-standard diagnosis (X-Rays),…
Abstract Number: 1454 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Levels of 14-3-3eta Are an Independent Predictor of Long-Term Radiographic Erosive Progression and of Short-Term Rapid Radiographic Erosive Progression in Patients with Inflammatory Polyarthritis
Gilles Boire¹, Nathalie Carrier², Artur J deBrum Fernandes³, Patrick Liang¹, Ariel Masetto⁴, Sophie Roux⁴, Norma K Biln⁵, Yuan Gui⁵, Jane Savill⁵, Sara Michienzi⁵ and Walter P. Maksymowych⁶, ¹Rheumatology Division, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ²Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie -Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Medicine, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵Augurex Life Sciences Corp, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Department of Medicine, CaRE Arthritis and University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Our objective is to examine the additional contribution of 14-3-3η levels to known predictors of radiographic progression in inflammatory polyarthritis, both over several years…
Abstract Number: 1998 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autophagy-Related Molecules Detected in Blood and Cartilage Are Biomarkers of Joint Damage in OA
Beatriz Carames¹, Irene Lorenzo Gomez¹, Jose Antonio Pinto Tasende², Natividad Oreiro Villar² and Francisco J Blanco¹, ¹Cartilage Biology Group, Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-CHUAC, A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ²Clinical Rheumatology Division, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: In osteoarthritis (OA), defects in cellular homeostasis, and in particular in autophagy, are evident and precede joint damage. We have shown that there is…
Abstract Number: 2816 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of a Microrna Panel for Predicting Coronary Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Michelle J. Ormseth¹, Joseph F. Solus¹, Quanhu Sheng¹, Fei Ye¹, Yan Guo¹, Qiong Wu¹, Annette M. Oeser¹, Ryan Allen¹, Paolo Raggi², Kasey Vickers¹ and C Michael Stein¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs), such as microRNAs (miRNAs), regulate gene expression and can be used as biomarkers of disease. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 594 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Tocilizumab Treated RA Patients, Whom Are Not Likely to Show Long-Term Clinical Benefit; Reanalysis of the Biomarker Sub-Study of LITHE
Anne C. Bay-Jensen¹, Christian S. Thudium¹, Claus Christiansen² and Morten A. Karsdal¹, ¹Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Clinical Development, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab, anti-interleukin 6 receptor (IL-6R) therapy, is an effective treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, a significant amount of patients do not respond adequately…
Abstract Number: 1064 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of a Panel of Circulating Proteins Associated to Synovial Pathotypes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Cristina Ruiz-Romero¹, Florencia Picchi², Patricia Fernández³, Lucia González², Rebecca Hands⁴, Valentina Calamia², Maria Camacho², Conrad Bessant⁵, Costantino Pitzalis⁴ and Francisco J Blanco⁶, ¹Rheumatology Division, ProteoRed, PRB2-ISCIII. INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ²Rheumatology Research Group, Proteomics Unit-ProteoRed/ISCIII, INIBIC-CHUAC, A Coruña, Spain, ³Proteomics group, Rheumatology Division, ProteoRed, PRB2-ISCIII. INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology Divison, INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by high clinical variability and an underlying cellular and molecular heterogeneity. Efforts to find tools for the classification of…
Abstract Number: 1456 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neutrophil Activation Is Associated with Disease Activity and Predicts Development of Erosive Disease and Extra Articular Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mary Bach^1,2, Tiffany Pan³, J. Lee Nelson^3,4 and Christian Lood⁵, ¹VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, SEATTLE, WA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil activation is associated with inflammation and autoimmunity, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where neutrophil infiltration into joints participates in tissue destruction and development of…
Abstract Number: 2002 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamic Compression of Articular Cartilage Explants Increases Formation and Decreases Degradation of Type II Collagen
Amalie Engstrøm^1,2, Anne C. Bay-Jensen², Morten A. Karsdal² and Christian S. Thudium², ¹Department of Biomedical Science, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Mechanical loading is recognized as a major factor in initiation and progression of osteoarthritis (OA). Conversely loading is believed to play an essential role…
Abstract Number: 2821 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dose Tapering and Discontinuation of Biological Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Routine Care – 2-Year Outcomes and Predictors
Cecilie Heegaard Brahe¹, Simon Krabbe¹, Mikkel Østergaard¹, Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg¹, Daniel Glinatsi¹, Henrik Rogind¹, Hanne Slott Jensen², Annette Hansen³, Jesper Nørregaard⁴, Søren Jacobsen⁵, Lene Terslev¹, Tuan Khai Huynh⁴, Dorte Vendelbo Jensen⁶, Natalia Manilo², Karsten Asmussen², Per Brown-Frandsen⁵, Mikael Boesen⁷, Zoreh Rastiemadabadi⁷, Lone Morsel-Carlsen⁷, Jakob M. Møller⁸, Niels Steen Krogh⁹ and Merete Lund Hetland¹⁰, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Gentofte, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Nordsjællands Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark, Hillerød, Denmark, ⁵Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Department of Radiology, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹ZiteLab ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰DANBIO Registry, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
Dose tapering and discontinuation of biological therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients in routine care – 2-year outcomes and predictors Background/Purpose: A cohort of routine care…
Abstract Number: 618 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Blood Lymphocytes Subtypes As Biomarkers for Early Identification of Optimal Responders to Anti-TNF Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cristina Sobrino¹, Borja Hernández-Breijo², Israel Gañán-Nieto¹, Carlota García-Hoz¹, Victoria Navarro-Compán², Ana Martínez², Javier Bachiller¹, María Gema Bonilla Hernán², Dora Pascual-Salcedo², Garbiñe Roy¹, Mónica Vázquez¹, Alejandro Balsa², Luisa María Villar¹, Chamaida Plasencia² and Eulalia Rodríguez-Martín¹, ¹Immuno-Rheumatology research group, IRYCIS. Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Immuno-Rheumatology research group, IdiPaz. La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: TNF inhibitors (TNFi) are the most common biologicalagents used as disease-modifying treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although these drugs have contributed to change the…

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