Quantitative effect of HLA-DRB1 alleles to ACPA levels in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis: no strong genetic impact of shared epitope to ACPA levels after stratification of HLA-DRB1*09:01

Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Jun;71(6):1095-7. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200907. Epub 2012 Jan 10.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / genetics*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology*
  • Asian People / genetics
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Autoantibodies / immunology*
  • Epitopes / genetics
  • Epitopes / immunology
  • HLA-DRB1 Chains / genetics*
  • HLA-DRB1 Chains / immunology
  • Humans
  • Peptides, Cyclic / immunology*

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Epitopes
  • HLA-DRB1 Chains
  • HLA-DRB1*09:01 antigen
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • cyclic citrullinated peptide