Abstracts tagged "fibrosis and mast cells"

Abstract Number: 1019 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

Involvement of Mast Cells in the Pathogenesis of Sjögren’s Syndrome By Induction of Tissue Fibrosis Via Fibroblast Collagen Synthesis

Shinjiro Kaieda¹, Kyoko Fujimoto², Masaki Tominaga³, Masaki Okamoto⁴, Tomoaki Hoshino⁵ and Hiroaki Ida⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, *Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, kurume, Japan, ²Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ³Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ⁴Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ⁶Respiorogy, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan