Induction of osteoclastogenesis and bone loss by human autoantibodies against citrullinated vimentin.

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Published in J Clin Invest on April 16, 2012

Authors

Ulrike Harre1, Dan Georgess, Holger Bang, Aline Bozec, Roland Axmann, Elena Ossipova, Per-Johan Jakobsson, Wolfgang Baum, Falk Nimmerjahn, Eszter Szarka, Gabriella Sarmay, Grit Krumbholz, Elena Neumann, Rene Toes, Hans-Ulrich Scherer, Anca Irinel Catrina, Lars Klareskog, Pierre Jurdic, Georg Schett

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.

Associated clinical trials:

Sputum Studies of Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies (ACPA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Origins (SPARO) | NCT04474392

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