Abstract Number: 2083 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epistasis between HLA-B27 and ERAP1 Affects Gut Microbial Dysbiosis and Arthritis in Experimental Spondyloarthritis
Background/Purpose: Common variants in endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated aminopeptidase-1 (ERAP1) affect susceptibility to spondyloarthritis (SpA) in HLA-B27-positive human subjects, with loss-of-function/expression conferring protection. Using HLA-B27/human b2-microglobulin…