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HLA-DRB1*0404 is strongly associated with anticalpastatin antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Dec 2007
Auger Isabelle, Roudier Chantal, Guis Sandrine, Balandraud Nathalie, Roudier Jean
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To test whether HLA-DR alleles influence the production of particular autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, we screened synovial proteins with sera of RA patients homozygous for different HLA-DR alleles by using 2D blots. We found that sera of RA patients homozygous for HLA-DRB1*0404 recognised a 100-kDa synovial protein identified as calpastatin. We studied B and T cell epitopes on...
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