First flare of ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Lea Perrot¹, Marie Hemon^{2

3}, Jean-Marc Busnel⁴, Olivier Muis-Pistor¹, Christophe Picard^{5

6}, Christine Zandotti⁷, Thao Pham¹, Jean Roudier^{1

2}, Sophie Desplat-Jego^{8

9}, Nathalie Balandraud^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ AP-HM, Rheumatology, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, 13014, France.
² INSERM UMRs 1097, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.
³ Arthritis Research and Development, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
⁴ Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Research Department, Marseille, France.
⁵ Établissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Department of Histocompatibility, Marseille, France.
⁶ UMR 7268 ADÉS Aix-Marseille Université /EFS /CNRS, Marseille, France.
⁷ IHU Mediterrannée infection, Virology, Aix Marseille University, UMR190- Emergence des Pathologies Virales, Marseille, France.
⁸ Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, Marseille, France.
⁹ AP-HM, Service d'Immunologie, Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, France.

Lea Perrot et al. Lancet Rheumatol. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;3(1):e6-e8.

doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30396-9. Epub 2020 Nov 23.

¹ AP-HM, Rheumatology, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, 13014, France.
² INSERM UMRs 1097, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.
³ Arthritis Research and Development, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
⁴ Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Research Department, Marseille, France.
⁵ Établissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Department of Histocompatibility, Marseille, France.
⁶ UMR 7268 ADÉS Aix-Marseille Université /EFS /CNRS, Marseille, France.
⁷ IHU Mediterrannée infection, Virology, Aix Marseille University, UMR190- Emergence des Pathologies Virales, Marseille, France.
⁸ Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, Marseille, France.
⁹ AP-HM, Service d'Immunologie, Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, France.

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The mechanism behind flaring/triggering of autoimmunity disorders associated with COVID-19.
Redwan EM, Alghamdi MF, El-Aziz TMA, Adadi P, Aljabali AAA, Attrish D, Azad GK, Baetas-da-Cruz W, Barh D, Bazan NG, Brufsky AM, Chauhan G, Hassan SKS, Kandimalla R, Lal A, Lundstrom K, Mishra YK, Choudhury PP, Palù G, Panda PK, Pizzol D, Rezaei N, Serrano-Aroca Á, Sherchan SP, Seyran M, Takayama K, Tambuwala MM, Uhal BD, Uversky VN. Redwan EM, et al. Autoimmun Rev. 2021 Oct;20(10):102909. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2021.102909. Epub 2021 Jul 16. Autoimmun Rev. 2021. PMID: 34274539 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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