| Literature DB >> 3017369 |
T B Sculley, J H Pope, R A Hazelton.
Abstract
The incidence of antibodies to Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen type 2 (EBNA-2) was determined in sera from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and control subjects, by protein immunoblotting. Sixty-eight percent of the RA patients and 48% of the controls possessed anti-EBNA-2 antibodies. The titer of anti-rheumatoid arthritis nuclear antigen (RANA) in RA patient sera showed a stronger correlation with serum reactions to EBNA-2 than with reactions to EBNA-1. Our results indicate that the presence of EBNA-2 may make a major contribution to the RANA reaction.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID： 3017369 DOI： 10.1002/art.1780290804
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arthritis Rheum ISSN： 0004-3591