Abstracts tagged "dermatomyositis and inflammatory myositis"

Abstract Number: 947 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Cohesin Complex Is a New Myositis Autoantigen
Shin Tanaka¹, S. John Calise², Yurie Satoh³, Yoshiya Tanaka⁴, Monica Vazquez-Del Mercado⁵, Gabriel Medrano-Ramírez⁶, Eric S. Sobel⁷, Westley H. Reeves⁸, Edward K.L. Chan⁹ and Minoru Satoh¹⁰, ¹Human, Information and Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Miami, FL, ³First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, KItakyushu, Japan, ⁴The First Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational & Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu, Japan, ⁵Servicio de Reumatología, División de Medicina Interna, Hospital Civil Dr. Juan I. Menchaca, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital General de Mexico, Secretaria de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷Medicine/Div of Rheumatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁸Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁹Dept of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Each myositis specific autoantibodies (MSA) are associated with unique clinical subset and useful biomarkers in polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Identifying new MSA will help in monitoring…