Mast cells in early rheumatoid arthritis associate with disease severity and support B cell autoantibody production.

Felice RivelleseDaniele MauroAlessandra NervianiSara PaganiLiliane Fossati-JimackTobias MessemakerFina A S KurreemanRené E M ToesAndreas RammingSimon RauberGeorg SchettGareth W JonesSimon A JonesFrancesca Wanda RossiAmato de PaulisGianni MaroneMohey Eldin M El ShikhFrances HumbyCostantino Pitzalis

Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2018)

Synovial MCs identify early RA patients with a severe clinical form of synovitis characterised by the presence of ELS.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity
ankylosing spondylitis
early onset
interstitial lung disease
systemic lupus erythematosus