Abstracts tagged "Autoantigens and proteomics"

Abstract Number: 158 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Use Of “Autoantigenomics” To Rapidly Identify Targets Of Human Autoantibodies
Wei-Hong Yang¹, Emily G. Bloch², Daniel F. Berenson³, Rita L. Galdos³, Pankaj Arora⁴, Connie Wu² and Donald B. Bloch⁵, ¹Rheumatology, allergy and immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³The Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴3the Center for Human Genetic Research and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The messenger RNA (mRNA) processing body (P-body) is a cellular structure that regulates the stability of cytoplasmic mRNA. Approximately 5% of patients with the…