interferons and neonatal disorders Archives

Abstract Number: 941 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Ro/SSA Autoantibody Exposed Neonates Have an Expansion of NK Cells and a Discernible Type II IFN Signature with High IFNγ in Peripheral Blood
Margarita Ivanchenko¹, Malin Hedlund¹, Gudny Ella Thorlacius¹, Vijole Ottosson¹, Karine Chemin², Sven-Erik Sonesson³ and Marie Wahren-Herlenius¹, ¹Unit of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Women´s and Children´s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Congenital heart block (CHB) may develop in the fetus of women with Ro/SSA autoantibodies. The mothers are commonly diagnosed with Sjögren’s syndrome or SLE.…

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