Abstract Number: 1164 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Maria Perez-Ferro1, Cristina Serrano2, Fredeswinda I. Romero1, María J Martínez-Becerra2, Jorge E Rojas3, María Sanchez-Blazquez2, Raquel Largo4, Juan A Martínez-López5, Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont4 and Olga Sanchez-Pernaute1, 1Section for Autoimmune Diseases, Rheumatology, Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 2Immunology, Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 3Nephrology, Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 4Bone and Joint Research Unit, IIS, Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 5Rheumatology, Section for Autoimmune Diseases, Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Toll-like receptors (TLR) are a major class of pathogen detectors in the cell that can trigger the innate defense and lead to activation of…