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M Ehlers1.
Abstract
The Fc fragments of pathogenic IgG autoantibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis are low-galactosylated and low-sialylated. In contrast, high-galactosylated and high-sialylated antigen-specific IgG antibodies are sufficient to inhibit a pro-inflammatory immune response in an antigen-specific manner and might be a promising therapeutic tool to re-establish tolerance against defined self-antigens in autoimmune patients.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23138557 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-012-1007-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Z Rheumatol ISSN: 0340-1855 Impact factor: 1.372