Abstracts tagged "PBMC and MicroRNA"

Abstract Number: 1036 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
RNA Sequencing of PBMCs Reveals Estrogen-Mediated Upregulation of Micro-RNA Processing Machinery
Nicholas Young¹, Kyle Jablonski ², Ifeoma Okafor ³, Emily Schwarz ³, Peter Harb ³, Caitlin Henry ³, Lai-Chu Wu ³ and Wael Jarjour ⁴, ¹The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Columbus, OH, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Columbus, ³Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, ⁴Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Studies examining intracellular micro-RNA (miR) expression in PBMCs of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) have identified distinct disease-associated changes in expression. We have…