Abstracts tagged "Alternative Activation"

Abstract Number: 287 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-TNF Agents Induce Alternative Macrophages
Yannick Degboé¹, Benjamin Rauwel², Michel Baron², Jean Frédéric Boyer², Alain Cantagrel², Arnaud Constantin³ and Jean-Luc Davignon², ¹Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse Purpan, INSERM UMR 1043, Toulouse, France, ²CPTP, INSERM UMR 1043, Toulouse, France, ³Department of Rheumatology, Purpan Hospital, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France, Toulouse, France
Background/Purpose: Macrophages contribute to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They can display various states of activation or « polarization », characterized by distinct functions…
Abstract Number: 1651 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Glomerular Macrophage Phenotypes and Urine Soluble CD163 with Disease Activity in Human Lupus Nephritis
Naotake Tsuboi¹, Nobuhide Endo¹, Seiichi Matsuo² and Shoichi Maruyama¹, ¹Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ²Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: In addition to the effector roles of classically activated macrophages for tissue injury, recent studies have shown that alternatively activated (M2) macrophages are involved…