Abstracts tagged "disease susceptibility and toll-like receptors"

Abstract Number: 3081 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
IRF5 Deletion Prevents the SLE-like Disease Initiated By Dendritic Cell-Specific Loss of Caspase 8
Carla M. Cuda¹ and Harris R. Perlman², ¹Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Previous studies implicate dendritic cells (DCs) in the initiation and persistence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). While DCs from SLE patients exhibit elevated activation,…