Significant recent progress in understanding rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis has led
to improved treatment and quality of life. The introduction of targeted-biologic and-synthetic …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a chronic systemic, multi-factorial, inflammatory, and
progressive autoimmune disease affecting many people worldwide. While patients show …

Autoimmune diseases (AID) are increasingly prevalent conditions which comprise more
than 100 distinct clinical entities that are responsible for a great disease burden worldwide …

Autoantibodies represent a hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with the rheumatoid factor
(RF) and antibodies against citrullinated proteins (ACPA) being the most acknowledged …

Objective This study was undertaken to develop and characterize a multiplex immunoassay
for detection of autoantibodies against peptides derived from proteins known to play a role in …

Based on the epidemiological link between periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and
the unique feature of the periodontal bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis to citrullinate …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease without known cure
that primarily affects synovial joints. RA has a prevalence of approximately 1% of the …

Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of rheumatoid factor
(RF) and anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies (ACPA) with different fine-specificities. Yet …

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease that targets the synovial joints
leading to arthritis. Although the etiology of RA remains largely unknown, it is clear that …

Objective To investigate the occurrence and frequency of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies
(ACPA) to cyclic citrullinated type II collagen (COL2) epitope with a capacity to bind joint …