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ArticleClinical and vaccine immunology : CVI2007

Serum reactivity against Borrelia burgdorferi OspA in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Yu-Fan Hsieh, Han-Wen Liu, Tsai-Ching Hsu, James C-C Wei, Chien-Ming Shih, Peter J Krause, Gregory J Tsay

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Article in Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Yu-Fan HsiehInstitute of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, 110 Sec.1, Chien Kuo N. Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
Han-Wen Liu
Tsai-Ching Hsu
James C-C Wei
Chien-Ming Shih
Peter J Krause
Gregory J Tsay
Chung Shan Medical University · TWInstitute of Immunology · HRNational Defense Medical Center · TWUniversity of Connecticut · US

Funding

HEALTH BURDERN OF COINFECTING DEER ASSOCIATED ZOONOSESR01AI042402 · NIAID · CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER · PI KRAUSE, PETER JAMES · 1997 to 2001
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NIAID NIH HHS AI 42402
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lyme arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis share common clinical features and synovial histology. It is unclear whether they also share similar pathogenesis. Previous studies have shown that the severity and duration of Lyme arthritis correlate directly with serum concentrations of antibody against outer surface protein A (OspA) of the causative pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi. We tested the sera of 68 subjects with rheumatoid arthritis, 147 subjects with other autoimmune diseases, and 44 healthy subjects who had never had Lyme disease, as well as sera of 16 patients who had Lyme disease, for reactivity against the B. burgdorferi OspA protein. The sera of about a quarter of the rheumatoid arthritis patients and a 10th of the autoimmune disease and Lyme disease patients reacted against OspA antigen. Of 50 rheumatoid arthritis patients who could be evaluated for disease severity, a 28-joint count disease activity score of >2.6 was noted for 11 of 15 (73%) patients whose sera reacted against OspA antigen and 13 of 35 (37%; P < 0.05) whose sera were nonreactive. Serum reactivity against OspA antigen is associated with the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialAntigens, SurfaceArthritis, RheumatoidAutoimmune DiseasesBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial VaccinesBlotting, WesternBorrelia burgdorferiEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansLipoproteinsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialAntigens, SurfaceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial VaccinesLipoproteinsOspA proteinRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID17881508
PMCPMC2168181
OpenAlexW2101579156

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