Abstracts tagged "polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 585 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
The Role of Genetic Polymorphisms on the Response to Methotrexate Variations Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Saudi Arabia
Suzan Attar¹, Magdah Hagrass², Adel Abuzenadah³, Omar Fath Aldin¹, Rahaf Attar⁴, Rajaa Al-Raddadi⁵, Mansour Sulaiman² and Ahmed Aseri², ¹Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ²Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ³medical technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁴internal medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Background/Purpose: Low dose methotrexate (MTX) is one of the most commonly used disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with excellent efficacy and safety profile. However, it…
Abstract Number: 1071 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Protective Role of the Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) Rs2495477 Polymorphism in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sara Remuzgo-Martínez¹, Fernanda Genre¹, Verónica Pulito-Cueto¹, Alfonso Corrales¹, Javier Llorca², Verónica Mijares¹, Leticia Lera-Gómez¹, Virginia Portilla¹, Iván Ferraz-Amaro³, Santos Castañeda⁴, Oreste Gualillo⁵, Javier Martín⁶, Ricardo Blanco¹, Raquel Lopez-Mejías¹ and Miguel Angel González-Gay⁷, ¹Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Department of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, Tenerife, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁵SERGAS (Servizo Galego de Saude) and IDIS (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago), The NEIRID Group (Neuroendocrine Interactions in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁶Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra", CSIC, PTS Granada, Granada, Spain, Granada, Spain, ⁷Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, IDIVAL and School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: RA is associated with the development of cardiovascular (CV) disease and subclinical atherosclerosis, which leads to an increased risk of CV mortality in RA…
Abstract Number: 2370 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphism As a Risk Factor of Hypertension in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mykola Stanislavchuk^1,2, Kateryna Zaichko² and Ayad Sulaiman², ¹Internal Medicine, VNMU n.a. M. Pirogov, Vinnytsia, Ukraine, ²Rheumatology, Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Hospital, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and hypertension (HT) are multifactorial polygenic diseases. The incidence of hypertension in patients with RA is higher than in the general…
Abstract Number: 13 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Genetic Variants of the Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) Gen in Association with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Requirements
Iria V. Seoane¹, Carmen Martinez², Yasmina Juarranz¹, Rosario García-Vicuña³, Eva Tomero⁴, Rosa P Gomariz¹, Isidoro Gonzalez-Alvaro³ and Amalia Lamana⁵, ¹Cellular Biology, School of Biology. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Cellular Biology, School of Medicine. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-IP, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS Princesa, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Biomarkers to recognize patients with a more intensive therapy necessity in rheumatoid arthritis are essential and scarce. VIP has shown immunoregulatory properties both in…
Abstract Number: 69 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
IL-32 Promoter SNP rs4786370 Predisposed to Modified Lipoprotein Profiles in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Michelle S.M.A. Damen¹, Rabia Agca², Suzanne Holewijn³, Jacqueline de Graaf¹, Jéssica C. Dos Santos^1,4, Piet L van Riel⁵, J Fransen⁶, Marieke J.H. Coenen⁷, Mike T. Nurmohamed⁸, M.G. Netea¹, Charles Dinarello⁹, L.A.B. Joosten¹, Bas Heinhuis¹ and Calin Popa¹⁰, ¹Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Rijnstate Ziekenhuis, Arnhem, Netherlands, ⁴Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Goiás, Brazil, ⁵Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatolgy, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁷Human Genetics (855), Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Patients with a chronic inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Interleukin (IL)-32 has previously…
Abstract Number: 1572 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Relationship Between KDR (VEGFR2) Gene Polymorphisms and Serum KDR Protein Levels in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Agnieszka Paradowska-Gorycka¹, Barbara Stypinska², Andrzej Pawlik³, Damian Malinowski³, Katarzyna Romanowska-Próchnicka⁴, Ewa Haladyj⁵, Malgorzata Manczak⁶ and Marzena Olesinska⁷, ¹Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ²Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Institute of geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ³Department of Pharmacology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, ⁴Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw and Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ⁵Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ⁶Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Institute of geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland, ⁷Department of Connective Tissue Disease, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the chronic autoimmune diseases, with genetic and environmental predisposition, and synovial angiogenesis is considered to be a notable…
Abstract Number: 105 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Analysis of the Association of PTGER4 Gene Variants with Radiological Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez^1,2, J. Ivorra-Cortes³, Francisco David Carmona⁴, Javier Martín⁵, Alejandro Balsa⁶, H.W. van Steenbergen⁷, A. H. M. van der Helm- van Mil⁸, Isidoro González-Alvaro⁹ and Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez¹⁰, ¹Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Department of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, University Hospital la Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁴Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, PTS-Granada, Granada, Spain, ⁵Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López- Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, PTS-Granada, Granada, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital-Rheumatology Department, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: PTGER4(prostaglandin E receptor 4) is implicated in immune regulation and bone metabolism. The aim of this study was to analyze the role of single…
Abstract Number: 1608 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Protective Role of the Vitamin D Receptor Apai (rs7975232) Polymorphism Against Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis from Northern Spain
Raquel López-Mejías¹, Fernanda Genre¹, Sara Remuzgo-Martínez¹, Gema Robledo², Begoña Ubilla¹, Veronica Mijares¹, Javier Llorca³, Montserrat Robustillo-Villarino⁴, Alfonso Corrales¹, Carlos González-Juanatey⁵, Jose A. Miranda-Filloy⁶, Trinitario Pina⁷, Ricardo Blanco⁷, Esther Vicente⁸, Juan José Alegre⁹, Cesar Magro¹⁰, Enrique Raya¹¹, Beatriz Tejera¹², Marco A Ramírez Huaranga¹³, Ivan Ferraz-Amaro¹², Santos Castañeda¹⁴, Javier Martín² and Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay^1,15, ¹Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Division, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Granada, Spain, ³Department of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ⁵Cardiology Division, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, H.U. La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Several vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms have been associated with cardiovascular (CV) and autoimmune diseases. Carotid plaques are surrogate markers of severe atherosclerotic disease.…
Abstract Number: 1609 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Lack of Association Between ZHX2, Lepr, Gckr and ASCL1 and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, Carotid Plaques and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Raquel López-Mejías¹, Fernanda Genre¹, Sara Remuzgo-Martínez¹, Montserrat Robustillo-Villarino², Alfonso Corrales¹, Javier Llorca³, Carlos González-Juanatey⁴, Begoña Ubilla¹, Jose A. Miranda-Filloy⁵, Veronica Mijares¹, Trinitario Pina⁶, Ricardo Blanco⁶, Juan José Alegre², Marco A Ramírez Huaranga⁷, Maria D Mínguez Sánchez⁷, Carmen Gomez Vaquero⁸, Luis Rodriguez Rodriguez⁹, Benjamin Fernandez Gutierrez⁹, Alejandro Balsa¹⁰, Dora Pascual-Salcedo¹⁰, Francisco Lopez Longo¹¹, Patricia E. Carreira¹², Cesar Magro¹³, Enrique Raya¹⁴, Beatriz Tejera¹⁵, Ivan Ferraz-Amaro¹⁵, Esther Vicente¹⁶, Isidoro González-Alvaro¹⁶, Santos Castañeda¹⁷, Javier Martín¹⁸ and Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay^1,19, ¹Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Division, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ³Department of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Cardiology Division, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, H.U. La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Granada, Spain, ¹⁹Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a polygenic disease associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Recent studies have identified the ZHX2 rs11781551 polymorphism…
Abstract Number: 2459 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Osteoprotegerin CGA Haplotype Protection Against Cerebrovascular Complications in Anti-CCP Negative Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Fernanda Genre¹, Raquel López-Mejías¹, Mercedes García-Bermúdez², Santos Castañeda³, Carlos González-Juanatey⁴, Javier Llorca⁵, Alfonso Corrales¹, Begoña Ubilla¹, Jose A. Miranda-Filloy⁶, Encarnación Amigo⁶, Trinitario Pina Murcia¹, Carmen Gómez-Vaquero⁷, Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez⁸, Benjamin Fernández Gutierrez⁸, Alejandro Balsa⁹, Dora Pascual-Salcedo⁹, Francisco Javier López-Longo¹⁰, Patricia Carreira¹¹, Ricardo Blanco¹², Isidoro González-Alvaro¹³, Javier Martin¹⁴ and Miguel A González-Gay¹, ¹Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Division, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Granada, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IISP, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti. Cardiology Division, Lugo, Spain, ⁵Department of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Rheumatology Division, Lugo, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge - IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Department of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Department of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Department of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Department of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Immunology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Armilla (Granada), Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disease with a high incidence of cardiovascular disease due to accelerated atherosclerosis. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) has been associated with an…
Abstract Number: 2452 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Protective Effect of the IL33 rs3939286 Gene Polymorphism in the Development of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Raquel López-Mejías¹, Fernanda Genre¹, Mercedes García-Bermúdez², Alfonso Corrales¹, Carlos González-Juanatey³, Begoña Ubilla¹, J. Llorca⁴, Encarnación Amigo⁵, Jose A. Miranda-Filloy⁶, Trinitario Pina Murcia¹, Ricardo Blanco⁷, Santos Castañeda⁸, Javier Martin⁹ and Miguel A González-Gay¹, ¹Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Division, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Immunology and Cellular Biology, Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Granada, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti. Cardiology Division, Lugo, Spain, ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Rheumatology Division, Lugo, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ⁷Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IISP, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Immunology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Armilla (Granada), Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex inflammatory disease characterized by chronic inflammation, accelerated atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Interleukin 33 (IL-33) is a…
Abstract Number: 1123 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Impact of Genes Modulating Serum Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels on Progression of Joint Destruction in Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shinji Yoshida¹, Katsunori Ikari¹, Koichiro Yano¹, Yoshiaki Toyama², Atsuo Taniguchi³, Hisashi Yamanaka¹ and Shigeki Momohara³, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher prevalence of dyslipidemia than healthy individuals. Since RA is a chronic inflammatory disease, an inflammatory response…
Abstract Number: 157 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Application Of a Multiplex Gene Polymorphism Assay For Variants Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility: Results Of 168 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms In The Optima Study
Jeffrey F. Waring¹, Viswanath Devanarayan², Kenneth Idler¹, Feng Hong², Josef S. Smolen³, Arthur Kavanaugh⁴, Hartmut Kupper⁵, Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁶ and Alla Skapenko⁷, ¹AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ²AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worchester, MA, ³Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁵AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Background/Purpose: Genetic factors have been identified that may be associated with the development and severity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), disease progression, or response to treatment.…
Abstract Number: 2483 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Folic Acid Pathway Single Neucelotide Polymorphisms Associated with Methotrexate-Related Significant Adverse Events
Lisa A. Davis¹, Brooke Ivan Polk², Alyse D. Mann³, Roger K. Wolff⁴, Gail S. Kerr⁵, Andreas M. Reimold⁶, Grant W. Cannon⁷, Ted R. Mikuls⁸ and Liron Caplan⁹, ¹Div of Rheumatology, Univ of Colorado School of Med, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, CO, ³Research, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO, ⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Rheumatology, Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown and Howard University, Washington, DC, ⁶Rheumatology, Dallas VA and University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁹Div of Rheumatology, Denver VA and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is the cornerstone medication in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). While MTX has been associated with a number of adverse…
Abstract Number: 1179 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms Are Associated with Clinical Outcomes and IgM Responses to Common Pathogens but Not Baseline Disease Activity in Early Inflammatory Arthritis
Carol A. Hitchon¹, Linda Larcombe¹, Neeloffer Mookherjee², Christine A. Peschken³, Marianna M. Newkirk⁴ and Hani S. El-Gabalawy⁵, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Centre for Proteomics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³RR 149G, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁴Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Arthritis Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D (VitD) exerts immunoregulatory activities of potential importance to rheumatoid arthritis and acts by binding to nuclear vitamin D receptors (VDRs) and regulating…