The HLA-DRB1 shared epitope is not associated with antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-187

  Xue, Y ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Chen, Y M ^a   Guan, M ^a   Zheng, S G ^b   Zou, H J ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE; CYCLOPEPTIDE; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LASER NEPHELOMETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45549097252     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740701874444     Document Type: Article

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