IgA N- and O-glycosylation profiling reveals no association with the pregnancy-related improvement in rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract Background The Fc glycosylation of immunoglobulin G (IgG) is well known to associate with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity. The same may be true for other classes of Igs. In the present study, we sought to determine whether the glycosylation of IgA was different between healthy su...

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Main Authors: Albert Bondt, Simone Nicolardi, Bas C. Jansen, T. Martijn Kuijper, Johanna M. W. Hazes, Yuri E. M. van der Burgt, Manfred Wuhrer, Radboud J. E. M. Dolhain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-017-1367-0