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Smoke exposure as a determinant of autoantibody titre in α₁-antitrypsin deficiency and COPD.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Jan 2011
Wood A M, de Pablo P, Buckley C D, Ahmad A, Stockley R A
Abstract excerpt
Liberation of elastin peptides from damaged lung may be a mechanism of autoimmune lung disease. Citrullination, and anti-citrullinated protein antibody formation occurs in smokers, but the role of smoking in autoantibody generation relevant to pulmonary disease is unclear. Anti-elastin, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) and anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV) antibodies were measured in 257...
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