Abstracts tagged "DNA Methylation and polyangiitis"

Abstract Number: 1661 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Circulating Cell Free DNA Released from Eosinophils Is a Practical Biomarker in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Teppei Hashimoto¹, Yuichi Yokoyama ², Tetsuya Furukawa ³, Takahiro Yoshikawa ³, Naoto Azuma ², Kohsuke Yoshida ⁴, Akira Hashiramoto ⁴ and Kiyoshi Matsui ³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan, ⁴Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Fragmented cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is released into blood circulation as results of damage or death of peripheral blood cells as well as organ tissues,…