gout and inflammatory arthritis Archives

Abstract Number: 217 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Circulating Levels of Neo-Epitopes Reflecting Connective Tissue Turnover As Biomarkers of Gout and Frequent Gout Attacks in Men
Ana Valdes¹, Tina Manon-Jensen², Wendy Jenkins³, Anne Sofie Siebuhr⁴, Morten Asser Karsdal⁴, Sally Doherty⁵, Abhishek Abhishek³, Helen Richardson³, Weiya Zhang⁶, Michael Doherty⁷ and Anne C. Bay-Jensen⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ²Antibody Research Unit, Nordic Bioscience, 2370, Denmark, ³Devision of Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, NG5 1PB, England, ⁴Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁵Division of ROD, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁶Academic Rheumatology, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁷Academic Rheumatology, City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Biomarkers and Research, Rheumatology, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Recurrent flares constitute the main clinical burden of gout. The neo-epitope blood-based biomarkers, C1M and C3M, measuring matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-mediated connective tissue degradation, have previously…

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