Abstracts tagged "treatment and viruses"

Abstract Number: 902 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Evidence for Inhibition of Osteoclastogenesis By Cytomegalovirus Infection: Implication in RA Bone Erosion and Identification of a Cellular Protein As a Therapeutic Target
Benjamin Rauwel¹, Michel Baron¹, Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand², Delphine Nigon³, Yannick Degboé², Jacques Izopet¹, Alain Cantagrel¹ and Jean-Luc Davignon¹, ¹CPTP, INSERM UMR 1043, Toulouse, France, ²Rheumatology, Purpan Hospital, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France, ³Rheumatology, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Background/Purpose: Exacerbated differentiation of monocytes into osteoclasts (OC) contributes to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) resulting in severe bone erosion and functional damage. Osteoclastogenesis…