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Carbamylation of vimentin is inducible by smoking and represents an independent autoantigen in rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVES: Smoking has been connected to citrullination of antigens and formation of anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPAs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since smoking can modify proteins by carbamylation (formation of homocitrulline), this study was conducted to investigate these effects on...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530349/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28183721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210059 |