Autoantibodies to Posttranslational Modifications in Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Main Authors: Agata N. Burska (Author), Laura Hunt (Author), Marjorie Boissinot (Author), Rocky Strollo (Author), Brent J. Ryan (Author), Ed Vital (Author), Ahuva Nissim (Author), Paul G. Winyard (Author), Paul Emery (Author), Frederique Ponchel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Autoantibodies have been associated with human pathologies for a long time, particularly with autoimmune diseases (AIDs). Rheumatoid factor (RF) is known since the late 1930s to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The discovery of anticitrullinated protein antibodies in the last century ha...