Abstract Number: 1821 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Demethylated CD4+CD28+KIR+CD11ahi T Cells Are Characterized By a Pro-Inflammatory Transcriptome and Interact with Genetic Risk to Predict Disease Activity in Lupus
Background/Purpose: T cell DNA methylation defects play an important role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus. A CD4+CD28+ T cell subset characterized by overexpression…