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The Devil in the Details: The Emerging Role of Anticitrulline Autoimmunity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
1 Nov 2005
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of unknown cause. The immune response against citrullinated Ags has recently become the prime suspect for disease pathogenesis. Immunity against citrullinated Ags is thought to play a pivotal role in the disease for several reasons: 1) citrullinated Ags are expressed in the target organ, the inflamed joint; 2) anti-citrullinated protein Abs are...
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