Abstracts tagged "Dermatomyositis and musculoskeletal disorders"

Abstract Number: 1939 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Overexpression of Ankyrin Repeat Domain Containing Protein 1 Gene (ANKRD1) in Dermatomyositis Muscle Biopsies Is Correlated to Hypoxia and Perifascicular Atrophy
Samuel K. Shinjo¹, Sueli M. Oba-Shinjo², Miyuki Uno³ and Suely K. N. Marie³, ¹Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: ANKRD1 codes for ankyrin repeat domain containing protein 1, which belongs to the muscle ankyrin repeat protein family involved in a mechano-signaling pathway that…