Abstracts tagged "Lupus nephritis"

Abstract Number: 692 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Correlation of Urinary Soluble CD163 Levels with Clinicopathological Features in Lupus Nephritis: Its Role as a Potential Biomarker
Shilpa Venkataraman¹, Ankita Singh ², Manjula Murari ³, Vinita Agrawal ², Amita Aggarwal ³ and Rakesh Pandey ⁴, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate institute of medical science, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ³Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute for Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN), is seen in 30-50% patients with SLE and 5-10% patients progress to end-stage renal disease. The clinical disease activity indices do…
Abstract Number: 1917 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Tubulointerstitial Inflammation Predicts Outcomes in Lupus Nephritis
Charles Oshinsky¹, Mariam Siddiqui ², Vladimir Liarski ³, Anthony Chang ³, Marcus Clark ⁴ and Kichul Ko ³, ¹University of Chicago, Department of Internal Medicine, Chicago, ²Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, ³University of Chicago, Chicago, ⁴University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LuN) causes significant morbidity and mortality, but predicting which patients will progress still remains imprecise. Current classification schema for LuN and its…
Abstract Number: 2894 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
CD6-ALCAM Signaling Is Upregulated in Kidneys with Lupus Nephritis and Is Associated with Disease Activity
Evan Der ¹, Ting Zhang ², Chi Chiu Mok ³, Ramesh Saxena ⁴, Krishna R. Polu ⁵, Chandra Mohan ⁶ and Chaim Putterman⁷, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, ²Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, ³Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China (People's Republic), ⁴University of Texas South Western, Dallas, TX, ⁵Equillium, San Diego, CA, ⁶University of Houston, Houston, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. However, the pathogenesis of renal disease in…
Abstract Number: 859 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Long-term Outcome of a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Tacrolimus with Mycophenolate Mofetil as Induction Therapy of Severe Lupus Nephritis
Chi Chiu Mok¹, Ling Yin Ho ², Shirley Ying ³, Woon Leung Ng ⁴ and Man Chi Leung ⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China (People's Republic), ²Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁴United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: To report the 10-year outcome of patients with lupus nephritis (LN) treated with combined prednisolone with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) or tacrolimus (TAC) as induction…
Abstract Number: 1918 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Urine CD163 Significantly Discriminates Active Lupus Nephritis and Strongly Correlates with Proliferative Glomerulonephritis
Ting Zhang¹, Ramesh Saxena ², Chi Chiu Mok ³, Michelle Petri ⁴ and Chandra Mohan ⁵, ¹Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, ²UTSW, Dallas, ³Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China (People's Republic), ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵University of Houston, Houston
Background/Purpose: CD163 is a marker for alternatively activated M2 macrophages, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis (LN). The potential of urine…
Abstract Number: 2895 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Complement Protein CL-K1 at High Concentrations Protects Against the Development of Lupus Nephritis
Anne Troldborg¹, Anne Voss ², Søren Werner Karlsjov Hansen ³, Jens Christian Jensenius ⁴, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen ⁵ and Steffen Thiel ⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Odense University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Odense, Denmark, ³University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁴Aarhus University, department of biomedicine, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁶Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Nephritis is a severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that develops in 30 to 50 percent of the patients. At the time of…
Abstract Number: 880 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Diseased Lupus Nephritis Kidneys Serve as a Primary Site of Systemic Autoimmune Development
Matthew Woodruff¹, Christopher Tipton ¹, Jennifer Hom ¹ and Iñaki Sanz ¹, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is an autoimmune destruction of the kidney glomeruli and loss of kidney function affecting almost half of lupus patients. Although the…
Abstract Number: 1930 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Lupus Nephritis Gene Expression Reveals Dysregulation of Pathogenic Pathways Activated Within Infiltrating Cells
Adam Labonte¹, Jackson Xu ², Sarah Heuer ², Robert Robl ², Prathyusha Bachali ¹, Michelle Catalina ¹, Peter Lipsky ³ and Amrie Grammer ⁴, ¹AMPEL Biosolutions and the RILITE Research Institute, Charlottesville, VA, ²AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA, ³AMPEL BioSolutions, LLC, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴AMPEL BioSolutions and RILITE Research Institute, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: LN is a serious complication of SLE that affects about 20-40% of all lupus patients and leads to kidney damage, end-stage renal disease, and…
Abstract Number: 2896 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Role of Alterations in the Splicing Machinery in the Pathogenesis of Lupus: Does It Impact Lupus Nephritis?
Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, Alejandro Ibañez-Costa ¹, Mª Ángeles Aguirre-Zamorano ², Laura Pérez-Sanchez ³, Alejandra Patiño-Trives ¹, Maria Luque-Tevar ¹, Maria del Carmen Abalos-Aguilera ¹, Ivan Arias de la Rosa ⁴, Nuria Barbarroja ⁵, Mario Espinosa ⁶, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez ⁴, Justo Castaño ⁷, Raúl Luque ⁷ and Carlos Perez-Sanchez ⁸, ¹IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ³MIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴University of Cordoba/IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵University of Cordoba/IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶UGC de Nefrología. Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Maimónides Institute for Biomedical Research at Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether alterations in the splicing machinery of immune cells could influence the development and activity of…
Abstract Number: 882 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Serum Anti-Vimentin Autoantibodies May Uniquely Predict Response to Therapy in Lupus Nephritis
Andrew Kinloch¹, Matthew Cascino ², Jian Dai ³, Rene Bermea ¹, Kichul Ko ¹, Margaret Vesselits ⁴, Maureen Legendre ⁵, Michael Okoreeh ¹, David Markovitz ⁵, Leonard Dragone ⁶, Michael Townsend ³ and Marcus Clark ¹, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Genentech, Inc., San Fransisco, CA, ³Genentech, San Fransisco, CA, ⁴University of Chicago, Chicago, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶UCSF, San Fransisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Tubulointerstitial inflammation (TII) in lupus nephritis (LN) is associated with a worse prognosis. Vimentin, a cytoplasmic antigen, is commonly targeted by in situ activated…
Abstract Number: 2046 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
NMR Spectroscopy Reveals Alterations of Urinary Acetate and Citrate Levels Following Cyclophosphamide Therapy in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Sujata Ganguly¹, Umesh Kumar ², Anupam Guleria ³, Sanjukta Majumder ⁴, Sanat Phatak ¹, Smriti Chaurasia ¹, Nikhil Gupta ⁵, Sandeep Kumar ⁶, Amita Aggarwal ⁷, Dinesh Kumar ³ and Ramnath Misra ⁴, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ²Centre of Biomedical Research SGPGIMS, Raibareli Road, Lucknow-226014, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ³Centre for Biomedical Research, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁵Centre for Biomedical Research, Lucknow, DELHI, Delhi, India, ⁶Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁷Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Metabolomics, the study of global alterations in small metabolites is a useful tool to look for novel biomarkers. Recently, we reported a reprogramming of…
Abstract Number: 2898 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of the Transcriptome of Non-Lesional, Non-Sun Exposed Skin in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Hemant Suryawanshi¹, Robert Clancy ², Evan Der ³, Peter Izmirly ², H Michael Belmont ⁴, Chaim Putterman ⁵, Jill Buyon ² and Thomas Tuschl ¹, ¹Rockefeller Research Laboratories, New York, ²NYU School of Medicine, New York, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, ⁴NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The impact of renal injury in lupus nephritis (LN) is widespread with consequences to resident cells in other tissue beds, even non-lesional, non-sun exposed…
Abstract Number: 941 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Treatment of Lupus Nephritis with anti-CD20 Followed by Anti-BAFF: Impact on B Cell Reconstitution, B Cell Subsets, and Autoreactivity
Yemil Atisha Fregoso¹, Susan Malkiel ², Kristina Harris ³, Sai Kanaparthi ³, Margie Byron ⁴, Linna Ding ⁵, Dawn Smilek ⁶, David Wofsy ⁷, Maria Dall'Era ⁸, Cynthia Aranow ¹ and Betty Diamond ⁹, ¹Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, ³Immune Tolerance Network, Bethesda, ⁴Rho Federal Systems, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Immune Tolerance Network, San Francisco, CA, ⁷UCSF, San Francisco, ⁸University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset
Background/Purpose: Despite the relevance of B cells in lupus, two clinical trials of anti-CD20 failed to meet primary endpoints in patients with lupus and lupus…
Abstract Number: 2116 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Serious Infection in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Lupus Nephritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to the General Population: Incidence Rates Using Real-World Claims Data
Lisa Lindsay¹, Ching-Yi Chuo ², Nicholas Jones ², Joshua Galanter ², Anna McGregor ² and Katie Tuckwell ², ¹Genentech Inc, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, ²Genentech Inc, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), lupus nephritis (LN) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at risk of serious infections (SIs) due to the impact…
Abstract Number: 2899 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Transcriptomic Meta-analysis of Lupus Affected Tissues Reveals Shared Immune, Metabolic, and Biochemical Dysregulation
Kathryn Kingsmore¹, Sarah Heuer ¹, Erika Hubbard ¹, Michelle Catalina ², Prathyusha Bachali ², Peter Lipsky ³ and Amrie Grammer ¹, ¹AMPEL BioSolutions and RILITE Research Institute, Charlottesville, VA, ²AMPEL BioSolutions and the RILITE Research Institute, Charlottesville, VA, ³AMPEL BioSolutions, LLC, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) affects various organs and tissues, but whether pathologic processes in each organ are distinct or whether dysregulated molecular functions are…

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