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Peptidylarginine deiminase type 4: identification of a rheumatoid arthritis-susceptible gene.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Nov 2003
Yamada Ryo, Suzuki Akari, Chang Xiotian, Yamamoto Kazuhiko
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Recent studies using linkage disequilibrium and SNPs uncovered a rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-susceptible haplotype in the gene encoding peptidylarginine deiminase (PADI) type 4. This gene is one of four known PADI genes that encode enzymes to change arginine into citrulline in proteins. Post-translational modifications of proteins, including peptidyl citrullination, are related to autoimmunity, and peptidyl...
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