Abstracts tagged "differential diagnosis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 2585 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Serum 14-3-3η Is an RA Specific Mechanistic Marker
Bidisha Dasgupta¹, Yauheniya Cherkas¹, Sarah Lamberth¹, Karen Hayden¹, Carrie Brodmerkel¹, Anthony Marotta² and Mark Curran¹, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC., Spring House, PA, ²Augurex Life Sciences Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: 14-3-3η is an emerging soluble Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) biomarker that activates intracellular pathways that lead to the upregulation of inflammatory and joint damage factors.…
Abstract Number: 2660 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Elevated 14-3-3η Serum Protein Levels Increase RA Confirmation Rates in Recent-Onset Polyarthritis Patients
Nathalie Carrier¹, Anthony Marotta², Artur de Brum-Fernandes^3,4, Patrick Liang^3,4, Ariel Masetto^5,6, Yuan Gui², Jane Savill², Sara Michienzi², Henri Ménard⁷, Walter Maksymowych⁸ and Gilles Boire⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ²Augurex Life Sciences Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁷MSK Research Axis, McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The 14-3-3 family of conserved regulatory proteins consists of seven isoforms: α/β, γ, δ/ζ, ε, η, θ/τ and σ. These proteins exist as intracellular…