Abstracts tagged "adaptive immunity and cutaneous lupus erythematosus"

Abstract Number: 99 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DC-Hil+ Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Are Elevated in the Peripheral Blood and Lesional Skin of Cutaneous Lupus Patients
Stephanie Florez-Pollack¹, Lin-chiang Tseng¹, Masato Kobayashi¹, Gregory Hosler^1,2, Kiyoshi Ariizumi¹ and Benjamin F. Chong¹, ¹Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Propath, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are major T cell suppressors, and their dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases. MDSCs suppress…