Abstracts tagged "cardiovascular disease and immunoglobulin (IG)"

Abstract Number: 560 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Purified IgG From Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Enhances Apoptosis In Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes Exposed To Simulated Myocardial Ischaemic/Reperfusion Injury
Lauren Bourke¹, James McCormick², Vera Ripoll³, Charis Pericleous⁴, Anna Radziszewska⁵, Anastasis Stephanou⁶ and Yiannis Ioannou⁷, ¹Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Clinical & Molecular Genetics Unit, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatology Research, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology, Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵The Rayne Institute, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology at University College London, Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCLH, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Medical and Molecular Biology Unit (MMBU), University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Arthritis Research UK Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology at University College London, Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCLH, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: A significant amount of myocardial damage during a myocardial infarction (MI) occurs during the reperfusion stage which is known as ischaemic reperfusion (I/R) injury…