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Decreased severity of experimental autoimmune arthritis in peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 knockout mice.
BMC musculoskeletal disorders - 5 May 2016
Suzuki Akari, Kochi Yuta, Shoda Hirofumi, Seri Yu, Fujio Keishi, Sawada Tetsuji, Yamada Ryo, Yamamoto Kazuhiko
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BACKGROUND: Peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 (PADI4) has been identified as a susceptibility gene for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by genome-wide association studies. PADI4 is highly expressed in the bone marrow, macrophages, neutrophils, and monocytes. Peptidyl citrulline is an interesting molecule in RA because it is a target antigen for anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies, and only PADs (translated proteins...
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