ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 1965 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Anna-Sophia Pörings1, Torsten Lowin2, Luise Rauch1, Tanja Späth1, Angelika Graeber2 and Rainer Straub3, 1Department of Internal Medicine I, Laboratory of Exp. Rheumatology and Neuroendocrino-Immunology, Regensburg, Germany, 2Department of Internal Medicine I, Laboratory of Exp. Rheumatology and Neuroendocrino-Immunology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, 3Internal Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammation is characterized by an energy appeal reaction supporting high energy demand of the activated immune system. Thyroid hormones are strongly associated with…