Constitutive STAT3 Phosphorylation in Circulating CD4⁺ T Lymphocytes Associates with Disease Activity and Treatment Response in Recent-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Krista Kuuliala ,

  * E-mail: krista.kuuliala@helsinki.fi

  Affiliation Bacteriology and Immunology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Antti Kuuliala,

  Affiliation Bacteriology and Immunology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Riitta Koivuniemi,

  Affiliation Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Suvi Oksanen,

  Affiliation Bacteriology and Immunology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Mari Hämäläinen,

  Affiliation Immunopharmacology Research Group, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

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• Eeva Moilanen,

  Affiliation Immunopharmacology Research Group, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

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• Hannu Kautiainen,

  Affiliations Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, General Practice, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Unit of Primary Health Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

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• Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo,

  Affiliations Bacteriology and Immunology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Heikki Repo

  Affiliation Bacteriology and Immunology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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