Autocitrullination confers monocyte chemotactic properties to peptidylarginine deiminase 4

Abstract Peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) contributes to the production of citrullinated proteins as autoantigens for anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). PAD4 can also self-deiminate via autocitrullination. However, the role of this process in RA pathogenes...

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Main Authors: Ken Yoshida, Haruyasu Ito, Daisaburo Kurosaka, Ryo Ikeda, Kentaro Noda, Mitsuru Saito, Daitaro Kurosaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34469-1