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Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

, 2003
Objective. To determine if anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) can be detected in sera of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and if they can be used to identify patients with a more destructive course of disease ...
Zwinderman, Aeilko H., Dijkmans, Ben, van Soesbergen, Renée, ten Cate, Rebecca, de Kort, Sandra, van Rossum, Marion, van Venrooij, Walther J., de Jong, Ben   +7 more
core  

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

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

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-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and rheumatoid factor in leprosy patients with articular involvement

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2008
The objective of the present research was to evaluate the usefulness of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies and the IgM rheumatoid factor (IgM RF) test for the differential diagnosis of leprosy with articular involvement and ...
S.L.E. Ribeiro, H.L.A. Pereira, N.P. Silva, R.M.S. Neves, E.I. Sato   +4 more
doaj  

Evaluation of anti-citrullinated and anti-carbamylated antibodies in mexicans with rheumatoid arthritis and at-risk individuals

Revista de Investigación Clínica
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis is a challenge in the initial phases of the disease when clinical symptoms are only starting to develop.
Edgar E. Lara-Ramírez, Betzaida Cuevas-Córdoba, Diana Olguín-Calderon, Yadira Bastian, César Ramos-Remus, José D. Castillo-Ortiz, Martín Zapata-Zúñiga, Jesús Núñez-Contreras, Leendert A. Trouw, José A. Enciso-Moreno, Julio E. Castañeda-Delgado   +10 more
doaj   +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

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

Assessing the financial resources required to establish convalescent plasma collection programmes across Europe in response to a pandemic

Transfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background During the COVID‐19 pandemic, convalescent plasma (CP) was investigated as a potential treatment. We assess the financial resources required to implement a COVID‐19 CP (CCP) programme and provide recommendations on how best to prepare for collection and use of CP in future pandemics.
Elizabeth A. Stokes, Abigail A. Lamikanra, David J. Roberts, Lise J. Estcourt, Pierre Tiberghien, Jose Leal   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source