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Rheumatoid Arthritis is Associated with IgG Antibodies to Human Endogenous Retrovirus Gag Matrix: A Potential Pathogenic Mechanism of Disease?

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2014

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Paul N. Nelson, Denise Roden, Alan Nevill, Graham Freimanis, Malgorzata Trela, Hora Davari Ejtehadi, Simon Bowman, John S. Axford, Andy M. Veitch, Nicola Tugnet,
The Journal of Rheumatology

Abstract

A significantly elevated IgG antibody response to an HERV-K10 Gag matrix peptide was observed in patients with RA, suggesting that the exposure of HERV-K10 may cause a secondary, antigenic driven immune response in RA.

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