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SUBMITTER: Ling SF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7253356 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ling Stephanie F SF Nair Nisha N Verstappen Suzanne M M SMM Barton Anne A Zucht Hans-Dieter HD Budde Petra P Schulz-Knappe Peter P Plant Darren D
The pharmacogenomics journal 20191210 3
Seropositivity for anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic autoimmune arthritis, is associated with worse long-term disease outcomes. ACPA is ubiquitously tested in RA patients, but other autoantibodies exist (in both citrullinated and non-citrullinated form) which may provide additional information on RA subtypes and/or treatment response. We used a multiplex bead-based assay of 376 autoantibodies to test associations between these auto ...[more]