ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 1786 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Gregg J. Silverman1, Doua F. Azzouz2, Hanane El Bannoudi2, Aidana Omarbekova3, Brad H. Rovin4, Roberto Caricchio5, Alexander Alekseyenko6 and Jill P. Buyon2, 1Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 3New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 4Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 5Medicine/Rheumatology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 6Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: A transmissible agent has long been suspected in the pathogenesis of SLE, yet the potential contribution of members of the intestinal microbiome to the…