P17 Autophagy- based unconventional secretion of B cell activating factor (BAFF) by monocytes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

• Prodromos Sidiropoulos,
• George Bertsias,
• Panagiotis Verginis,
• Aikaterini Gkirtzimanaki,
• Dimitra Nikoleri,
• Maria Semitekolou,
• Spiros Georgakis

Affiliations

Prodromos Sidiropoulos

1Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

George Bertsias

6Division of Immunity, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology-Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece

Panagiotis Verginis

3Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Aikaterini Gkirtzimanaki

2Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Dimitra Nikoleri

*Equal contributors

Maria Semitekolou

*Equal contributors

Spiros Georgakis

3Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Universite de lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland