The Early Phases of Ankylosing Spondylitis: Emerging Insights From Clinical and Basic Science

In our paper, we discuss how the early phases of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are linked to peri-firbocartilagenous osteitis in the sacroiliac joint and entheseal bone related anchoring sites. This skeletal proclivity is linked to an abnormal immunological response to skeletal biomechanical stress an...

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Published in:Frontiers in Immunology
Main Authors: Abdulla Watad, Charlie Bridgewood, Tobias Russell, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Richard Cuthbert, Dennis McGonagle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Subjects:
ankylosing spondylitis
spondyloarthritis
HLA-B27
enthesitis
microbiota
IL-17
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02668/full

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