Antibodies against Porphyromonas gingivalis in seropositive arthralgia patients do not predict development of rheumatoid arthritis

Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Jun;73(6):1277-9. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204594. Epub 2014 Jan 13.

Authors

Menke de Smit¹, Lotte Arwen van de Stadt, Koen M J Janssen, Berber Doornbos-van der Meer, Arjan Vissink, Arie Jan van Winkelhoff, Elisabeth Brouwer, Johanna Westra, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg

Affiliation

¹ Center for Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, , Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 24419332
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204594

No abstract available

Keywords: Autoantibodies; Early Rheumatoid Arthritis; Infections.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology*
Arthralgia / immunology*
Arthralgia / microbiology
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology*
Bacteroidaceae Infections / immunology*
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin M / immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Periodontitis / immunology
Porphyromonas gingivalis / immunology*
Rheumatoid Factor / immunology*
Young Adult

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
Immunoglobulin M
Rheumatoid Factor