Abstracts tagged "antigen-presenting cells and tolerance"

Abstract Number: 723 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Abatacept Is Highly Effective At Inhibiting T Cell Priming and Induces a Unique Transcriptional Profile In CD4⁺t Cells
Agapitos Patakas¹, Rui-Ru Ji², William Weir³, Sean Connolly², Steven G. Nadler², James M. Brewer⁴, Iain B. McInnes⁴ and Paul Garside⁴, ¹Institute of Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Bristol Myers Squibb Co. Research and Development, Princeton, NJ, ³Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁴Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Absence of co-stimulation in the presence of TCR-stimulation has been proposed to induce tolerance via deletion or anergy. Abatacept is a CTLA-4-Ig molecule that…