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Dongwei Zhu1, Wei Song1, Zehui Jiang1
1Department of Immunology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Abstract:
Peptidyl arginine deiminase (PAD) which mediates citrullination catalyzes the conversion of arginine residues of protein peptide chains to citrulline residues. Citrullination can be involved in the process of apoptosis, embryo development, regulation of myelin sheath function and other physiological processes. Besides, it can regulate the process of cell death, affect the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and produce anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) to participate in autoimmune diseases. In this manuscript, the regulatory effects of citrullination in normal physiology and autoimmune diseases are reviewed, and the effects of citrullination on immune cells in autoimmune diseases are discussed in detail.
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