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Functional haplotypes of PADI4, encoding citrullinating enzyme peptidylarginine deiminase 4, are associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 2003
Suzuki Akari, Yamada Ryo, Chang Xiaotian, Tokuhiro Shinya, Sawada Tetsuji, Suzuki Masakatsu, Nagasaki Miyuki, Nakayama-Hamada Makiko, Kawaida Reimi, Ono Mitsuru, Ohtsuki Masahiko, Furukawa Hidehiko, Yoshino Shinichi, Yukioka Masao, Tohma Shigeto, Matsubara Tsukasa, Wakitani Shigeyuki, Teshima Ryota, Nishioka Yuichi, Sekine Akihiro, Iida Aritoshi, Takahashi Atsushi, Tsunoda Tatsuhiko, Nakamura Yusuke, Yamamoto Kazuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis frequently have autoantibodies to citrullinated peptides, suggesting the involvement of the peptidylarginine deiminases citrullinating enzymes (encoded by PADI genes) in rheumatoid arthritis. Previous linkage studies have shown that a susceptibility locus for...
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