Antibodies against carbamylated proteins: prevalence and associated disease characteristics in Belgian patients with rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatic diseases.

Conclusion: Anti-CarP antibodies were detected in the sera of a cohort of Belgian RA patients. Moreover, they were also detected in primary SS patients and in JIA patients. In the seronegative subset of RA patients, anti-CarP antibodies showed prognostic value. PMID: 33025839 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology - October 7, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Sidiras P, Spruyt D, Gangji V, Imbault V, Sokolova T, Durez P, Communi D, Rasschaert J, Badot V Tags: Scand J Rheumatol Source Type: research