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Weak CD4+ T-cell responses to citrullinated vimentin in rheumatoid arthritis patients carrying HLA-DR9 alleles.
Rheumatology international - 1 Jun 2012
Catalán Diego, Aravena Octavio, Zúñiga Roberto, Silva Natalia, Escobar Alejandro, Sabugo Francisca, Wurmann Pamela, Soto Lilian, González Rodrigo, Alfaro Jorge, Larrondo Milton, Cuchacovich Miguel, Aguillón Juan Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Citrullinated vimentin (cVIM) is one of the antigens specifically targeted by anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The association between ACPA and certain HLA-DRB1 alleles, those coding for the shared epitope (SE), suggests that this response could...
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