Abstracts tagged "osteoclastogenesis and spondylarthropathy"

Abstract Number: 2823 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Gut Inflammation in HLA-B27 Transgenic Rats Alters the Monocyte Compartment and Its Osteoclastogenic Potential
C. Ansalone, L. Utriainen, S. W. F. Milling and C. S. Goodyear, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Human HLA-B27 and β2-microglobulin transgenic rats (B27 rats), an animal model for spondyloarthropathies, spontaneously develop inflammatory colitis and bone loss. We have previously demonstrated…