Abstracts tagged "juvenile dermatomyositis and neutrophils"

Abstract Number: 2026 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Calcium Crystal-Mediated Netosis in Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Anti-RNP+ Overlap Syndrome with Skin Involvement
Christian Lood¹, Gabrielle A. Morgan², Marisa Klein-Gitelman³, Megan L. Curran⁴ and Lauren M. Pachman⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Cure JM Program of Excellence in Myositis Research, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Section of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁵Cure JM Program of Excellence in Juvenile Myositis Research, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are key immune cells participating in host defense through several mechanisms, including the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Although beneficial from a…