Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies and major histocompatibility complex (MHC)"

Abstract Number: 2675 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Oral and Gut Microbiota Influence Immune Responses to Sjogren’s Syndrome Associated Antigen Ro60
Agnieszka Szymula¹, Barbara Szczerba¹, Harini Bagavant¹, Shu-Man Fu² and Umesh Deshmukh³, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies reactive against Ro60 protein are often found in patients with Sjogren’s syndrome. This study was undertaken to investigate the role of oral and…