efferocytosis and rheumatoid arthritis Archives

Abstract Number: 2560 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Mer Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Plays a Protective Role in Joint Inflammation By Mediating Efferocytosis
Claire E.J. Waterborg¹, Silke Beermann¹, Miranda B. Bennink¹, Carla V. Rothlin², Greg Lemke³ and Fons A.J. van de Loo¹, ¹Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ³Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by a hyper-inflammatory response in synovial joints. In joints of patients with active RA, few…

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