Abstracts tagged "large vessel vasculitis and mast cells"

Abstract Number: 784 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Inhibitory Effects of Mast Cells in Aortitis Involves Aortic Expression of Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling-1
Jason Springer¹, Vineesh Raveendran², Donald Smith³, Mehrdad Maz⁴ and Kottarappat Dileepan², ¹Department of Rheumatology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ³University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Background/Purpose Early in the pathogenesis of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) dendritic cells interact with T cells of both Th1 and Th17 origin. IL-6; released by…