Abstract Number: 1094 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased IgA Plasmablasts Are Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis-Related Autoantibodies in the Absence of Inflammatory Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) autoimmunity starts years before clinically apparent inflammatory arthritis (IA) develops, and elevated disease-specific autoantibodies, including anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and rheumatoid…