Abstract Number: 376 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antisynthetase Syndrome: Prevalence of Serositis in Autoantibody Subsets
Background/Purpose: Antisynthetase Syndrome (AS) is a relatively rare autoimmune disease characterized by interstitial lung disease (ILD), myositis, inflammatory arthritis, Raynaud phenomenon, and mechanic’s hands. Eight autoantibodies (Ab) to…Abstract Number: 392 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibody Profile and Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune myositis (AIM) is a constellation of rare chronic disease with progressive muscle weakness. Several autoantibodies are found to be highly correlated with IIM…Abstract Number: 396 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical, Physiologic, and Radiologic Features Associated with Severe MDA5-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies against melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA-5) have been described in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) and progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD). Previous cohorts have…Abstract Number: 877 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Krebs Von Den Lungen-6 Is a Useful Biomarker for Assessing Activity of Myositis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of serious organ involvements in idiopathic inflammatory myositis. Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) is an antigen produced primarily…Abstract Number: 1310 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic Utility of Myositis Antibodies in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease and Suspected Underlying Connective Tissue Disease
Background/Purpose: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of Connective Tissue Diseases (CTD), mainly Systemic sclerosis (SSc), Rheumatoid Arthritis and Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis (IIM)…Abstract Number: 1344 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine-Richautoantibodies Rarely Co-Exist with Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 Autoantibodies in a Cohort of Dermatomyositis Patients from the United States
Background/Purpose: Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) autoantibodies are common among Japanese dermatomyositis (DM) and clinically amyopathic DM (CADM) patients who develop rapidly progressive interstitial lung…Abstract Number: 2144 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multiple Serum Cytokine and Chemokine Profiling to Identify Combinational Biomarkers Toward Patients of Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis Complicated with Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM) is a chronic inflammatory disorders involved in skeletal muscles. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) complicated with PM/DM patients is often developed as…Abstract Number: 2376 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Features in Dermatomyositis Patients with Novel Autoantibody to Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier Activating Enzymes (Anti-SAE Antibody) and Relationship to Interstitial Lung Disease: A Systematic Review of 29 Cases
Background/Purpose: Anti-SAE antibody is a novel myositis-specific antibody first described in 2007. SAE is an enzyme that facilitates sumoylation, leading to the formation of stable…Abstract Number: 304 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Abnormal Pulmonary Function Tests, Interstitial Lung Disease, and Lung Function Decline in Patients with Classic and Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is common in classic dermatomyositis (DM) and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM), in which rash is present without weakness. Previous studies…Abstract Number: 2366 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Anti-MDA5 Autoantibody Phenotype: Defining Clinical, Biochemical and Radiological Features Suggestive of Anti-MDA5-Associated Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Anti-MDA5 autoantibody associated syndrome is a novel entity within the spectrum of autoimmune myositis. It has been described as a clinical mimic of the…Abstract Number: 2371 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Clinical Features of Recurrent Interstitial Lung Disease in Dermatomyositis Patients with Anti- Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 Antibody
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the most common cause of mortality in polymyosytis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). It is well known that the DM…Abstract Number: 1260 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Early Use of Cyclosporine Is Beneficial for Long-Term Prognosis in Patients of Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease with Anti- Synthetase Antibodies
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disesases (ILD) is the most common cause of mortality in polymyosotis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). Cyclosporine had been reported to improve clinical…