Anticitrullinated protein antibodies facilitate migration of synovial tissue-derived fibroblasts.
Meng SunBence RethiAkilan KrishnamurthyVijay JoshuaAlexandra CirciumaruAase Haj HensvoldElena OssipovaCaroline GrönwallYanying LiuMarianne EngstromSergiu Bogdan CatrinaJohanna SteenVivianne MalmstromLars KlareskogCamilla SvenssonCaroline OspeltHeidi WähämaaAnca Irinel CatrinaPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2019)
We propose that transient synovial insults in the presence of a certain pre-existing ACPA repertoire might result in an ACPA-mediated increase of FLS migration.