Comments on: 8 Types of test to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis http://lupus-disease.net/8-types-of-test-to-diagnose-rheumatoid-arthritis.html Knowledge and news about autoimmune disease Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:18:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: ikhy http://lupus-disease.net/8-types-of-test-to-diagnose-rheumatoid-arthritis.html/comment-page-1#comment-53048 ikhy Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:46:15 +0000 http://lupus-disease.net/?p=414#comment-53048 very nice information.... thanks very nice information…. thanks

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]]> By: Tobias Stolzenberg http://lupus-disease.net/8-types-of-test-to-diagnose-rheumatoid-arthritis.html/comment-page-1#comment-2784 Tobias Stolzenberg Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:19:42 +0000 http://lupus-disease.net/?p=414#comment-2784 My name is Tobias Stolzenberg and I am employer at the diagnostic company ORGENTEC Diagnostika. Relating to the anti-CCP antibody test, I want to make a brief note. It’s true that these anti-CCP tests are sensitive and quite specific tests for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. But anti-CCP antibodies are part of a larger class of autoantibodies frequently detected in rheumatoid patients. This class of autoantibodies is called ACPAs, what stands for Antibodies Against Citrullinated Protein / Peptide Antibodies. Recently these ACPAs as a whole have turned up as powerful markers. The Wikipedia Encyclopedia <a href="http://(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-citrullinated_protein_antibody)" target="_blank">(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-citrullinated_protein_antibody)</a> and several scientific articles (I do recommend this review article, published February 2010: The use of citrullinated peptides and proteins for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis: <a href="http://arthritis-research.com/content/12/1/203/abstract)" target="_blank">http://arthritis-research.com/content/12/1/203/ab...</a> give you a fairly comprehensive overview on the topic of ACPA: history of this autoantibody class, their clinical significance, importance for rheumatology and RA diagnostics. Best regards Tobias Stolzenberg My name is Tobias Stolzenberg and I am employer at the diagnostic company ORGENTEC Diagnostika.

Relating to the anti-CCP antibody test, I want to make a brief note. It’s true that these anti-CCP tests are sensitive and quite specific tests for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. But anti-CCP antibodies are part of a larger class of autoantibodies frequently detected in rheumatoid patients.

This class of autoantibodies is called ACPAs, what stands for Antibodies Against Citrullinated Protein / Peptide Antibodies. Recently these ACPAs as a whole have turned up as powerful markers.

The Wikipedia Encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-citrullinated_protein_antibody) and several scientific articles (I do recommend this review article, published February 2010: The use of citrullinated peptides and proteins for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis: http://arthritis-research.com/content/12/1/203/ab… give you a fairly comprehensive overview on the topic of ACPA: history of this autoantibody class, their clinical significance, importance for rheumatology and RA diagnostics.

Best regards
Tobias Stolzenberg

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