Abstracts tagged "lupus dermatitis and skin"

Abstract Number: 642 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Treatment with a Glycolipid Ameliorates Lupus Dermatitis and Expands Skin ãä T Cells That Promote the Migration of Langerhans Dendritic Cells
Ram Raj Singh^1,2,3, Anna Eriksson¹, Darshan Randhawa¹ and Miguel-Angel Gutierrez¹, ¹Autoimmunity and Tolerance Laboratory, Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Interdepartmental Program in Molecular Toxicology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Self antigens are taken from tissues to local lymphoid organs to acquire ability to avoid self-reactivity. This important immune function is accomplished by dendritic…