Abstract Number: 965 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Crystal Structure of Porphyromonas Gingivalis peptidylarginine Deiminase: Implications for Autoimmunity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are the main autoantibody system in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and due to high sensitivity and specificity testing using the anti-CCP2…Abstract Number: 1034 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunomodulation By a Second-Generation Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase Inhibitor Abrogates Collagen-Induced Arthritis in a Therapeutic Protocol
Background/Purpose: Citrullination is a post translational modification of arginine catalysed by peptidyl arginine deiminases (PADs) and may be important in generating pathogenic autoantibodies to citrullinated…Abstract Number: 1038 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Peptidylarginine Deiminase 4 in Lung and Joint Inflammation
Background/Purpose: The relationship between lung and joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis is poorly understood. About 10% of people with rheumatoid arthritis develop interstitial lung disease…Abstract Number: 1119 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Resolution Motif Mapping of in Situ Anti-Native-Vimentin Antibodies in Lupus Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
Background/Purpose: Severe lupus tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) is prognostic of renal failure and characterized by an in situ autoantibody response. By characterizing monoclonal antibodies engineered from…Abstract Number: 2917 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inhibition of PAD4 Activity and the Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Via PTPN22, but Not Its Rheumatoid Arthritis-Prone W620 Variant
Background/Purpose: One unique feature of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA). Protein citrullination, a process mediated by peptidyl arginine deiminases,…Abstract Number: 1474 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase 4 Antibodies in African-Americans with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Radiographic Scores
Background/Purpose: The presence of serum autoantibodies to peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) have been associated with erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in populations that were composed…Abstract Number: 2417 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antibodies To Porphyromonas Gingivalis Peptidylarginine Deiminase In Rheumatoid Arthritis Are Not Directed Against The Autocitrullinated Enzyme
Background/Purpose: Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) has received considerable attention by investigators trying to explain the striking association of periodontal disease (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bacterial…Abstract Number: 2426 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Signaling Abnormalities In Neutrophil Granulocytes Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Are Associated With Increased Extracellular Trap Formation and Provide a Basis For The Induction Of Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is often associated with anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPAs) in the serum. While ACPAs have been associated with increased inflammation, joint destruction…Abstract Number: 2429 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Enhanced Responsiveness To Stimulation and Increased Extrusion Of Extracellular Traps By Rheumatoid Arthritis Neutrophil Granulocytes and of Healthy Control Neutrophils to Serum and Synovial Fluid From Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Background/Purpose: Polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMNs) are the most abundant immune cell population in the synovial fluid in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and…Abstract Number: 2233 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Porphyromonas Gingivalis peptidylarginine Deiminase Exacerbates Collagen-Induced Arthritis In C57BL/6 mice
Background/Purpose: There is increasing molecular and epidemiological evidence linking Porphyromonas gingivalis to RA. P. gingivalis is unique amongst periodontal pathogens in possessing a citrullinating enzyme…Abstract Number: 2224 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induces Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies and Arthritis In Part Through Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase 4
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune, destructive arthritis characterized by anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) and high levels of inflammatory cytokines like tumor necrosis factor alpha…Abstract Number: 1888 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Transcriptional Regulation Of Peptidylarginine Deiminase Type IV: Implications For Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: High titers of anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) have been detected in sera of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, implicating citrullinating enzymes in the pathogenesis of…