Immunization with glucose-6-phosphate isomerase induces T cell-dependent peripheral polyarthritis in genetically unaltered mice.

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the joints. The search for arthritogenic autoantigens that trigger autoimmune responses in rheumatoid arthritis has largely focused on cartilage- or joint-specific Ags. In this study, we show that immunization with the ubiquitously expressed glycolytic enzyme glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (G6PI) induces severe peripheral symmetric...

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