Bronchiectasis Is a Model for Chronic Bacterial Infection Inducing Autoimmunity in Rheumatoid Arthritis

OBJECTIVE: To examine the potential of chronic severe bacterial infection to generate rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti–citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs), by studying patients with bronchiectasis (BR) alone and BR patients with rheumatoid arthritis (BR/RA). METHODS: We studied 122 patients with...

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Autores principales: Quirke, Anne‐Marie, Perry, Elizabeth, Cartwright, Alison, Kelly, Clive, De Soyza, Anthony, Eggleton, Paul, Hutchinson, David, Venables, Patrick J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Materias:
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26017630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.39226

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26017630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.39226

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