Citrullinated proteins sparks that may ignite the fire in rheumatoid arthritis.docVIP

Available online /content/6/3/107 Commentary Citrullinated proteins: sparks that may ignite the fire in rheumatoid arthritis Erik R Vossenaar and Walther J van Venrooij Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Corresponding author: Erik R Vossenaar (e-mail: e.vossenaar@ncmls.kun.nl) Received: 28 Jan 2004 Revisions requested: 15 Mar 2004 Revisions received: 5 Apr 2004 Accepted: 5 Apr 2004 Published: 19 Apr 2004 Arthritis Res Ther 2004, 6:107-111 (DOI 10.1186/ar1184) ? 2004 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract Antibodies directed to citrullinated proteins (