Abstracts tagged "nod-like receptor (NLR) and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 1166 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Anti-Inflammatory Property Of HDL In NOD1 Ligand Induced Kawasaki Arteritis In Mice
Hajime Kono¹, Tamiko Yanagida², Kurumi Asako¹, Toshihiro Nanki¹, Hirotoshi Kikuchi¹, Akiko Okamoto¹, Akiko Onda³ and Maki Takayama¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Depart ment of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Atherosclerosis is a chronic metabolic disease of inflammatory processes. Immune cells including monocytes are recruited to the subintimal lesion of the vascular wall and…