Abstracts tagged "Diagnostic Tests"

Abstract Number: 512 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Protein Antibody (ACPA) Positivity in General Population and Follow-up Results for ACPA Positive Persons
Yoichiro Haji¹, Ryo Rokutanda², Mitsumasa Kishimoto² and Masato Okada², ¹Rheumatology, Daido Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: To evaluate anti-cyclic citrullinated protein antibody positivity in the general population and to identify its prognosis. Methods: Anti-cyclic citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) were measured…
Abstract Number: 791 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The International Consensus on Standardized Nomenclature of Antinuclear Antibody HEp-2 Cell Patterns (ICAP) Initiative – Update and Its Impact
Edward K.L. Chan¹, Jan Damoiseaux², Gabriel Carballo³, Karsten Conrad⁴, Wilson de Melo Cruvinel⁵, Paulo Francescantonio⁵, Marvin J. Fritzler⁶, Ignacio Garcia-De La Torre⁷, Manfred Herold⁸, Tsuneyo Mimori⁹, Minoru Satoh¹⁰, Carlos Von Muhlen¹¹, Luis E C Andrade¹² and representing committee and translation team members, ¹Dept of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ³Hospital Carlos G. Durand, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ⁵Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil, ⁶Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Immunology & Rheumatology, Centro de Est. de Invest. Bas. y Clin., S.C., Guadalajara, JAL, Mexico, ⁸Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁹Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹¹Rheumatology, Rheuma Clinic Dr. von Muhlen, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) pattern observed in the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test provides an initial assessment of autoantibody responses in candidate patients who have…
Abstract Number: 815 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Novel Anti-BICD2 Autoantibody Potentially Predicts a Favorable Disease Course in SSc
Johannes Schulte-Pelkum¹, Daniel Wirtz¹, Petra Budde¹, Hans-Dieter Zucht¹, Peter Schulz-Knappe¹, Prof. Dr. Matthias Schneider², Suzana Jordan³, Oliver Distler³, Britta Maurer³ and Nicolas Hunzelmann⁴, ¹Protagen AG, Dortmund, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Background/Purpose: To evaluate clinical associations of our recently discovered systemic sclerosis-specific auto-antigen BICD2 in clinically well characterized systemic sclerosis (SSc) cohorts from two tertiary referral…
Abstract Number: 853 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Associations of Anti-Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2B (anti-eIF2B) Antibodies in a Large Cohort of Patients with Anti-Nuclear Antibody Negative Systemic Sclerosis
John Pauling^1,2, Hui Lu¹, Zoe Betteridge^1,2, Gloria Salazar³, Shervin Assassi³, Maureen D Mayes³ and Neil J. McHugh^1,4, ¹Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies can be characterized in up to 95% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and provide enormous diagnostic and prognostic value in the clinical…
Abstract Number: 1334 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Contribution of Diagnostic Investigations in the Management of Uveitis: Retrospective Analysis of 300 Patients
Jérôme Hadjadj¹, Thibault Chapron², Manal Assala¹, Sawsen Salah², Bertrand Dunogue¹, Matthieu Groh³, Philippe Blanche¹, Luc Mouthon⁴, Dominique Monnet², Claire Le Jeunne⁴, Antoine Brezin² and Benjamin Terrier³, ¹Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²Ophtalmology, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Uveitis represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, as well as an economic one, due to its heterogeneous presentation, multiple underlying causes and lack of…
Abstract Number: 1518 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunoglobulin Binding Protein (BiP), an Antigen for CCP Sero-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Can Result in a False Positive Quantiferon-Gold Tuberculosis Test
JoAnn Ball¹, Kelsy Greenwald¹, Atul A. Deodhar² and Kevin L. Winthrop³, ¹Rheumatology, Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, CA, ²Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases OP09, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Citrullinated BiP is a newly described target for cyclic citrullinated peptide(CCP). BiP in both serum and synovial fluid is over-expressed in RA patients and…
Abstract Number: 1892 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunosignature Technology Differentiates Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Internal Organ Involvement
Lorinda Chung¹, David Fiorentino², Robert Gerwien³, Kathleen Jia⁴, Joseph Barten Legutki³, Antonio Valenzuela Vergara⁴, Lisa Zhu⁴, Theodore M. Tarasow³ and Kathryn Sykes³, ¹Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ²Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ³HealthTell, Inc, san ramon, CA, ⁴Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease (CTD) characterized by fibrosis, vascular complications, and inflammation affecting both skin and internal organs. Diagnosis of…
Abstract Number: 1902 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Detecting the Pulmonary Vascular Involvement and the Changes in Gene Activation Profiles at Early Stage of Systemic Sclerosis in Patients with Raynaud Phenomenon
Yoshinobu Koyama¹, Soichiro Fuke², Yoshiharu Sato³ and Toshie Higuchi⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Japan Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ²Department of Cardiology, Japan Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ³DNA Chip Research Inc, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Japan Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Raynaud phenomenon (RP) is known to precede other disease manifestations of systemic sclerosis (SSc), and classically viewed as reversible vasospasm due to functional changes…
Abstract Number: 292 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neoepitope Biomarkers As Biomarkers of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis and Functional Status
Anders Nedergaard¹, Kim Henriksen², Morten Asser Karsdal³, Wendy White⁴ and Xiang Guo⁴, ¹Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen NW, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Biomarkers and Research, Herlev, Denmark, ³Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴Translational Sciences, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Polymyositis (PM) and Dermatomyositis (DM) are inflammatory conditions characterized by persistent inflammation of muscle tissue (and for DM also skin). Myositis has been shown…
Abstract Number: 2653 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic Value of the Prednisolone Test in Patients with Possible Rheumatoid Arthritis
Uta Kiltz¹, Christine von Zabern¹, Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Frank Heldmann¹, Bernhard Mintrop¹, Michael Sarholz¹, Martin van Werde¹, Claudia Klink², Dietmar Krause², Friedrich Dybowski³, Ludwig Kalthoff³, Liane Hein³ and Juergen Braun¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Private rheumatology office, Gladbeck, Germany, ³Private rheumatology office, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: In patients with tender and swollen finger joints, the differential diagnosis between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) of the hands can be initially…
Abstract Number: 405 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-C1q Antibodies As Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers in Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Thaschawee Arkachaisri^1,2, Justin Hung Tiong Tan¹, Manasita Tanya¹, Sook Fun Hoh³, Lena Das⁴ and Jing Yao Leong^5,6, ¹Rheumatology and Immunology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Paediatrics, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ³Nursing, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ⁶SingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Anti-C1q antibodies (AC1q) were shown to strongly correlate with the occurrence and activity of lupus nephritis in adult SLE. Data of the antibodies in…
Abstract Number: 2695 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Th17 Cell Related Cytokines and Microarray Expression Profiles in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Youngkyun Kim¹, Kijun Lee², Hae-Rim Kim³, Sang Heon Lee⁴, Ji Hyeon Ju⁵ and HO-YOUN KIM⁶, ¹1Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ²The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ³Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Konkuk University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ⁶Konkuk university hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore new biomarkers for early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). For better discrimination power, we especially investigated…
Abstract Number: 765 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Improvements in Systemic Lupus Erthematosus Are Correlated to Cellular and Soluble Biomarkers in Classical Complement Pathway
Chaim Putterman¹, Jill P. Buyon², Richard Furie³, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁴, Kenneth Kalunian⁵, John Conklin⁶, Tyler O'Malley⁷, Derren Barken⁸ and Thierry Dervieux⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NSLIJHS, Lake Success, NM, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁶1261 Liberty Way Suite C, Exagen Diagnostics, Vista, CA, ⁷Research and Development, Exagen Diagnostics, Vista, CA, ⁸Exagen Diagnostics, Vista, CA
Background/Purpose : There is a need to identify biomarkers that track disease response in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The value of various biomarkers in monitoring…
Abstract Number: 2917 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combined Proliferative and Membranous Lupus Nephritis: Is the Prognosis Really Poor?
Ryota Sakai¹, Akiko Shibata¹, Kentaro Chino¹, Jun Kikuchi², Tsuneo Kondo¹, Ayumi Okuyama¹, Hirofumi Takei¹ and Koichi Amano¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Using light microscopy (LM) or immunofluorescence (IF), combined proliferative and membranous lupus nephritis (LN) is defined as an active proliferative class III/IV lesion and…
Abstract Number: 767 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Estimating the Pre-Test Probability of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus By Utilizing Anti-Double Stranded DNA and Cell Bound Complement Activation Products Testing from Rheumatology Based Practices in the United States
Stuart L. Silverman¹, Derren Barken², John Conklin³, Claudia Ibarra⁴ and Thierry Dervieux⁵, ¹OMC Clinical Research Center, Beverly Hills, CA, ²Exagen Diagnostics, Vista, CA, ³1261 Liberty Way Suite C, Exagen Diagnostics, Vista, CA, ⁴Clinical Laboratory, Exagen Diagnostics, Vista, CA, ⁵Research and Development, Exagen Diagnostics, Vista, CA
Background/Purpose : Clinicians are aware that the interpretation of any clinical diagnostic test and post-test probability of disease is highly influenced by pre-test probability or…

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