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Autoimmunity and Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
In a microbe‐driven inflammatory environment, peptidyl‐arginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes from neutrophils and Porphyromonas gingivalis citrullinate both microbial and self‐antigens. B cell presentation of citrullinated or self‐mimicking epitopes activates T cells that assist B cells in antibody isotype switching, affinity maturation, epitope spreading ...
Massimo Costalonga, Vivek Thumbigere‐Math, Mark C. Herzberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Formosan Black Bear and Taiwanese Nationalism

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that situates nations and nationalism within colonial relations, this article examines nationalism in settler‐colonial Taiwan amid China's colonial claim to sovereignty. Drawing on interviews, conservation documents and popular representations, we show how the Formosan black bear became a national symbol of resistance ...
Yung‐Ying Chang, John Chung‐En Liu
wiley   +1 more source

ANTI-CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODIES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2018
Objective: To detect the anti cyclic citrullinated peptide (Anti-CCP) antibody in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients to determine its diagnostic value in Pakistani patients. Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Amer Fakhr, Farzana Hakim, Mushtaq Ahmed, Mukarram Bashir, Rabia Basri   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Enemy Who Never Went Away: Memory, Nationalism and China's Japan Policy During the Cold War

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study reassesses the relationship between war memory, nationalism and Sino–Japanese relations during the Cold War. Contrary to the dominant view in existing scholarship that China's nationalist remembering of the war emerged during the 1980s and 1990s, this article, drawing on an extensive survey of the People's Daily, demonstrates that ...
Yi Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Fréquences relatives et déterminants des Anticorps anti-peptides cycliques citrullinés et du Facteur rhumatoïde chez les donneurs de sang de la ville de Kinshasa

Rhumatologie Africaine Francophone
Introduction: Les anticorps anti-peptides cycliques citrullinés (Anti-CCP) et le facteur rhumatoïde (FR) précèdent de plusieurs années l'apparition de la polyarthrite rhumatoïde (PR).
Jenny MBUYI WA MBUYI, Jean Marie MBUYI MUAMBA, Nkodila ALIOCHA, Jean-Jacques MALEMBA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between Citizenship and Solidarity: PRC and ROC Constructions of the Chinese Diaspora in the 1998 Anti‐Chinese Riots in Indonesia

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The May 1998 anti‐Chinese riots in Indonesia tested how states claiming ties to a transnational ethnic community define responsibility during crises. This article compares how the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan) constructed obligations towards the Chinese diaspora following the violence.
Judy Yi‐nga Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Anti‐Corruption and Luxury Goods Consumption: Evidence From the Chinese Cigarette Market

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper studies the impact of anti‐corruption efforts on luxury goods consumption and market structure. We propose a theory on the impact of corruption on luxury goods consumption, then test the theory and evaluate the effectiveness of China's anti‐corruption campaign in 2012 by conducting a difference‐in‐differences analysis of product ...
Liu Wei, Xiao Junji, Zhan Xiaoling, Zheng Bingyong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The diagnostic value of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]

Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2007
A cross-sectional study was carried out to analyze the prevalence of anti-CCP antibodies and IgM RF in the sera of 160 randomly selected patients from the Rheumatology Department: 60 with RA, 50 with other rheumatic diseases (non-RA), 50 healthy controls
Damjanovska Ljubinka, Atanasovska Violeta, Gruev Todor   +2 more
doaj  

Periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis—Global efforts to untangle two complex diseases

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding the impact of oral health on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) will inform how best to manage patients with both periodontitis and RA. This review seeks to provide an update on interventional and mechanistic investigations, including a brief summary of European Research programs investigating the link between periodontitis and RA. Recent
Isabel Lopez‐Oliva, Jennifer Malcolm, Shauna Culshaw   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psoriatik artritli hastalarda anti-CCP düzeyi ile klinik aktivite ve yaşam kalitesi arasındaki ilişki

, 2011
Amaç: Psoriatik artrit (PsA); psoriasis ile ilişkili bir kronik inflamatuar eklem hastalığıdır. Bu çalışmada PsA’lı hastalarda Anti-siklik sitrülenmiş protein (anti-CCP) düzeyi ile klinik aktivite ve yaşam kalitesi arasındaki ilişkinin araştırılması ...
Akçalı, Remziye, Yardımeden, İbrahim, Uçar, Demet, Nas, Kemal, Bozkurt, Mehtap   +4 more
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