Current Biology
Volume 9, Issue 14, 15 July 1999, Pages R528-R530
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Autoimmunity: Another pathway towards arthritis

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Abstract

A new pathway leading to arthritis has been revealed by the discovery that antibodies specific for a ubiquitously expressed antigen are able to transfer a severe arthritic phenotype in mice. This new model will be useful for further analyses of the different pathways involved in rheumatoid arthritis.

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Immunology

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R Holmdahl, Lund University, Section for Medical Inflammation Research, Sölvegatan 19, 22362 Lund, Sweden. e-mail: [email protected].