Abstracts tagged "interleukin 6 and adenosine"

Abstract Number: 2134 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Extracellular Adenosine Increases IL-6 Production by Aging Tenocytes and May Contribute to the Age-related Pattern of Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Charmi Shah¹, Thomas Garvey ², Claudia Gohr ¹, Elizabeth Mitton-fitzgerald ³ and Ann Rosenthal ³, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common disease preferentially affecting elderly patients. Characteristically, PMR involves large tendons and muscles around the hips and shoulders. While…