Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 665 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DNA hypermethylation of Forkhead box protein 3 (FOXP3) locus leads to quantitative defects of regulatory T cells in systemic sclerosis
Yaoyao Wang¹, Ye Shu², Qing Wang¹, Ming Zhao¹, Gongping Liang¹, Qianjin Lu¹ and Rong Xiao¹, ¹Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, ²Department of Dermatology, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China

Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease of which the etiology and pathogenesis remains complex and poorly understood. Attention has recently been directed…
Abstract Number: 25 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
SLE Flares Are Characterized By Generalized Polyclonal Expansions Of Antibody Secreting Cells Without Preference For Autoimmune Responses
H. Travis Ichikawa, Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Increased circulating antibody secreting cells (ASC), including both CD138- plasmablasts and CD138+ plasma cells (PB/PC), correlate with SLE activity and are prominent during Lupus…

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