Diagnostic Value of Antibody Responses to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis-Derived Proteins PtpA and PtpB in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jorge Hernández‐Bello, Sergio Cerpa‐Cruz, Gabriela Athziri Sánchez‐Zuno, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Horacio Bach, José Francisco Muñóz-Valle
This study assesses anti-PtpA and anti-PtpB antibody levels as biomarkers for rheumatoid arthritis, finding higher levels in RA patients and improved diagnostic accuracy with a combined model.
PLoS ONE · May 18, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology