Abstract Number: 115 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Are Clonally-expanded in IgG4-related Disease and Home to Affected Tissues
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a chronic immune-mediated fibrotic disease often causing multi-organ involvement. We have previously reported the association of SLAMF7+ CD4+ cytotoxic T…Abstract Number: 972 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Disease Severity Is Linked to an Increase in Autoantibody Diversity in IgG4-related Disease
Background/Purpose: The oligoclonal expansion in IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) of both plasmablasts and tissue-infiltrating CD4+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes, the identification of specific auto-antigens as B cell…Abstract Number: 2821 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clonal Expansion of a Specific Subset of Cytotoxic CD4+T Cells and Tissue Apoptosis in Patients with IgG4-related Disease
Background/Purpose: In IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), both activated B cells and CD4+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CD4+CTLs) expand clonally, accumulate in tissues, likely recognize distinct epitopes on…