ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 788 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Rebecca Nicolai1, Ivan Caiello 2, Rava' Lucilla 3, Silvia Rosina 4, Francesco Licciardi 5, Luisa Bracci Laudiero 2, Angelo Ravelli 6, Fabrizio De Benedetti 7 and Gian Marco Moneta 2, 1Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 2Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, 3Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Roma, Italy, Rome, Italy, 4Giannina Gaslini Institute, IRCCS Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, 5Division of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Regina Margherita Children Hospital,Turin, Italy, Turin, Italy, 6IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy, 7Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Interferons (IFNs) seem to play an important role in the pathogenesis of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). Our group previously reported that expression of both type…