Citrullinated proteins in arthritis presence in joints and effects on immunogenicity.docVIP

Available online /supplements/6/S1 Arthritis Research Therapy Vol 6 Suppl 1, 2004 Meeting abstracts 24th European Workshop for Rheumatology Research Berlin, Germany 26–29 February 2004 Received: 16 January 2004 Published: 25 February 2004 These abstracts are online at /supplements/6/S1 ? 2004 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1478-6354; Online ISSN 1478-6362) Autoantibodies and autoantigens 1 epitopes are exposed to anti-CII, with possible formation of surface- bound immune complexes (IC). We investigated whether surface- bound CII anti-CII IC can induce cytokine production f