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• Specific interaction between genotype, smoking and autoimmunity to citrullinated alpha-enolase in the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis.

  Gene-environment associations are important in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility, with an association existing between smoking, HLA- DRB1 'shar…

  Authors: Hiba Mahdi, Benjamin A Fisher, Henrik Källberg, Darren Plant, Vivianne Malmström, Johan Rönnelid, Peter Charles, Bo Ding, Lars Alfredsson, Leonid Padyukov,…

  Source: Nature genetics. 2009 Dec

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• Autoimmunity to specific citrullinated proteins gives the first clues to the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis.

  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is now clearly a true autoimmune disease with accumulating evidence of pathogenic disease-specific autoimmunity to citrullin…

  Authors: Natalia Wegner, Karin Lundberg, Andrew Kinloch, Benjamin Fisher, Vivianne Malmström, Marc Feldmann, Patrick J Venables

  Source: Immunological reviews. 2010 Jan

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• Antibodies to several citrullinated antigens are enriched in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

  OBJECTIVE: High titers of specific anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) are frequently present in the serum of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pati…

  Authors: Omri Snir, Mona Widhe, Monika Hermansson, Caroline von Spee, Johan Lindberg, Sanne Hensen, Karin Lundberg, Ake Engström, Patrick J W Venables, René E M Toes,…

  Source: Arthritis and rheumatism. 2010 Jan

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• Activating NK-cell receptors co-stimulate CD4(+)CD28(-) T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

  Effector T-cell responses can be modulated by competing positive or negative signals transduced by NK-cell receptors (NKR). In the CD4(+) T-cell popul…

  Authors: Andreas E R Fasth, Niklas K Björkström, Minna Anthoni, Karl-Johan Malmberg, Vivianne Malmström

  Source: European journal of immunology. 2010 Feb

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• Immune mechanisms in the pathogenesis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

  Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), comprising polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion-body myositis, are characterized by inflammatory ce…

  Authors: Cecilia Grundtman, Vivianne Malmström, Ingrid E Lundberg

  Source: Arthritis research & therapy. 2007

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• Synovial fluid is a site of citrullination of autoantigens in inflammatory arthritis.

  OBJECTIVE: To examine synovial fluid as a site for generating citrullinated antigens, including the candidate autoantigen citrullinated alpha-enolase,…

  Authors: Andrew Kinloch, Karin Lundberg, Robin Wait, Natalia Wegner, Ngee Han Lim, Albert J W Zendman, Tore Saxne, Vivianne Malmström, Patrick J Venables

  Source: Arthritis and rheumatism. 2008 Aug

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• Modulating co-stimulation: a rational strategy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?

  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common destructive inflammatory disease that affects 0.5-1% of the population in many countries. Even though several ne…

  Authors: Vivianne Malmström, Christina Trollmo, Lars Klareskog

  Source: Arthritis research & therapy. 2005

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• Serial re-challenge with influenza vaccine as a tool to study individual immune responses.

  With new treatments of inflammatory diseases targeting key inflammatory pathways follows an increased risk for infections. The aim of the present stud…

  Authors: Therese Vallerskog, Hans Gaines, Adina Feldman, Eric Culbert, Lars Klareskog, Vivianne Malmström, Christina Trollmo

  Source: Journal of immunological methods. 2008 Dec 31

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• Skewed distribution of proinflammatory CD4+CD28null T cells in rheumatoid arthritis.

  Expanded populations of CD4+ T cells lacking the co-stimulatory molecule CD28 (CD4+CD28null T cells) have been reported in several inflammatory disord…

  Authors: Andreas E R Fasth, Omri Snir, Anna A T Johansson, Birgitta Nordmark, Afsar Rahbar, Erik Af Klint, Niklas K Björkström, Ann-Kristin Ulfgren, Ronald F van Vollenhoven, Vivianne Malmström,…

  Source: Arthritis research & therapy. 2007

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• Differential effects on BAFF and APRIL levels in rituximab-treated patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis.

  The objective of this study was to investigate the interaction between levels of BAFF (B-cell activation factor of the tumour necrosis factor [TNF] fa…

  Authors: Therese Vallerskog, Mikael Heimbürger, Iva Gunnarsson, Wei Zhou, Marie Wahren-Herlenius, Christina Trollmo, Vivianne Malmström

  Source: Arthritis research & therapy. 2006

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