Rheumatoid arthritis sera antibodies to citrullinated collagen type II bind to joint cartilage

Abstract Objective To investigate the occurrence and frequency of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) to cyclic citrullinated type II collagen (COL2) epitope with a capacity to bind joint cartilage. Methods Luminex immunoassay was used to analyze serum antibody reactivity to 10 COL2-citrull...

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Main Authors: Qixing Li, Yanpeng Li, Bibo Liang, Rui Xu, Bingze Xu, Erik Lönnblom, Hui Feng, Jing’an Bai, Roma Stawikowska, Changrong Ge, Aiping Lu, Gregg B. Fields, Lianbo Xiao, Rikard Holmdahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-022-02945-0