Abstracts tagged "SLE and infection"

Abstract Number: 1594 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
High Expression of CD38 on CD8 T Cells Predicts Increased Burden of Infections in Patients with SLE
Lama Mulki¹, Abel Suarez-Fueyo ², Eri Katsuyama ², Vasileios Kyttaris ² and George Tsokos ², ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: We have previously reported that CD38 gene expression in the peripheral blood T cell from patients with SLE is increased. CD8+CD38+ T cells have…
Abstract Number: 2122 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
CD38 over-Expression in CD8 Positive Cells Defines a Group of Patients with SLE Prone to Infections
Lama Mulki¹, Abel Suarez-Fueyo¹, Eri Katsuyama¹, Vasileios C. Kyttaris¹ and George C Tsokos², ¹Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: It has been previously shown by our laboratory that CD38 gene expression is increased in the peripheral blood T cell from patients with SLE.…
Abstract Number: 2653 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Exposure to a Periodontal Pathogen Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans Is Associated with Increased SLE Severity
Harini Bagavant¹, Nina Wolska¹, Paulina Rybakowska¹, Magdalena Sroka¹, Astrid Rasmussen¹, Indra Adrianto¹, Felicia Qi², Courtney Montgomery¹, Kathy L. Sivils¹, Joel M. Guthridge³, Judith A. James¹, Joan T. Merrill¹ and Umesh Deshmukh¹, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OKC, OK
Background/Purpose: Infections are linked to morbidity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study was undertaken to evaluate oral infections by dental plaque bacteria in SLE…