Abstract Number: 2933 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA-DR3 Restricted T Cell Response to Smd and Ro60 Reveals Multiple Cross-Reactive Intra- and Inter-Molecular T Cell Epitopes: Unique Antigenic Structures of Lupus-Related Auto-Antigens and the Basis for B Cell Epitope Spreading
Background/Purpose: Complex auto-Abs targeting nuclear proteins is a hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It is documented that this complexity is the result of “B cell…