ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 1952 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Judith Land1, Lucas L. Lintermans1, Coen A. Stegeman2, Ernesto J. Muñoz-Elías3, Peter Heeringa4, Abraham Rutgers1 and Wayel H. Abdulahad1, 1Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 2Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 3Kineta Inc, Seattle, WA, 4Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) patients are often treated with immunesuppressives or B cell depleting therapy. While B cells are involved in GPA pathogenesis as…