Abstract Number: 1985 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-18 Elevation in Macrophage Activation Syndrome: Human Evidence for a Chronic Set-Point and Murine Evidence for a Non-Hematopoietic Source
Background/Purpose: Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening sepsis-like condition complicating many systemic JIA (sJIA) and Adult-Onset Stills Disease (AOSD) patients. We recently identified that…