Abstracts tagged "antiphospholipid syndrome and interferons"

Abstract Number: 853 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Enhanced Type I Interferon Gene Signature in Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Association with Earlier Disease Onset and Preeclampsia
Michelle Lopes¹, Giovana Torrezan², Ana Paula Gandara¹, Eloisa Olivieri³, Iana Nascimento¹, Erica Okazaki⁴, Eloisa Bonfa⁵, Dirce Carraro⁶ and Danieli Andrade¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Genomics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Macromolecules Laboratory, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Hemathology, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Division of Genomic Diagnostics, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) is an autoimmune vasculopathy mediated by autoantibodies with thrombosis as its main clinical manifestation. The presence of antiphospholipid antibodies, while…