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Peptidylarginine deiminase from Porphyromonas gingivalis contributes to infection of gingival fibroblasts and induction of prostaglandin E2 -signaling pathway.
Molecular oral microbiology - 1 Dec 2014
Gawron K, Bereta G, Nowakowska Z, Lazarz-Bartyzel K, Lazarz M, Szmigielski B, Mizgalska D, Buda A, Koziel J, Oruba Z, Chomyszyn-Gajewska M, Potempa J
Abstract excerpt
Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) expres-ses the enzyme peptidylarginine deiminase (PPAD), which has a strong preference for C-terminal arginines. Due to the combined activity of PPAD and Arg-specific gingipains, P. gingivalis on the cell surface is highly citrullinated. To investigate the contribution of PPAD to the interaction of P. gingivalis with primary human gingival fibroblasts (PHGF) and P....
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