- Abstract Number: 1595 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Electroclinical Correlates and Outcome Of Status Epilepticus In Systemic Lupus ErythematosusBackground/Purpose: Predictors of seizures and epilepsy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are well described but descriptions of status epilepticus (SE) have thus far been…
- Abstract Number: 1577 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Comparison Of Clinical and Serological Manifestations Among Juvenile-, Adult-, and Late-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients In KoreaBackground/Purpose: Up to 30‑40% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) experience their onset prior to adulthood or at over 50 years of age. Patients…
- Abstract Number: 1060 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Perinatal Risk Factors For Systemic Lupus: A Register-Based Case-Control StudyBackground/Purpose: One’s own fetal environment has been linked to future heart disease, breast cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis. Prior work showed that among older women in…
- Abstract Number: 586 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Blood Pressure Variability and Age-Related Blood Pressure Patterns In Systemic Lupus ErythematosusBackground/Purpose: Increased visit-to-visit blood pressure (BP) variability has been associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, stroke, left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, and cognitive impairment…
- Abstract Number: 2620 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Studies of P140 Peptide in Mannitol (Lupuzor) and Trehalose (Forigerimod) in Patients with SLEBackground/Purpose: Advances in the understanding of autoimmune diseases pathogenesis have led to the development of peptide-based therapies that aim to potentially reinstate tolerance to self…
- Abstract Number: 984 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Association of Elevated C5a Levels, but Not the Presence of Anti-Cfh IgG Autoantibodies, with the Deletion of CFHR3 and CFHR1 in SLEBackground/Purpose: We previously reported association of the deletion of complement regulator factor H related CFHR3 and CFHR1 genes (CFHR3-1Δ), rather than CFH exonic SNPs, with…
- Abstract Number: 639 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Safety and Efficacy of Epratuzumab in an Open-Label Extension Study (SL0006)Background/Purpose: Epratuzumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting CD22, is in development for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Two randomized, double-blind trials (ALLEVIATE 1 and…
- Abstract Number: 2283 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Preferential Association of Complement Receptor 2 Variants with Anti-dsDNA Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus ErythematosusBackground/Purpose: Complement receptor 2 (CR2/CD21) is primarily expressed on B cells and follicular dendritic cells (FDC) and is required for normal humoral immune responses. We…
- Abstract Number: 992 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Functional Genomics of the Human ITGAM LocusBackground/Purpose: ITGAM encodes CD11b, the αM subunit of the Mac-1 -αMβ2 integrin. Mac-1 has many functions on leukocytes including its role as an adhesion molecule…
- Abstract Number: 613 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Serum Level of Syndecan-1 Is Associated with Disease Activity in Patients with Systemic Lupus ErythematosusBackground/Purpose: Syndecan-1(SDC1), a transmemebrane heparan-sulfate glycoprotein, is predominantly expressed by plasma cells and is a receptor for a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL). SDC-1 is readily shed…
- Abstract Number: 2245 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated with, but Does Not Predict, Change in hsCRP in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)Background/Purpose: In the general population the cardioprotective effects of vitamin D are thought to be due to modulation of inflammatory cytokines. However, the effects of…
- Abstract Number: 934 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Direct Medical Cost Associated with Organ System Involvement in a Commercially Insured Population with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the United StatesBackground/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs including the heart, lungs, kidneys, as well as the joints and…
- Abstract Number: 619 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Elevated Plasma Levels of CXCL2 and CXCL10 Have Distinct Predictive Value in Systemic Lupus ErythematosusBackground/Purpose: Serum levels of chemokines have been previously used as downstream markers of the interferon (IFN) pathway in SLE. CXCL2 (GROB) and CXCL10 (IP-10) have…
- Abstract Number: 2247 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - The First Report of Desensitization to Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole in Patients with Systemic Lupus EryhtematosusBackground/Purpose: Trimethoprin-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is the most effective and widely used prophylactic medication in immunocompromised patients. Some diseases are well-known to cause allergic reactions including human…
- Abstract Number: 935 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Primary Care Preventive Services in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Compared to Others in Their CommunityBackground/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic illness frequently complicated by infections, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer. Primary care preventive services (PCS) are recommended…
