Abstracts tagged "interferon and B cell tolerance"

Abstract Number: 884 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Interferon-Alpha Disrupts Multiple B Cell Tolerance Mechanisms in 3H9 Mice
Dario Ferri ¹, Yuriy Baglaenko ², Kieran Manion ³, Carolina Munoz-Grajales ⁴ and Joan Wither⁵, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Brigham Woman's Hospital, Boston, ³Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Interferon-alpha (IFNα) is elevated in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and is thought to play a central role in its pathogenesis. Amongst IFNα’s many effects…