Presence of anti-acetylated peptide antibodies (AAPA) in inflammatory arthritis and other rheumatic diseases suggests discriminative diagnostic capacity towards early rheumatoid arthritis

Aims: To determine the diagnostic value of anti-acetylated peptide antibodies (AAPA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Three acetylated peptides (ac-lysine, ac-lysine.inv and ac-ornithine) derived from vimentin were employed to measure AAPA by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EL...

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Main Authors: Paul Studenic, Alessia Alunno, Daniela Sieghart, Holger Bang, Daniel Aletaha, Stephan Blüml, Helmuth Haslacher, Josef S Smolen, Roberto Gerli, Günter Steiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-07-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X211022533