Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 534 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation and Fibrosis in Advancing Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Anti-Ro Associated Congenital Heart Block
Amit Saxena¹, Peter M. Izmirly², Sung Won Han³, Andrew Markham⁴, Robert M. Clancy⁵ and Jill P. Buyon⁵, ¹Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose Women with Sjogren’s Syndrome (SS) and anti-Ro antibodies face the risk of a pregnancy complicated by fetal congenital heart block (CHB). Identification of maternal…
Abstract Number: 93 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Protein Profiling of Secretome Human Cartilage to Identify Potential EARLY Specific Biomarkers in Osteoarthritis
Lucia Lourido, Valentina Calamia, Patricia Fernandez-Puente, Jesus Mateos, Francisco J. Blanco Garcia, Beatriz Rocha, Carolina Fernández-Costa, Carlos Fernandez-Lopez, Natividad Oreiro and Cristina Ruiz-Romero, Grupo de Proteomica-PBR2-ProteoRed/ISCIII-Servicio de Reumatologia. 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, Spain
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by the progressive loss of cartilage structural extracellular matrix (ECM) components. The release of these proteins from the tissue can…
Abstract Number: 2988 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Calgranulin Levels Are Elevated in Spondyloarthritis and Reflect the Presence of Acute Microscopic Gut Inflammation
Heleen Cypers¹, Gaëlle Varkas¹, Liesbet Van Praet¹, Johannes Roth², Thomas Vogl², Claude Cuvelier³, Dirk Föll⁴, Miha Lavric⁵, Filip van Den Bosch¹ and Dirk Elewaut¹, ¹Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²Immunology, Institute of Immunology University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ³Pathology, Department of Pathology Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ⁵University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Background/Purpose: Microscopic gut inflammation is present in about 50% of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients. Two types can be distinguished: an acute type resembling infectious enterocolitis, and…
Abstract Number: 2092 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Proteomic Phenotyping of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity
Yauheniya Cherkas, Sarah Lamberth, Carrie Brodmerkel and Mark Curran, Janssen Research & Development, LLC., Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose The use of objective biomarkers of clinical disease characteristics such as disease activity would be beneficial in informing patients, physicians and payers. Recently, a…
Abstract Number: 1586 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Synovial Fluid and Skin Identifies Putative Psoriatic Arthritis Biomarkers
Daniela Cretu¹, Kun Liang², Dafna D. Gladman³, Eleftherios Diamandis⁴ and Vinod Chandran³, ¹Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Unviersity of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a unique form of arthritis occurring in 30% of psoriasis patients. There is a high prevalence of undiagnosed PsA in…
Abstract Number: 1020 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Peripheral Blood Immune Cell Composition in Osteoarthritis
Agata Burska¹, Mark Campbel², Rafi Raja², Dylan White³, Paul Emery⁴, Philip G. Conaghan^2,5 and Frederique Ponchel³, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Translational Research in Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, the University of Leeds, Leeds, AL, United Kingdom, ²NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds., Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Translational Research in Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, the University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Healthy ageing and the occurrence of the common age-related disease osteoarthritis (OA) result from varying degrees of interaction between many determinants (genetic, lifestyle). Immuno-senescence…
Abstract Number: 523 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum CXCL4 Is Increased in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome and Is Associated with Features of Microvascular Impairment
Rosaria Irace¹, Antonella Riccardi¹, Daniela Iacono¹, Luciana Pellecchia¹, Lucia Vicedomini¹, Gabriele Valentini² and Serena Vettori¹, ¹Internal and Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy, ²Internal and Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Napoli, Italy
Background/Purpose CXCL4 is a pleiotropic antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory chemokine. We aimed to investigate CXCL4 serum levels in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) and looked for associations…
Abstract Number: 81 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Inflammatory Gene Expression in Radiographic Progressors with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: NYU and OAI Cohorts
Mukundan Attur¹, Alexander Statnikov², Svetlana Krasnokutsky Samuels¹, Virginia B. Kraus³, Joanne Jordan⁴, Braxton D. Mitchell⁵, Michelle Yau⁶, Jyoti Patel¹, Constantin F. Aliferis², Marc C. Hochberg⁷, Jonathan Samuels¹ and Steven B. Abramson⁸, ¹Rheumatology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Center for Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁴Thurston Arthritis Research Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore,, MD, ⁷Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Dept of Rheumatology/Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: We and others have demonstrated low grade inflammation exists in OA joint tissues, where it may contribute to disease pathogenesis. In the current studies…
Abstract Number: 2973 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score As a Predictor of Radiographic Progression in a Registry of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Eric H. Sasso¹, George Wu², CC Hwang², Michael E. Weinblatt³, Nancy A. Shadick⁴, Claire Alexander⁵ and Oscar Segurado¹, ¹Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²Biostatistics, Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology/Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Clinical Operations, Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose This study evaluated the association between baseline disease activity, as assessed with the multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) blood test, CRP or clinical measures, and…
Abstract Number: 2088 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of TNFAIP3 Gene Polymorphisms with the Risk for RA and Prediction of Therapy Outcome of TNFα-Blocker Treatment
Susanne Drynda¹, Marietta Gloetzner² and Joern Kekow¹, ¹Clinic of Rheumatology, Univ of Magdeburg, Clinic of Rheumatology, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, ²Univ of Magdeburg, Clinic of Rheumatology, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany
Background/Purpose: The TNFα inducible protein 3 (TNFAIP3=A20) is an important regulatory protein for the inhibition of NFkB activation in TNFaR and TLR pathways. It belongs…
Abstract Number: 1467 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do G-CSF and Neutrophils Contribute to the Pathophysiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Gabrielle Goldberg¹, Simon Chatfield^2,3, Jane Murphy¹, Ee Shan Pang¹, Yunshun Chen⁴, Gordon Smyth⁴, Milica Ng⁵, Michael Wilson⁵, Clare O'Neill³, Samantha Busfield⁵, Arna Andrews⁵ and Ian P. Wicks^3,6,7, ¹Inflammation Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, ²Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, ³Rheumatology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Bioinformatics Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Research, CSL Limited, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Inflammation, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterised by a persistent, but poorly understood interplay between innate and adaptive immunity. Neutrophils are the predominant cell type in…
Abstract Number: 988 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum CXCL13 As a Biomarker of Disease Activity and Severity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comparison with Acute Phase Reactants and the Autoantibody Profile
Antonio Manzo¹, Serena Bugatti¹, Barbara Vitolo¹, Francesca Benaglio¹, Elisa Binda¹, Martina Scarabelli¹, Roberto Caporali² and Carlomaurizio Montecucco¹, ¹Rheumatology and Translational Immunology Research Laboratories (LaRIT), Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico S.Matteo Foundation/University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Rheumatology and Translational Immunology Research Laboratories (LaRIT), Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico S.Matteo Foundation/University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose The B cell chemoattractant CXCL13 has recently emerged as a new candidate biomarker of disease activity capable of identifying patients with persistent synovitis and…
Abstract Number: 489 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rosuvastatin Improves Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Inflammatory Joint Diseases
Eirik Ikdahl¹, Silvia Rollefstad¹, Jonny Hisdal², Inge C. Olsen³, Ingar Holme⁴, Terje R. Pedersen⁵, Tore Kvien⁶ and Anne Grete Semb¹, ¹Preventive Cardio-Rheuma clinic, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Section of Vascular Investigations, Oslo University Hospital Aker, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of biostatistics, epidemiology and health economics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Dept of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose Arterial stiffness, as pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx) has emerged as early risk markers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with…
Abstract Number: 75 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Robust Identification of Anti-TNF Non-Responders in RA from Blood
Ty Thomson, Reynald Lescarbeau, David Drubin, David Fryburg, David de Graaf, Renée Deehan, Daphna Laifenfeld and Aaron Van Hooser, Selventa, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: The number of biologic therapies approved for use in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has grown steadily over the past 15 years. While many patients…
Abstract Number: 2974 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score Is Associated with Power Doppler Ultrasound in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Low Disease Activity State
Margaret H. Ma¹, Toby Garrood², Wanying Li³, Nadine A. Defranoux³, Gabrielle H. Kingsley⁴, Andrew P. Cope⁵ and David L. Scott⁶, ¹King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Guy's and St. Thomas' Foundation Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Academic Rheumatology, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Academic Dept Rheumatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁶King's College London, Department of Rheumatology, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients increasingly achieve clinical remission with intensive treatment regimens. However, ultrasound (US) subclinical synovitis has been reported in remission states. The…

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