Abstracts tagged "bleomycin"

Abstract Number: 1373 • ACR Convergence 2021
Paraoxonase-1: Potential Novel Marker of Disease Extent and Activity in Systemic Sclerosis
Suzanne Kafaja¹, Isela Valera², Yossra Suliman³, Mohamed Alemam⁴, Rosha Mamita⁵, Jennifer Wang⁵, Ani Shahbazian⁶, Philip Clements⁷ and Christina Charles-Schoeman⁶, ¹University of California Los Angeles Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²Florida Universtity- College of Health and Human Sciences, Talahhasse, FL, ³Department of Clinical Pathology, Qena Faculty of Medicine, Assiut, Egypt, ⁴Department of Pathology< Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University,, Assiut, Egypt, ⁵University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Department of Rhemumatology, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Our understanding of the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) continues to evolve. Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathophysiology of disease, but minimal…