Abstracts tagged "human leukocyte antigens (HLA)"

Abstract Number: 1360 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Spinal Involvement in Axial Psoriatic Artritis Is Not Determined by the Presence of HLA-B27. Is the HLA-B27 Arm of the Axial Spa Criteria Reliable for Classifying Axial Psoriatic Arthritis?
Jose Luis Fernandez-Sueiro¹, JA Pinto¹, S. Pertega-Diaz², E. Gonzalez³, Ignacio Rego-Perez⁴, Francisco J. de Toro-Santos⁵ and Francisco J. Blanco V⁶, ¹Rheumatology Division, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain, ²Epidemiology and Statistics, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain, ⁴INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña. Genomic Group. Rheumatology Division., A Coruña, Spain, ⁵Reumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, Universidad de la Coruña, La Coruña, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Service, INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: There is a debate whether axial psoriatic arthritis (axPsA) is an ankylosing spondylitis with psoriasis, however due to the fact that PsA has characteristic…
Abstract Number: 2116 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Associations of HLA-DR Shared Epitope Alleles and Serum Cytokines Among Postmenopausal Women with Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mehret Birru Talabi¹, Rachel Mackey², Larry W. Moreland³, Jan Dorman⁴, Kevin D. Deane⁵, Jeremy Sokolove⁶, V. Michael Holers⁷, William H. Robinson⁸, Brian Wallitt⁹ and Lewis Kuller¹⁰, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁶Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁸Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁹Washington Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: The Associations of HLA-DRβ1 Shared Epitope Alleles and Serum Cytokines Among Postmenopausal Women with Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody-Positive Rheumatoid ArthritisBackground/Purpose: This study…