Abstracts tagged "African Ancestry"

Abstract Number: 0521 • ACR Convergence 2021
Genome-Wide DNA Methylation and Gene Expression Signatures in Classical Monocytes from African Ancestry Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Sarah Smith¹, Peter Allen², Robert Wilson¹, Jena Wirth¹, DeAnna Baker Frost¹, Gary Gilkeson¹, Melissa Cunningham¹, Devin Absher³ and Paula Ramos¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem autoimmune disorder that has an unclear etiology and disproportionately affects individuals of African ancestry (AA). Despite this, AA…