Abstract Number: 380 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Seasonal Clustering of Acute Sarcoidosis in South-West Germany and Associations with Particulate Matter Air Pollution
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disorder of unknown origin. The central role of macrophages and granuloma formation, the predominant involvement of lung and skin,…Abstract Number: 1894 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Baricitinib-Associated Changes in Type l Interferon Gene Signature during a 24-Week Phase-2 Clinical SLE Trial
Background/Purpose: In the phase 2 study JAHH (NCT02708095), treatment with baricitinib (bari), an oral selective Janus kinase 1/2 inhibitor approved for the treatment of RA,…Abstract Number: 2825 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Possible Environmental Origin for a Proportion of the Genetic Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Nearly 150 genetic loci are convincingly associated with lupus (SLE) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and underlie their incompletely understood mechanisms of pathogenesis. Since 90%…Abstract Number: 262 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Seasonal Variation in Incidence of Sarcoidosis: A Population-Based Study 1976-2013
Seasonal Variation in Incidence of Sarcoidosis: A Population-Based Study 1976-2013 Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a multi-systemic disorder of unknown etiology. Studies of seasonal and regional…Abstract Number: 520 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antibody to Porphyromonas Gingivalis in Pre-Clinical Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Periodontitis (PD) has been implicated as an etiologic risk factor in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an association that is speculated to be related to the…Abstract Number: 1645 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon Gene Signature Expression and Serological Differences in Japanese and Non-Japanese SLE Patients
Background/Purpose: Elevated expression of interferon(IFN)-regulated genes in peripheral blood cells has been reported in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and is known as the IFN…Abstract Number: 929 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antibiotic Exposure and the Development of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study
Background/Purpose: Dysregulation of the human microbiome has been implicated in the development of several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Moreover,…Abstract Number: 177 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differences and Overlap Of Immunological Pathways Implicated In The Aetiology Of Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Positive and Negative Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association studies have been successful in identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with disease. However, previous studies have been under-powered to detect differences…Abstract Number: 2405 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Respiratory Diseases As Risk Factors For Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is only partly understood. In addition to smoking, other airway exposures, e.g. silica dust and traffic pollution, have…Abstract Number: 2039 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Micro and Nanoparticles As Possible Causative-Prognostic Co-Factors Of Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Syndrome
Background/Purpose: We previously demonstrated that patients affected by membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome (MCs) show the presence of circulating micro and nanoparticles (MPs and…