Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 2835 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association between Changes in Gene Signature Expression and Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Michelle Petri¹, Wei Fu¹, Ann Ranger², Normand Allaire², Patrick Cullen³ and Laurence S Magder⁴, ¹Medicine (Rheumatology), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, ³Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MD, ⁴Epidemiology and Public health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: We assessed the stability of BAFF, interferon, plasma cell and LDG neutrophil gene expression signatures over time, and whether changes in gene expression coincided…
Abstract Number: 386 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differences in Body Composition in Myositis Patients and Healthy Controls Are Associated with Disease Activity and Duration, Inflammatory Status, Skeletal Muscle Involvement and Physical Activity
Sabina Oreska^1,2, Maja Spiritovic^1,3, Petr Cesak⁴, Ondrej Marecek⁵, Hana Storkanova^1,2, Hana Smucrova¹, Barbora Hermankova^1,3, Katerina Kubinova^1,2, Martin Klein^1,2, Lucia Vernerova^1,2, Olga Ruzickova^1,6, Karel Pavelka^1,2, Ladislav Šenolt^1,2, Herman F Mann^1,7, Jiri Vencovsky^1,8 and Michal Tomcik^1,2, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Body Composition Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁸Department Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Skeletal muscle, pulmonary and articular involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) limit the mobility/self-sufficiency of patients, and can have a negative impact on body…
Abstract Number: 822 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immuno-Inflammatory Markers and MR-Angiographic Imaging to Detect Disease Activity in Takayasu Arteritis
Andrea D. Gloor¹, Daniel Yerly², Jennifer L. Cullmann³, Sabine Adler¹ and Peter M. Villiger¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²Department of Biomedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ³Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: There is an unmet need for tools to quantify local disease activity in TAK.Methods: Sera of 21 TAK patients, aged between 18 and 56…
Abstract Number: 1467 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Activity Monitoring and Multiplex Biomarker Verification By Tageted Proteomics
Lucía González-Rodríguez¹, Valentina Calamia¹, Patricia Fernández², Cristina Ruiz-Romero³, Antonio Julià⁴, Antonio Fernández-Nebro⁵, Jesús Tornero⁶, Sara Marsal⁴ and Francisco J Blanco³, ¹Proteomics Group, Rheumatology Division, ProteoRed, PRB2-ISCIII. INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ²Proteomics group, Rheumatology Division, ProteoRed, PRB2-ISCIII. INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain, ³Rheumatology Division, ProteoRed, PRB2-ISCIII. INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Research Group, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Spain, ⁵UGC Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Spain., Málaga, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain., Guadalajara, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-lasting inflammatory autoimmune disorder that ultimately leads to the destruction of joint architecture. The activity of this disease is…
Abstract Number: 1676 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Health Related Quality of Life over Time in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Correlation with Disease Activity and Organ Damage
Muhammad Mehmood Riaz^1,2, Liang SHEN³, Lay Kheng Teoh⁴, Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake⁵ and Aisha Lateef⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, karachi, Pakistan, ³Biostatistics Unit, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴National University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, University Medicine Cluster, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic disease affecting the physical, social, and psychological well-being of patients. Health related quality of life (HRQoL) measures…
Abstract Number: 2086 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
4-Phenylbutyric Acid Mediates Therapeutic Effect in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Observations in an Experimental Murine Lupus Model
Yunjung Choi¹, Ji-hyun Jung², Eun-Kyeong Lee², Myeung Su Lee³, Changhoon Lee⁴ and Wan-Hee Yoo⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of chonbuk national university-Biomedical Research Institute of chonbuk national university hospital, jeonju, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Chonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Department of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of chonbuk national university-Biomedical Research Institute of chonbuk national university hospital, Jeonju, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether ER stress inhibition by 4-phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA) ameliorates lupus manifestations in an experimental lupus…
Abstract Number: 2491 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treat-to-Target (T2T) Is Not Enough: Identify Factors Leading to a Mismatch between T2T and HAQ Among RA Patients through Data Mining from Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM)
Jing Yang¹, Hua Wei², Jianlin Huang³, Wenqiang Fan⁴, Hongzhi Wang⁵, Yongfu Wang⁶, Rong Mu⁷, Chun Li⁸, Jinmei Zou¹, Yu Zhang¹, Bin Wu⁹, Jianling Dong¹, Xiaofei Shi¹⁰, Xinwang Duan¹¹, Jianhong Wu¹², Fang He¹³, Hong Liu¹, Zhijun Li¹⁴, Guosheng Wang¹⁵, Shengguang Li¹⁶, Bei Wang¹⁷, Yanjie Hao¹⁸, Huiqiong Zhou¹⁹, Haili shen²⁰, Yang Cui²¹, Wenhui Huang²², Qing-chun Huang²³, Hui Xiao²⁴, Yuhua Jia²⁴, Fei Xiao²⁴ and Feng-Chun Zhang²⁵, ¹Department of rheumatology, Central Hospital of MianYang, Sichuan, Mian Yang, China, ²Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China, ³Department of rheumatology, The Sixth Hospital Affiliated to Sun yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ⁴Department of rheumatology, Central Hospital of XinXiang, Henan, XinXiang, China, ⁵The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China, ⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of BaoTou Medical College, Baotou, China, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁸Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China, ¹⁰The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China, ¹¹Department of rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, ¹²Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China, ¹³Central Hospital of Sui Ning, Sichuan, Suining, China, ¹⁴The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China, ¹⁵Department of rheumatology, Anhui Medical University Affiliated Provincial Hospital, Hefei, China, ¹⁶Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China, ¹⁷Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Beijing, China, ¹⁸The First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University, Beijing, China, ¹⁹The First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, lanzhou, China, ²¹Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China, ²²The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, ²³Rheumatology, Guangzhou Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, ²⁴Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China, ²⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: T2T, achieving a DAS28 score lower than 3.2 is the main management strategy recommended by ACR and EULAR. HAQ is the most widely used…
Abstract Number: 2856 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do Patients with Moderate or High Disease Activity Escalate RA Therapy According to Treat-to-Target Principles? Results from the Acr’s RISE Registry
Huifeng Yun¹, Lang Chen¹, Fenglong Xie¹, Himanshu Patel², Natalie Boytsov², Xiang Zhang² and Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Routine measurement of RA disease activity and adjustment of drug therapy to attain remission or low disease activity is recommended by the ACR and…
Abstract Number: 18 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cytoplasmic FOXO1 Identifies Novel Disease-Activity Associated B Cell Subsets in SLE
Molly Hritzo¹ and Amit Golding², ¹Microbiology and Molecular Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²10 South Pine Street, Baltimore VA/VAMHCS AND University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: A key integrator of external stimuli in lymphocytes, Forkhead box protein O1 (FOXO1) is a highly attractive factor to study in SLE because it…
Abstract Number: 465 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Seasonal Variation in Cutaneous Flares for Pediatric Lupus
Tamara Tanner¹, Marija Dionizovik-Dimanovski², Dawn Wahezi³ and Tamar Rubinstein³, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Exposure to sunlight has been proposed as a possible environmental trigger for lupus flares, particularly cutaneous disease. Contradictory findings exist regarding seasonal variation in…
Abstract Number: 882 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Chronic Kidney Disease in US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
J. Steuart Richards¹, Richard Amdur², Grant W. Cannon³ and Gail S. Kerr⁴, ¹Pittsburgh VA Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Lead Biostatistician, Medical Faculty Associates Clinical Professor, Dept. of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, ³Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Rheumatology, Washington DC VAMC and Georgetown and Howard University, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a comorbidity that may affect patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). CKD restricts the use of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs…
Abstract Number: 1474 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating Transfer RNA-Derived Small RNAs Are Altered in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Qiong Wu, Quanhu Sheng, Joseph F. Solus, Kasey Vickers, Ryan Allen, Shilin Zhao, Yan Guo, Fei Ye, C Michael Stein and Michelle J. Ormseth, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Small RNAs (sRNAs) are important gene regulators and markers of disease. Transfer RNA (tRNA)-derived sRNAs (tDRs), including tRNA fragments (tRFs) and halves (tRHs), are…
Abstract Number: 1682 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlation between SLE Specific and Generic Health Related Quality of Life Surveys, and Their Association with Patient Global Rating of Change and Lupus Low Disease Activity State: A Longitudinal Study
Worawit Louthrenoo¹, Nuntana Kasitanon¹, Eric Morand² and Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ²Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ³School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: To determine the correlation between SLE-specific and generic patient reported outcomes measures (PROs), and to examine their associations with patients’ global rating of change…
Abstract Number: 2120 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CD47- Signal Regulatory Protein Alpha Interaction Potentiates Proinflammatory Response in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jin Kyun Park¹, Ye Ji Lee², Ji Soo Park³, Eun Young Lee⁴, Eun Bong Lee⁴ and Yeong Wook Song⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Department of Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
CD47-Signal Regulatory Protein-Alpha Interaction Potentiates Proinflammatory Response in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease mediated by unbalanced activation of…
Abstract Number: 2493 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Features of Disease Severity Associated with Patient Satisfaction with Biologic Treatment: Results from the Abatacept Best Care Real-World Study
Boulos Haraoui¹, Janet E. Pope², Emmanouil Rampakakis³, Julie Vaillancourt³, Meryem Maoui⁴ and Louis Bessette⁵, ¹Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ³JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Bristol-Myers Squibb, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients satisfaction with their treatment is important for adherence to medications, particularly for chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this…

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