Association of increased frequencies of HLA-DPB1*05:01 with the presence of anti-Ro/SS-A and anti-La/SS-B antibodies in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus patients.

Association of increased frequencies of HLA-DPB1*05:01 with the presence of anti-Ro/SS-A and anti-La/SS-B antibodies in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus patients.

INTRODUCTION: Autoantibodies to ribonucleoprotein are associated with a variety of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Many studies on associations between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and RA have been reported, but few have been validated in RA subpopulations with ant...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Furukawa, Shomi Oka, Kota Shimada, Shoji Sugii, Atsushi Hashimoto, Akiko Komiya, Naoshi Fukui, Tatsuo Nagai, Shunsei Hirohata, Keigo Setoguchi, Akira Okamoto, Noriyuki Chiba, Eiichi Suematsu, Taiichiro Miyashita, Kiyoshi Migita, Akiko Suda, Shouhei Nagaoka, Naoyuki Tsuchiya, Shigeto Tohma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3540046?pdf=render

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