Abstracts tagged "flow cytometry and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 2691 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
A Novel CD123^–CD11c^– Dendritic Cell Subset Increased in Relation to Disease Activity in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Satoshi Kubo¹, Shingo Nakayamada¹, Naoki Yunoue¹, Maiko Yoshikawa¹, Kunihiro Yamaoka¹ and Yoshiya Tanaka², ¹The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by overproduction of autoantibodies by B cells and breaking self-tolerance of T cells and dendritic…
Abstract Number: 1623 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Increased CD95 (Fas) Expression on Naive B Cells Is Associated with a Switch to Double Negative and Plasma Cells in the Peripheral Blood, and Correlates with Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Julie Ducreux¹, Séverine Nieuwland², Frédéric A. Houssiau¹ and Bernard R. Lauwerys¹, ¹Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Pôle de Maladies Rhumatismales, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ²Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Pôle de pathologies rhumatismales, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by a break of tolerance to autoantigens, and polyclonal activation of B cells. We performed multicolor flow cytometry…