Abstracts tagged "Bone metabolism and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 513 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Low Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level Is Not Associated with Decreased Bone Mass or Bone Quality in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kentaro Inui¹, Tatsuya Koike², Yuko Sugioka³, Tadashi Okano¹, Kenji Mamoto⁴, Masahiro Tada⁵ and Hiroaki Nakamura⁴, ¹Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ²Center for Senile Degenerative Disorders, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan, ³Center for Senile Degenerative Disorders (CSDD), Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ⁵Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is commonly observed. Previous studies have investigated the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and RA…
Abstract Number: 2115 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Altered Serum Levels of Bone Metabolism Markers in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lang Jing Zhu¹, Xia Ouyang¹, Lie Dai¹, Dong Hui Zheng¹, Ying Qian Mo¹, Xiu Ning Wei¹, Chan Juan Zou² and Bai Yu Zhang¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease leading to joint destruction and disability. Previous studies showed abnormal activation of osteoclasts as well as…
Abstract Number: 498 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
LIGHT (TNFSF14), Cathepsin-K, DKK-1 and Sclerostin in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Effect of ANTI TNF-α Treatment in the WNT/β-Catenin Network Signaling
Alberto Cauli¹, Grazia Dessole¹, Giovanni Porru¹, Matteo Piga¹, Alessandra Vacca², Valentina Ibba¹, Pietro Garau¹ and Alessandro Mathieu¹, ¹Unit and Chair of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit - Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Background/Purpose: We previously reported increased expression of cell membrane RANKL in PBMC of patients with active rheumathoid arthritis (RA) which was down-regulated by anti TNF-α…
Abstract Number: 31 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Anti Citrullinated Protein Antibodies From Synovial Fluid of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Enhance Osteoclastogenesis
Akilan Krishnamurthy¹, Nancy Vivar Pomiano², Catia Cerqueira³, Elena Ossipova³, Karin Lundberg⁴, Ulrike Harre⁵, Vivianne Malmström⁶, Per Johan Jakobsson⁷, Lars Klareskog⁸, Georg Schett⁹ and Anca Catrina³, ¹Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Institute for Clinical Immunology, Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Rheumatology unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Presence of anti CCP2 antibodies identifies a subgroup of RA patients that are more prone to develop bone erosions. We hypothesized that anti CCP2…