Abstracts tagged "abatacept and rituximab"

Abstract Number: 3205 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment with Abatacept or Rituximab Targets T Follicular Helper Cells in Patients with Primary Sjogren s Syndrome
Gwenny M. Verstappen¹, Petra M. Meiners², Odilia B.J. Corneth³, Rudi W. Hendriks³, Arjan Vissink⁴, Frans G.M. Kroese⁵ and Hendrika Bootsma⁵, ¹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: T cell-dependent B cell hyperactivity is a characteristic pathogenetic feature of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). This is illustrated by the finding that treatment of…