Abstracts tagged "polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and regeneration"

Abstract Number: 271 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Impaired Satellite Cell Activation and Myofiber Transition during Skeletal Muscle Regeneration in Patients with Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis
Beatriz Hanaoka¹, Prabhakara R. Nagareddy², Marilyn Campbell³, Leslie J. Crofford⁴, Charlotte A. Peterson⁵, Lisa G. Rider⁶ and Frederick W. Miller⁷, ¹Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Nutritional Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ⁴Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nasville, TN, ⁵College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ⁶Rheumatology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁷Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Satellite cells are myogenic stem cells that are essential for myofiber repair, growth and homeostasis in postnatal life. A decline in satellite cell performance…