Serum anti-citrullinated protein antibodies of a mother with rheumatoid arthritis pass through the placenta but do not cause arthritis in her neonate

Scand J Rheumatol. 2017 Jan;46(1):85-86. doi: 10.1080/03009742.2016.1195871. Epub 2016 Aug 10.

Authors

T Morita¹, Y Shima¹, A Kakigano², A Ogata^{1

3}, A Kumanogoh¹

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases , Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine , Osaka , Japan.
² b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine , Osaka , Japan.
³ c Division of Allergy, Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease , NTT WEST Japan Osaka Hospital , Osaka , Japan.

PMID: 27574903
DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2016.1195871

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Antibodies / blood*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn / blood*
Male
Maternal-Fetal Exchange*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / immunology*

Substances

Antibodies