anti-carbamylated proteins autoantibodies Archives

Abstract Number: 1390 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Prediction of Clinical Response to Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Through the Determination of Anti-Carbamylated Proteins Antibodies Levels
Silvia Piantoni¹, Michele Boldini ¹, Rajesh Kumar ¹, Emirena Garrafa ¹, Chiara Bazzani ², Micaela Fredi ³, Ilaria Cavazzana ¹, Angela Tincani ³ and Franco Franceschini ³, ¹ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Carbamylation is a non-enzymatic irreversible post-translational modification of proteins. The presence of anti-carbamylated protein antibodies (anti-CarP) has been observed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In…

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