Enzyme-activating antibodies revealed as marker for most severe form of rheumatoid arthritis
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 13:50
in Biology & Nature
In a series of lab experiments designed to unravel the workings of a key enzyme widely considered a possible trigger of rheumatoid arthritis, researchers have found that in the most severe cases of the disease, the immune system makes a unique subset of antibodies that have a disease-promoting role.