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Smoking, citrullination and genetic variability in the immunopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.
Seminars in immunology - 1 Apr 2011
Klareskog Lars, Malmström Vivianne, Lundberg Karin, Padyukov Leonid, Alfredsson Lars
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This review describes how studies on interactions between genetic variants, and environmental factors, mainly smoking, contribute to the understanding of how autoimmunity to post-translationally (citrullinated) proteins/peptides may occur and potentially contribute to certain subsets of rheumatoid arthritis. A main message is that studies on specific immune mechanisms in a complex and heterogeneous disease like...
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