A new model for an etiology of rheumatoid arthritis: Smoking may trigger HLA–DR (shared epitope)–restricted immune reactions to autoantigens modified by citrullination

Lars Klareskog(Karolinska University Hospital), Lars Alfredsson(Karolinska Institutet), Helena Erlandsson Harris(Karolinska University Hospital), Henrik Källberg(Karolinska Institutet), Solbritt Rantapää‐Dahlqvist(University Hospital of Umeå), Karin Lundberg(Karolinska University Hospital), Johan Rönnelid(Uppsala University Hospital), Anders Eklúnd(Karolinska University Hospital), Camilla Bengtsson(Karolinska Institutet), Patrik Stolt(Karolinska Institutet), Johan Grünewald(Karolinska Institutet), Ann‐Kristin Ulfgren(Karolinska University Hospital), Leonid Padyukov(Karolinska University Hospital)
Arthritis & Rheumatism
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