Abstracts tagged "Cerebritis"

Abstract Number: 2838 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Apoptotic Bodies Containing dsDNA Covalently Modified By Parvovirus B19 Non-Structural Protein NS1 Induce dsDNA Autoantibodies and End Organ Damage in Non-Autoimmune Mice
Stanley J. Naides¹, Kanoktip Puttaraksa², Heidi Pirttinen² and Leona Gilbert², ¹Immunology, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, San Juan Capistrano, CA, ²Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Background/Purpose: Persistent viral infections can induce aberrant immune responses and are implicated in the development of autoimmunity. Parvovirus B19 (B19V) non-structural protein, NS1, a helicase,…