Abstracts tagged "resistin"

Abstract Number: 1768 • ACR Convergence 2021
Additional Hydroxychloroquine Therapy Regulates Adipokines in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Stable Disease Activity
Risa Wakiya¹, Kiyo Ueeda¹, Hiromi Shimada¹, Shusaku Nakashima¹, Mikiya Kato¹, Taichi Miyagi², Mansour mai¹, Koichi Sugihara¹, Rina Semba¹, Mao Mizusaki¹, Tomohiro Kameda¹ and Hiroaki Dobashi³, ¹Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan, ²Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), atherosclerosis is strongly associated with vital prognosis. On the other hand, arteriosclerosis is strongly influenced by serum adipokines. The…