Abstracts tagged "genetics and neutrophils"

Abstract Number: 2016 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Expression of Peptidyl-arginine Deiminases in Peripheral Blood Neutrophils and Its Association with Single Nucleotide Variants in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Masayoshi Harigai¹, Ryoko Sakai ², Takahiko Sugihara ³ and Akihito Ishigami ⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Peptidyl-arginine deiminases (PADIs) are enriched in neutrophils and considered to be responsible for citrullination of proteins in vivo. Autoantibody against citrullinated proteins are frequently…