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Anti-citrullinated glucose-6-phosphate isomerase peptide antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis are associated with HLA-DRB1 shared epitope alleles and disease activity.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Apr 2013
Umeda N, Matsumoto I, Ito I, Kawasaki A, Tanaka Y, Inoue A, Tsuboi H, Suzuki T, Hayashi T, Ito S, Tsuchiya N, Sumida T
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To identify and characterize anti-citrullinated glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (GPI) peptide antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Nine GPI arginine-bearing peptides in human GPI protein were selected and cyclic citrullinated GPI peptides (CCG-1-9) were constructed. Samples were obtained from RA (n = 208), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (n = 101), Sjögren's syndrome (SS; n = 101) and healthy...
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