Abstracts tagged "MMF"

Abstract Number: 1460 • ACR Convergence 2021
Lupus Nephritis Renal Responses in Relation to Treatment and Demographics: Observations from a Multi-racial/ethnic Cohort of 159 Patients in the NYU Lupus Registry
Mayce Haj-Ali¹, Kristina Deonaraine², Alexis Engel³, Yingzhi Qian¹, Amit Saxena⁴, Peter Izmirly², Jill Buyon⁴ and H. Michael Belmont⁴, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU Langone Health, New Yok, NY, ⁴NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) disproportionately affects racial and ethnic populations. Contreras reported African-American (AA) and Hispanic patients had worse outcomes as compared to patients 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…