Abstracts tagged "antigens and genomics"

Abstract Number: 101 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
New Technologies for Typing Self-Identifying Antigens Encoded By HLA Genes Provide Cost-Effective Alternatives to Identifying B27 Allele Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis Subjects
Kimberly Robasky¹, Jatinder Kaur², Jennifer Sims¹, Melissa Howard¹, Eric Earley¹ and Eric Lai², ¹EA|Quintiles, Durham, NC, ²Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Deerfield, IL
Background/Purpose: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes code for proteins that allow the immune system to distinguish self from foreign cells. These genes have important indications…