Abstracts tagged "B cells and B cell targeting"

Abstract Number: 961 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Microenvironment in Systemic Sclerosis Provides a Protective Niche for Tissue-resident B Cells During B Cell Depletion Therapy with Anti-CD20 Antibody
Ai Kuzumi¹, Ayumi Yoshizaki ¹, Takemichi Fukasawa ¹, Satoshi Ebata ¹, Yoshihide Asano ¹ and Shinichi Sato ¹, ¹University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: B cell depletion therapy with anti-CD20 antibody rituximab has emerged as a potential treatment for systemic sclerosis (SSc). Rituximab, which has been used to…