Abstracts tagged "autoimmunity and fibroblasts"

Abstract Number: 10 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

Fibroblast like Synoviocytes (FLS) Are Capable of Inducing Phenotypical Changes Including Class Switch Recombination (CSR) in Naive B Cells, but Additional Factors Are Required to Trigger Immunoglobulin Secretion

Dennis Bleck¹, Torsten Lowin², Matthias Schneider³ and Georg Pongratz⁴, ¹Rheumatology Policlinic & Hiller Research Unit, Medical Faculty, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ²Department and Hiller Research Center for Rheumatology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Department and Hiller Research Center for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁴Dpt. of Rheumatology - Hiller Research Center Rheumatology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany