Abstract
Loss of tolerance to self-antigens is considered to be one of the initial reasons for the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Identification of self-antigens and evaluation of autoreactive antibodies can foster understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease and the development of new therapeutics. By detection of responses to a particular self-antigen, such as α-enolase, keratin, fibrinogen, fibronectin, collagen, or vimentin, in patient- and animal model-derived samples, high-affinity T-cell receptor-dependent activation of autoreactive T cells to self-antigens can be elucidated. This chapter introduces a simple method to estimate T-cell-autoreactive responses to type II collagen (CII) in a murine collagen-induced arthritis model. A limiting dilution system is established in order to assess CII-dependent T-cell responses, which are reflected by the level of cytokine release.
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Liu, S. (2024). Evaluation of Autoreactive Responses. In: Liu, S. (eds) Rheumatoid Arthritis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2766. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3682-4_25
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