Abstracts tagged "autoantigens and autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 562 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Anti-Muscarinic Receptor 3 Antibodies – a Cross Reactive Result of Ro60 Immunization
Syed M.S. Quadri¹, Biji T Kurien², Kristi A. Koelsch³ and R. Hal Scofield⁴, ¹Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Okalahoma City, OK, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease characterized by impaired function of salivary and lacrimal glands leading to dry mouth and dry…