Antibodies against immunogenic epitopes with high sequence identity to SARS-CoV-2 in patients with autoimmune dermatomyositis

Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Oct;79(10):1383-1386. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217522. Epub 2020 May 22.

Spyridon Megremis¹, Thomas D J Walker², Xiaotong He², William E R Ollier^{3

4}, Hector Chinoy^{5

6}, Lynne Hampson², Ian Hampson², Janine A Lamb⁷

¹ Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
² Division of Cancer Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, The University of Manchester, Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁴ Centre for Bioscience, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
⁵ National Institute for Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, Salford, UK.
⁷ Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, The University of Manchester, Manchester, Manchester, UK [email protected].

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Keywords: autoantibodies; autoimmune diseases; dermatomyositis.

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