Abstracts tagged "Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 591 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Elevated Level Of cfDNA Mainly Derive From Netosis Of Common Neutrophils As Well As Low-Density Granulocytes In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Is Associated With Lupus Nephritis Severity
Sigong Zhang¹, Guochun Wang² and Xin Lu², ¹Department of Rheumatology,, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing, China, ²Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Insufficient clearance of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) has been involved in lupus nephritis and can cause the increase of residual NETs in vivo, which…