Autoantibodies to vimentin different modifications in patients with tuberculosis and different granulomatous lung diseases

Conclusions: High concentration of anti-MCV is more common for patients with TB, while anti-CCP has no significance for all studied lung diseases. Absence of anti-CCP can be evidence, that citrullination of vimentin is not necessary for development of autoimmune reaction in tuberculosis patients.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Malkova, A., Starshinova, A., Lapin, S., Surkova, E., Zinchenko, J., Basantsova, N., Gildburd, B., Yablonskiy, P. Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: research