collagen and inflammatory arthritis Archives

Abstract Number: 1059 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Endogenous Complement Factor H Plays an Important Role in Controlling Immune Complex-Induced Inflammatory Arthritis
Nirmal K. Banda¹, Gaurav Mehta², Viviana P. Ferreira³, Claudio Cortes³, Michael K. Pangburn⁴, William P. Arend² and V. Michael Holers², ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH, ⁴Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Tyler, TX
Background/Purpose: The complement system, a major component of innate immunity, likely plays an important role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Factor H (fH)…
Abstract Number: 337 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
In Vivo Quantification of Joint Inflammation in a Murine Arthritis Model by Anato-Molecular Imaging
Smriti K. Raychaudhuri¹, Anupam Mitra¹, Kuang Gong², Jian Zhou², Jinyi Qi², Siba P. Raychaudhuri¹ and Abhijit J. Chaudhari³, ¹Rheumatology, UC Davis School of Medicine/VA Sacramento Medical Center, Mather, CA, ²Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, ³Radiology, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
Background/Purpose: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) using the radiotracer 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) with X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) has the ability of producing an in vivo, three-dimensional quantitative…

Abstracts tagged "collagen and inflammatory arthritis"

Endogenous Complement Factor H Plays an Important Role in Controlling Immune Complex-Induced Inflammatory Arthritis

In Vivo Quantification of Joint Inflammation in a Murine Arthritis Model by Anato-Molecular Imaging