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Collagen Specific T-Cell Repertoire and HLA-DR Alleles: Biomarkers of Active Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis.
EBioMedicine - 1 Dec 2015
Di Sante Gabriele, Tolusso Barbara, Fedele Anna Laura, Gremese Elisa, Alivernini Stefano, Nicolò Chiara, Ria Francesco, Ferraccioli Gianfranco
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by chronic joint inflammation and associates with HLA-DRB1*04. The Collagen IIp261-273-specific T cell repertoire in the peripheral blood of DR4 + patients at the onset of the disease shows a restricted TCR-beta chain usage among which the most frequent is TRBV25. To define whether this group of DR4-restricted collagen-specific shared T cell could represent markers of...
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