Abstracts tagged "fibroblasts and juvenile arthritis"

Abstract Number: 132 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Influence of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes and Mature Chondrocytes on Each Other in Culture: A Pilot Study
Amanda R. Schlefman¹, Megan M. Simonds², Kathleen E. Sullivan³, Carlos D. Rosé¹ and AnneMarie C. Brescia¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Nemours/Thomas Jefferson University, Wilmington, DE, ²Nemours Biomedical Research, Wilmington, DE, ³Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: A chondrocyte-like phenotype has previously been described in pediatric fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS), which may contribute to bony overgrowth in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The…