FRI0585 Prevalence of anti-acetylated protein antibodies in inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, connective tissue diseases and its discriminative capacity as diagnostic marker for early rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

BackgroundNumerous post-translationally modified proteins have been described as auto-antigens in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Antibodies (abs) against acetlyated (ac) peptides (AAPA) have recently been reported in RA patients, but not...