B cells and immunoglobulins dependent mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis: a possible rationale of the extracorporeal immunomodulation for rheumatoid arthritis.
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Abstract
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have several options for treatment nowadays, although we do not know what types of therapies are effective for these patients because RA is a very heterogenous disease. We discuss several possible mechanisms of RA in this review and explain one possible scenario of autoantibodies dependent arthritis confirmed by anti-glucose-6-phosphate isomerase antibodies. We also propose several efficacious treatments for treating these patients as made-to-order therapies.