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SUBMITTER: Ohmi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4822049 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ohmi Yuhsuke Y Ise Wataru W Harazono Akira A Takakura Daisuke D Fukuyama Hidehiro H Baba Yoshihiro Y Narazaki Masashi M Shoda Hirofumi H Takahashi Nobunori N Ohkawa Yuki Y Ji Shuting S Sugiyama Fumihiro F Fujio Keishi K Kumanogoh Atsushi A Yamamoto Kazuhiko K Kawasaki Nana N Kurosaki Tomohiro T Takahashi Yoshimasa Y Furukawa Koichi K
Nature communications 20160405
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated IgG antibodies such as anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) have diverse glycosylation variants; however, key sugar chains modulating the arthritogenic activity of IgG remain to be clarified. Here, we show that reduced sialylation is a common feature of RA-associated IgG in humans and in mouse models of arthritis. Genetically blocking sialylation in activated B cells results in exacerbation of joint inflammation in a collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) ...[more]