Abstract Number: 2798 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bone Marrow In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Contain a Highly Elevated Proportion Of Somatically Mutated, Activated Naive Cells Comprised Of Substantial Clonal Expansions
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease where autoreactive antibodies are produced as a result of abnormal B cell activation and broken self-tolerance. This…