How is autoimmunity against citrullinated proteins regulated?

How is autoimmunity against citrullinated proteins regulated?

Authors	T. Cantaert
Supervisors	P.P. Tak
Cosupervisors	D.L. Baeten
Award date	12-12-2008
ISBN	9789090236094
Number of pages	259
Organisations	Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Title page Contents Chapter 1: General introduction Chapter 2: Exposure to nuclear antigens contributes to the induction of humoral autoimmunity during TNF blockade Chapter 3: Type I interferons do not influence humoral autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis Chapter 4: Synovial intracellular citrullinated proteins colocalizing with peptidyl arginine deiminase are pathophysiologically relevant antigenic determinants of rheumatoid arthritis-specific humoral autoimmunity Chapter 5: Functional haplotypes of PADI 4 : relevance for rheumatoid arthritis specific synovial intracellular citrullinated proteins and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies Chapter 6: Citrullination in extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis Chapter 7: Citrullinated proteins in rheumatoid arthritis : crucial ... but not sufficient! Chapter 8: B lymphocyte autoimmunity in rheumatoid synovitis is independent of ectopic lymphoid neogenesis Chapter 9: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies define a distinct pathogenic subset of rheumatoid arthritis with preferential T lymphocyte involvement Chapter 10: General discussion, conclusions and future perspectives English summary Nederlandse samenvatting Dankwoord Curriculum vitae Abbreviations Publication list
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How is autoimmunity against citrullinated proteins regulated?