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Clonal haematopoiesis and risk of incident rheumatoid arthritis: results from the UK Biobank.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jul 2026
Cui Jing, Yu Zhi, Oakes Emily G, Truong Buu, Uddin Mesbah, Bick Alexander, Niroula Abhishek, Solomon Daniel H, Natarajan Pradeep, Costenbader Karen H
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OBJECTIVES: Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CH), somatic genetic mutations conferring stem cells selective advantage, are associated with increased inflammatory cytokine production, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and malignancy. We investigated whether CH was related to risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an inflammatory autoimmune disease. METHODS: Within the UK Biobank, we studied 186,577...
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