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Effects of carboxy-terminal modifications of proteinase 3 (PR3) on the recognition by PR3-ANCA.
Kidney international - 1 Feb 2003
Capizzi Stephen A, Viss Margaret A, Hummel Amber M, Fass David N, Specks Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autoantibodies directed against neutrophil proteinase 3 (PR3-ANCA) from patients with Wegener's granulomatosis and microscopic polyangiitis recognize conformational epitopes of PR3. During maturation of neutrophils, PR3 undergoes amino-terminal and carboxy-terminal processing. In contrast to amino-terminal processing, the effects of carboxy-terminal processing on recognition of PR3 by PR3-ANCA remain...
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