In a previous issue of Arthritis Research and Therapy, Ursum and colleagues report the relative stabilities of anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPAs) and IgM rheumatoid factors during the course of rheumatoid arthritis and their differential correlation with markers of the acute-phase response. These findings add to a growing body of evidence highlighting the distinct nature of these two autoantibody systems and the role of ACPAs as a disease-specific marker of rheumatoid arthritis.
Anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies and rheumatoid factors: two distinct autoantibody systems / Valesini, Guido; Alessandri, Cristiano. - In: ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY. - ISSN 1478-6354. - 11:5(2009), pp. 125-126. [10.1186/ar2786]
Anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies and rheumatoid factors: two distinct autoantibody systems
VALESINI, Guido;ALESSANDRI, cristiano
2009
Abstract
In a previous issue of Arthritis Research and Therapy, Ursum and colleagues report the relative stabilities of anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPAs) and IgM rheumatoid factors during the course of rheumatoid arthritis and their differential correlation with markers of the acute-phase response. These findings add to a growing body of evidence highlighting the distinct nature of these two autoantibody systems and the role of ACPAs as a disease-specific marker of rheumatoid arthritis.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.