Abstracts tagged "preclinical RA"

Abstract Number: 50 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Circulating 25(OH)D, LL-37 and Antimicrobial Protein and Peptide (APP) Levels Are Altered Prior to Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vidyanand Anaparti¹, Xiaobo Meng ¹, Hemshekhar Mahadevappa ¹, Irene Smolik ¹, Neeloffer Mookherjee ¹ and Hani El-Gabalawy ¹, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Epidemiological studies suggest vitamin D deficiency as a potential risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development, a chronic autoimmune disorder highly prevalent in indigenous…