Abstracts tagged "Early Rheumatoid Arthritis and interferons"

Abstract Number: 533 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Interferon Gene Signature in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Demonstrates No Significant Association with Disease Activity
Faye A H Cooles¹, Amy E. Anderson², Catharien Hilkens³ and John D Isaacs⁴, ¹Musculoskeletal Research Group, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ²Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ³Musculoskeletal Research Group, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁴Newcastle University and the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: An interferon-α gene signature (IGS) has been demonstrated in a number of rheumatological conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) where it is present in about…