Researchers find immune pathway in joint tissue involved in early rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers find immune pathway in joint tissue involved in early rheumatoid arthritis

A new study by scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals that joint tissue from patients with early-stage rheumatoid arthritis often have high levels of a protein called granzyme used by the immune system to attack pathogens.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Granzyme Activity, Gingivitis Bacteria Remnants

Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have shown that patients with early-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) show high levels of the immune system’s pathogen-attacking protein granzyme and remnants of the bacteria that causes gum disease, Porphyromonas gingivalis, in their joints. The findings, published recently in the journal Immune Network, have the potential to lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of RA. The res…

Researchers Find Immune Pathway in Joint Tissue involved in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

A new study by scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals that joint tissue from patients with early-stage rheumatoid arthritis often have high levels of a protein called granzyme used by the immune system to attack pathogens.