Abstracts tagged "fibroblasts and sex hormones"

Abstract Number: 1974 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Sex Steroids, Interleukin-1, and Interleukin-10 Inhibit interferon–gamma (IFN-γ) Induced B Cell Activating Factor of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Family (BAFF) in Human Synovial Fibroblasts
Georg Pongratz¹, Marina Bäuml², Tanja Späth², Rainer Straub³ and Torsten Lowin², ¹Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ²University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ³Internal Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose B cell activating factor of the tumor necrosis factor family (BAFF) is a cytokine important for the stimulation and survival of autoreactive B cells…