Raul Castellanos-Moreira, Sebastian C Rodriguez-Garcia, Sonia Cabrera-Villalba, María José Gomara, Georgina Salvador, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide, Julio Ramirez, Jose Inciarte-Mundo, Rosa Morla, Cristina Garcia-Moreno, Andrea Cuervo, Jose A Gómez-Puerta, Juan D Cañete, Isabel Haro, Raimon Sanmarti
Background: A restricted response against citrullinated peptides/proteins, with less isotype usage, has been found in palindromic rheumatism (PR) in comparison with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We hypothesized that this different antibody response may be observed for other post-translational modified proteins. We compared the prevalence and isotype usage of two specificities of anti-carbamylated peptide/protein antibodies (Anti-CarP) in patients with PR and RA. Methods: Cross-sectional study including 54 patients with pure PR and 53 patients with RA, matched by sex, age, disease duration and ACPA...
2020: Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease