ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 2744 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Michal Rudnik1, Mara Stellato 1, Filip Rolski 2, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk 3, Karin Klingel 4, Joerg Henes 5, Carol Feghali-Bostwick 6, Oliver Distler 7 and Gabriela Kania 3, 1Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2Department of Clinical Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland, 3Centre of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 4Institute for Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, 5University Hospital Tuebingen, Department of Internal Medicine II (Oncology, Haematology, Immunology and Rheumatology), Tuebingen, Germany, 6Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charlston, SC, 7Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Infiltration of inflammatory cells, including monocytes, into the organs is a major process leading to fibrosis, remodelling and organ dysfunction in systemic sclerosis (SSc).…