“Infection could trigger arthritis,” claimed a headline in the Daily Express today. But you needn’t worry that a cough or cold will cause you crippling joint pain: the headline is an oversimplification of some fascinating – if early stage – research.
The research in question focused specifically on the causes of rheumatoid arthritis – a painful long-term condition that causes swelling and stiffness in the joints. It is caused by the body’s immune system attacking the joints.
In a series of laboratory experiments, scientists singled out a form of a protein called vinculin as playing an important role in how the immune system is triggered to attack the body in rheumatoid arthritis.
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