Abstracts tagged "platelets and rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 584 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Glycoprotein VI: A Potential Target for ACPA-Mediated Platelet Activation?
John Stack¹, Anne Madigan², Laura Helbert¹, Niamh Redmond¹, Eimear Dunne³, Dermot Kenny³ and Geraldine M. McCarthy², ¹Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland, ³Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, RCSI, Dublin 2, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Arterial thrombosis is a major cause of mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA),especially in anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)-positive patients Recent studies suggest that platelet activation…