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  • Abstract Number: 1916 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Validation of Novel Biomarker Candidates for Systemic Sclerosis

    Johannes Schulte-Pelkum1, Petra Budde1, Hans-Dieter Zucht1, Daniel Wirtz1, Peter Schulz-Knappe1, Oliver Distler2, Suzana Jordan3, Nicolas Hunzelmann4, Matthias Schneider5 and Britta Maurer2, 1Protagen AG, Dortmund, Germany, 2Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 3Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 4Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 5Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease that manifests as progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. SSc is associated with the…
  • Abstract Number: 2065 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Verification of Novel Soluble Biomarkers That Differentiate Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis from Those with Psoriasis without Psoriatic Arthritis

    Vinod Chandran1, Daniela Cretu2,3, Lisa Gao4, Kun Liang4, Antoninus Soosaipillai3 and Eleftherios Diamandis2,3,5, 1Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 5Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: There is a high prevalence of undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in psoriasis patients. Therefore identifying soluble biomarkers for PsA will help in screening psoriasis…
  • Abstract Number: 2190 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Antiphospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and International Networking (APS ACTION) Core Laboratory Validation Exercise: Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbant Assay (ELISA) and Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CIA)

    Maria Laura Bertolaccini1, Danieli Andrade2, Gabriella Lakos3, Rohan Willis4, Vittorio Pengo5, Alessandra Banzato6, Hannah Cohen7, Steven Krilis8, Doruk Erkan9 and on behalf of APS ACTION, 1Lupus Unit, Rayne Institute, Lupus Research Unit, The Rayne Institute, King's College London School of Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2Rheumatology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 3INOVA Diagnostics, Inc., San Diego, CA, 4Department of Internal Medicine, Antiphospholipid Standardization Laboratory, Division of Rheumatology, Galveston, TX, 5Clinical Cardiology, Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, 6Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, 7Hematology., University College London, LOndon, United Kingdom, 8Immunology, Allergy, and Infectious Diseases, St George Hospital, Kogarah NSW, Australia, 9Rheumatology, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: APS ACTION International Clinical Database and Repository was created to study the natural course of disease over 10 years in persistently aPL-positive patients with/without…
  • Abstract Number: 2231 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Vitamin D Deficiency States Can be Actively Prevented. Results from a Cross-Sectional Study of over 3000 Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

    Elena Nikiphorou1, Pekka Hannonen1, Paula Väre1, Arto Kokko2, Tuomas Rannio3,4 and Tuulikki Sokka-Isler4, 1Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 2Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, 3Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, 4Rheumatology, Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland

    Background/Purpose: Vitamin D (D25) deficiency has been an ongoing matter of concern, especially in countries at northern latitudes. The effects of D25 deficiency in patients…
  • Abstract Number: 2598 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Levels Measured By Cell Free Nucleosome ELISA in Serum Are Highly Specific and Sensitive for Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Paul Hasler1, Stavros Giaglis1, Ulrich A. Walker2, Erik Deman1, Christoph Hemmeler1, Christina Ryser1, Samuel Kretzschmar1, Guenther Schaefer3, Juliane Franz1 and Sinuhe Hahn4, 1Rheumatology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland, 2Rheumatology, University Hospital, Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 3Dept. of Biomedicine, Laboratory of Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 4Dept. of Biomedicine, Laboratory for Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid factor (RF) or anti-citrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA) detection have limited clinical utility for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as the specificity and…
  • Abstract Number: 2614 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Single Academic Center Experience with 14-3-3 Eta in the Evaluation of Inflammatory Arthritis

    Lance Feller1, Paul Tuttle IV2, Austin M. Dalrymple3, Srikanth Bathula4, Katherine Temprano5, Reema H. Syed6, Rama Bandlamudi7, Kathryn Coulson8, Peri Pepmueller9 and Terry Moore10, 1Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 2Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 3Pediatric Rheumatology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 4Rheumatology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 5Medicine/Rheumatology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 6IM-Rheumatology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 7Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, St. Louis Univ Health Sciences, St. Louis, MO, 8Rheumatology/ 213A, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 9Rheumatology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 10Division of Rheumatology and Pediatric Rheumatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO

    Background/Purpose: 14-3-3 proteins are chaperonins found in all eukaryotic cells. There are multiple isoforms which are thought to be involved in intracellular signaling and transcription…
  • Abstract Number: 101 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    New Technologies for Typing Self-Identifying Antigens Encoded By HLA Genes Provide Cost-Effective Alternatives to Identifying B27 Allele Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis Subjects

    Kimberly Robasky1, Jatinder Kaur2, Jennifer Sims1, Melissa Howard1, Eric Earley1 and Eric Lai2, 1EA|Quintiles, Durham, NC, 2Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Deerfield, IL

    Background/Purpose: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes code for proteins that allow the immune system to distinguish self from foreign cells. These genes have important indications…
  • Abstract Number: 2617 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Serum 14-3-3eta Protein Elevation in Osteoarthritis Suggests Misclassification or Concurrent Inflammatory Arthritis

    Olga S. Zhukov1, Jonnielyn G. Rivera1, Rania W. Abolhosn1, Robert J. Lagier2, Charles M. Rowland3, Joanna M. Popov1, Kaleb Michaud4 and Stanley J. Naides1, 1Immunology, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, San Juan Capistrano, CA, 2Research Support, Alameda, Quest Diagnostics Alameda, Alameda, CA, 3Research Support, Quest Diagnostics Alameda, Alameda, CA, 4Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center and National Data Bank, Omaha, NE

    Background/Purpose: Tissue distribution of the chaperonin 14-3-3η (eta) is limited to synovial tissue and brain. Synovium releases proinflammatory 14-3-3η into synovial fluid and serum in…
  • 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 Arkachaisri1,2, Justin Hung Tiong Tan1, Manasita Tanya1, Sook Fun Hoh3, Lena Das4 and Jing Yao Leong5,6, 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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