Molecular basis for increased susceptibility of Indigenous North Americans to seropositive rheumatoid arthritis.
Scally, S.W., Law, S.C., Ting, Y.T., Heemst, J.V., Sokolove, J., Deutsch, A.J., Bridie Clemens, E., Moustakas, A.K., Papadopoulos, G.K., Woude, D.V., Smolik, I., Hitchon, C.A., Robinson, D.B., Ferucci, E.D., Bernstein, C.N., Meng, X., Anaparti, V., Huizinga, T., Kedzierska, K., Reid, H.H., Raychaudhuri, S., Toes, R.E., Rossjohn, J., El-Gabalawy, H., Thomas, R.(2017) Ann Rheum Dis 76: 1915-1923
- PubMed: 28801345 
- DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211300
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6ATF, 6ATI, 6ATZ - PubMed Abstract: 
The pathogenetic mechanisms by which HLA-DRB1 alleles are associated with anticitrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA)-positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are incompletely understood. RA high-risk HLA-DRB1 alleles are known to share a common motif, the 'shared susceptibility epitope (SE)' ...