Response to: 'Corresponence on 'Shared epitope defines distinct associations of cigarette smoking with levels of anticitrullinated protein antibody and rheumatoid factor' by Ishikawa et al' by Regueiro and Gonzalez
Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Jan;81(1):e2.
doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216872.
Epub 2020 Feb 14.
1 Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan.
2 Section for Immunobiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
3 Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo, 102-0076, Japan.
4 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan.
5 Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan chikashi.terao@riken.jp.
6 Clinical Research Center, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, 420-0881, Japan.
7 Department of Applied Genetics, The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan.