Association of levels of antibodies against citrullinated cyclic peptides and citrullinated α-enolase in chronic and aggressive periodontitis as a risk factor of Rheumatoid arthritis: a case control study

BACKGROUND: Periodontal disease could be a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is assumed that the bacterial strain Porphyromonas gingivalis mediates citrullination of host peptides and thereby the generation of RA-associated autoantibodies in genetically predisposed individuals. For that...

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Autores principales: Reichert, Stefan, Schlumberger, Wolfgang, Dähnrich, Cornelia, Hornig, Nora, Altermann, Wolfgang, Schaller, Hans-Günter, Schulz, Susanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4552989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26319714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-015-0625-7

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