Abstracts tagged "auto-immunity and autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 2852 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Excessive Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps: Different Role in the Pathogenesis of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Laura van Dam¹, Tineke Kraaij¹, Sylvia W.A. Kamerling¹, Hans U. Scherer², Ton Rabelink¹, Cees van Kooten¹ and Y.K. Onno Teng¹, ¹Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) both cause glomerulonephritis with pauci-immune and full-house immunofluorescence patterns, respectively. Although AAV and SLE are clinically…