immate immune system Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 2355 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Antirheumatic Therapy Is Associated with Reduced Complement Activation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Thao Nguyen¹, Ingrid Hokstad ², Gia Deyab ³, Tom Eirik Mollnes ⁴, Stefan Agewall ⁴, Morten Fagerland ⁴, Gro Eilertsen ⁵, Mark Feinberg ⁶, Knut Mikkelsen ², Øystein Førre ⁴ and Ivana Hollan ⁷, ¹Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, ²Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway, ³Innlandet Hospital Trust, Bærum, Akershus, Norway, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, ⁶Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Boston, Boston, MA, ⁷Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway
Background/Purpose: Inflammation and immune dysregulation appear to significantly contribute to increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The complement system is a…
Abstract Number: 463 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Deficiency of Transmembrane Protein VISTA (V-domain Immunoglobulin Suppressor of T-cell Activation) Ameliorates Murine Collagen-II Antibody-Induced Arthritis
Roy Fava^1,2, Sabrina Ceeraz³, Susan Eszterhas⁴, Petra Sergent³, Christopher Burns⁵ and Mathew Vincenti^6,7, ¹Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, White River Junction, VT, ²Department of Medicinee, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ³Microbiology/Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, white River Junction, VT, ⁵Section of Rheumatology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁶Department of Veterans Affairs, White River Junction, VT, ⁷Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: The transmembrane protein VISTA, is a member of the B7/CD28 family of immune modulator proteins and can function as a negative immune checkpoint regulator…

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Antirheumatic Therapy Is Associated with Reduced Complement Activation in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Deficiency of Transmembrane Protein VISTA (V-domain Immunoglobulin Suppressor of T-cell Activation) Ameliorates Murine Collagen-II Antibody-Induced Arthritis