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Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases: Biology and pathogenic potential.
Nature reviews. Rheumatology - 1 Aug 2010
Haroon Nigil, Inman Robert D
Abstract excerpt
Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) and the closely related ERAP2 are involved in the final trimming of peptides within the endoplasmic reticulum for presentation by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. ERAP1 was found to be associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in a genome-wide association study of nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms, and this association has been...
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