biomarkers and flow cytometry Archives

Abstract Number: 1917 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
A Novel Type I Interferon Biomarker on B Cell Predicts with Disease Activity in SLE and Can be Measured By Cell Surface Tetherin (CD317)
Yasser M El-Sherbiny^1,2,3, Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof¹, Antonios Psarras¹, Elizabeth M.A. Hensor¹, Kumba Kabba¹, Alaa Mohamed^1,4, Miriam Wittmann⁵, Paul Emery^5,6 and Edward M Vital^1,5,7, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Clinical Pathology dept., School of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, ⁴Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Assiut, Egypt, ⁵NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: SLE is an IFN-I-mediated disease with dysregulated handling of self-nuclear antigens triggering anti-viral immune mechanisms. The level of IFN-I activity appears to stratify for…
Abstract Number: 3157 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
B Cell Profile As a Biomarker of Disease Segmentation and Flare Prognosis in SLE
Chungwen Wei¹, Bridget Neary², Jamie Biear³, Jennifer Barnard^3,4, Michelle Petri⁵, Alex Rosenberg⁶, Jennifer H. Anolik⁷ and Ignacio Sanz¹, ¹Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁵Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ⁶University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁷University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: B cell abnormalities in SLE are well-established contributors to disease pathogenesis. Perturbation of B cell homeostasis in SLE is often described separately for each…

Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and flow cytometry"

A Novel Type I Interferon Biomarker on B Cell Predicts with Disease Activity in SLE and Can be Measured By Cell Surface Tetherin (CD317)

B Cell Profile As a Biomarker of Disease Segmentation and Flare Prognosis in SLE