Humoral autoimmune response against specific collagen type II epitopes in Bulgarian patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Collagen type II (CII) is a strong candidate autoantigen for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. CII is the main structural protein of synovial cartilage and it is attacked by both antibodies and T-cells during RA disease course. Experiments with mouse models have identified an immunodominant T-...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Plovdiv University Press
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of BioScience and Biotechnology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jbb.uni-plovdiv.bg/documents/27807/1703624/jbb_2016-5%281%29-pages_45-52.pdf |