Abstracts tagged "cholesterol loading capacity of serum"

Abstract Number: 0279 • ACR Convergence 2021
Macrophage Cholesterol Loading Associates with Low-density Lipoprotein Structure, Oxidation, Antibodies Against Oxidized Epitopes and Is Modified by Immunomodulatory Treatments in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, Bianca Papotti², sarah ormseth³, Marcella Palumbo⁴, Elizabeth Hernandez³, Cinzia Marchi⁴, Francesca Zimetti⁴, Franco Bernini⁴ and Nicoletta Ronda⁴, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²2. Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Italy, Parma, Italy, ³The Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ⁴Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Background/Purpose: In Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), immune dysregulation, excess inflammation and oxidative stress may alter lipoprotein level and function and promote LDL oxidation and its uptake…