Abstracts tagged "macrophages and phenotypes"

Abstract Number: 754 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Dynamic Distribution and Phenotype Shift from M1 to M2 of Macrophages in Vascular Lesions of Naïve and Treated Patients with Takayasu Arteritis
Xiufang Kong¹, Ming Xu ², Xiaomeng Cui ², Lingying Ma ², Huiyong Chen ³, Lili Ma ² and Lindi Jiang ², ¹University of Michigan & Fudan University, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Rheumatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, Shanghai
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by arterial vascular fibrosis. Type I (M1) and type II (M2) macrophages play very important…