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A minor group of rheumatoid factors isolated from a patient with rheumatoid arthritis is derived from somatically mutated Vk1 genes further evidence that rheumatoid factors during autoimmune diseases undergo an antigen driven maturation.
Autoimmunity - 1 Jan 1993
Martin T, Crouzier R, Blaison G, Levallois H, Pasquali J L
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To better understand the structural basis for rheumatoid factor [RF] activity and the origin of autoantibodies in human autoimmune diseases, we isolated the RF producing B cells from the peripheral blood and from the synovial fluid of a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis [RA]. We previously demonstrated that a significant fraction of these RF were derived from three V kappa III genes known to encode most...
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