Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) School of Medicine have discovered that a bacteria found in the gut may be responsible for triggering rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in people already at risk for the disease.
The findings, “Clonal IgA and IgG autoantibodies from individuals at risk for rheumatoid arthritis identify an arthritogenic strain of Subdoligranulum,” is published in the journal Science Translational Medicine and led by Kristine Kuhn, MD, PhD, associate professor of rheumatology.
