Abstracts tagged "T cells and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 2499 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Peroxisome-Proliferator Activated Receptor-γ Agonist Pioglitazone Modulates Aberrant T-Cell Responses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Wenpu Zhao¹, Celine C. Berthier², Matthias Kretzler³ and Mariana J. Kaplan⁴, ¹University of Michigan Rheumatology, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Previous studies indicate that PPAR-γ agonists, including pioglitazone (PIO), down-regulate autoimmune responses and renal inflammation in murine SLE. However, the mechanisms implicated in this process…
Abstract Number: 2337 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Therapeutic Promotion of CD8 CTL by CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) in an Induced Model of Lupus
Maksym Puliaiev¹, Kateryna Soloviova¹ and Charles S. Via², ¹Pathology Department, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, ²Pathology Rm B3-100, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: In addition to TcR signaling and costimulation, CD8 T cells require a third signal to mature into effector cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). In pathogen…
Abstract Number: 2316 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Generation of CD4⁺ Follicular Helper Tcells by Complement and Immune Complexes
Anil K. Chauhan¹, Richard DiPaolo² and Terry L. Moore³, ¹Rheumatology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ²Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis, MO, ³Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Complement opsonized immune complexes (ICs) are key players of disease pathology. We showed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ICs and complement (C’) drive activation…

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