Abstracts tagged "pathogenesis and membrane injury"

Abstract Number: 881 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Auto-antibodies Targeting Components of Sarcolemma Repair: A Pathogenic Mechanism in Human Inflammatory Myopathies
Kevin McElhanon¹, Ana Capati ², Nicholas Young ³, Brian Paleo ², Eric Beck ², Zarife Sahenk ⁴, Rohit Aggarwal ⁵, Chester Oddis ⁵, Noah Weisleder ¹ and Wael Jarjour ⁶, ¹Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute & Dept. of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Columbus, OH, ⁴Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) represent a group of disorders causing chronic inflammation and significant damage to skeletal muscle due to an unchecked autoimmune response. …