Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies and autoantigens"

Abstract Number: 2932 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA-DR3 Restricted Response to Lupus-Related Auto-Antigen Smd: Autoreactive T Cells Are Inherent in Normal Immune Repertoires
Zhenhuan Zhao¹, Jiling Ren¹, Chao Dai², Carol Kannapell¹, Qian Wang³, Felicia Gaskin⁴ and Shu Man Fu⁵, ¹Medicine/CIIR/Rheumatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Center for Immunity, Inflammation, and Regenerative Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: HLA class II is the major susceptibility region for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and…
Abstract Number: 608 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Novel Autoantibodies in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Using Human Protein Microarray
Matthew Presby¹, Mark J. Soloski¹, John A. Flynn², Clifton O. Bingham III¹, Michael M. Ward³ and Grant H. Louie⁴, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Dept of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Bldg 10 CRC Rm 4-1339, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an immune-mediated disease for which the search for autoantibodies has been elusive. Conventional immunoserological approaches are slow and limited…
Abstract Number: 2522 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Autoantibody Against CAF-1 Is a Biomarker For CNS Manifestation in patients With SLE
Kentaro Doe¹, Kazuhisa Nozawa², Kaori Hiruma², Yusuke Yamada¹, Yuko Matsuki¹, Soichiro Nakano¹, Michihiro Ogasawara³ and Yoshinari Takasaki⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of internal medicine and rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is known to be an autoantigen specifically recognized by antibodies in sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although a prevalence of anti-PCNA…