Abstracts tagged "pathogenesis and lung"

Abstract Number: 2861 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Lung-Related Factors Are Associated with Transitions from Systemic Anti-CCP Antibody Positivity to Classified RA
Ashley Visser ¹, Marie Feser ², Chelsie Fleischer ³, Laura Lenis-Charry ¹, Justin August ¹, Elizabeth Bemis ⁴, Jill Norris ⁵, V. Michael Holers ⁶, Kevin Deane ² and M. Kristen Demoruelle⁷, ¹University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, ²University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, USA, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO USA, Aurora, ⁴University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Health, Aurora, CO USA, Aurora, ⁵Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, ⁶University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, USA, Denver, ⁷University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, USA, Aurora
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoimmunity associated with RA precedes the onset of inflammatory arthritis (IA) by several years. In particular, the presence of systemic anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide…