Anders Eklúnd

A new model for an etiology of rheumatoid arthritis: Smoking may trigger HLA–DR (shared epitope)–restricted immune reactions to autoantigens modified by citrullination

Lars Klareskog, Patrik Stolt, Karin Lundberg et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2005 · 1.5K citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathobiology +17

ATS/ERS/WASOG statement on sarcoidosis. American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society/World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Disorders.

Gary W. Hunninghake, Ulrich Costabel, Masaru Ando et al. · PubMed · 1999 · 1.3K citations

Medicine, Immunology, Internal Medicine +8

Smoking increases peptidylarginine deiminase 2 enzyme expression in human lungs and increases citrullination in BAL cells

Dimitrios Makrygiannakis, Monika Hermansson, A-K Ulfgren et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2008 · 542 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Pathobiology +12

Exosomes with major histocompatibility complex class II and co-stimulatory molecules are present in human BAL fluid

Charlotte Admyre, Johan Grünewald, J Thyberg et al. · European Respiratory Journal · 2003 · 379 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +13

Altered microRNA profiles in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid exosomes in asthmatic patients

Bettina Levänen, Nirav R. Bhakta, Patricia Torregrosa Paredes et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2013 · 314 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Molecular Biology +16