Response to: 'The autoantibody repertoire in periodontitis: a role in the induction of autoimmunity to citrullinated proteins in rheumatoid arthritis? Antibodies against uncitrullinated peptides seem to occur prior to the antibodies to the corresponding citrullinated peptides' by Brink et al

Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Jul;73(7):e47. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205519. Epub 2014 Apr 19.

¹ Rheumatology Research Group, School of Immunity & Infection, College of Medical & Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, College of Medical & Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
³ Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, College of Medical & Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Ant-CCP; Autoantibodies; Early Rheumatoid Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Publication types