Abstracts tagged "lipids and PON1"

Abstract Number: 2842 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Paraoxonase 1 Activity Is Abnormal in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Associates with Poor Disease Control
Sangmee Bae¹, Ilana Golub ², Jennifer Wang ³, Ani Shahbazian ², Srinivasa Reddy ³ and Christina Charles-Schoeman ⁴, ¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, ³UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, ⁴University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Inflammation and damage to the vascular endothelium are implicated in the pathogenesis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), particularly dermatomyositis. Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is a…