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Rheumatoid Factor

Known as: RF, rheumatoid factors, RA Factor 
Antibodies in the serum of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis that react with antigenic determinants or immunoglobulins that enhance agglutination… 
National Institutes of Health

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AntibodiesImmune System ProcessesImmune responseIn Blood

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AutoantibodiesImmunologic Factors

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
T cell-independent and toll-like receptor-dependent antigen-driven activation of autoreactive B cells.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Hepatitis C virus, cryoglobulinaemia, and vasculitis: immune complex relations.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction, cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis
Cardiovascular event rates are markedly increased in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and RA atherogenesis remains poorly understood… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Supplementation with Folic Acid during Methotrexate Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
The folic acid antagonist methotrexate (n-10-methyl-aminopterin) is useful in low doses (2.5 to 20 mg/wk) for treating chronic… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Efficient and selective presentation of antigen-antibody complexes by rheumatoid factor B cells
Using Epstein-Barr virus B cell clones and antigen-specific T cell clones, we asked how antigen-antibody complexes are handled by… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Anti-DNA antibodies from autoimmune mice arise by clonal expansion and somatic mutation
The proximate cause of autoantibodies characteristic of systemic autoimmune diseases has been controversial. One hypothesis is… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Human lymphocytes making rheumatoid factor and antibody to ssDNA belong to Leu-1+ B-cell subset.
B lymphocytes bearing the Leu-1 cell-surface antigen (Leu-1+), the human equivalent of mouse Ly-1+ B lymphocytes, have been… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The role of clonal selection and somatic mutation in autoimmunity
Polyclonal activation has been proposed as the reason that auto-antibodies are produced during autoimmune disease1–3. This model… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Trimellitic anhydride-induced airway syndromes: clinical and immunologic studies.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The extra-articular features of rheumatoid arthritis. A systematic analysis of 127 cases.
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