Abstracts tagged "Lipids and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1731 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Abnormal Responses of γδ T Cell Subsets to Stimulation with Cardiolipin and Zoledronate in Systemic Sclerosis
Ilan Bank¹, Paul Fisch², Jose Villacorta Hidalgo³, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁴, Yolanda Braun-Moscovici⁵ and Helena Migalovich Sheikhet⁶, ¹Medicine, Maayenei Hayeshuah and Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel, Bnei Brak, Israel, ²3Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany, ³Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Haifa, Israel, ⁵B Shine Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Health Care Campus,. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ⁶Medicine, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an auto-immune disorder leading to destructive tissue fibrosis. Abnormal responses of SSc T cells to lipid antigens and low molecular…
Abstract Number: 1879 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
The Correlation Between Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein and Clinical Manifestations in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Masanari Kodera, Miho Koumura, Yuki Tsurumi, Yoshihito Tanaka, Yu Inasaka and Yumi Ito, Dermatology, Japan Community Health care Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL), especially malondialdehyde modified LDL (MDA-LDL) has attracted attention as a predictive serum marker for the secondary development of atherosclerotic lesions.…