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SUBMITTER: Gabarrini G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5955434 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gabarrini Giorgio G Palma Medina Laura M LM Stobernack Tim T Prins Rianne C RC du Teil Espina Marines M Kuipers Jeroen J Chlebowicz Monika A MA Rossen John W A JWA van Winkelhoff Arie Jan AJ van Dijl Jan Maarten JM
Virulence 20180101 1
The oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis is one of the major periodontal agents and it has been recently hailed as a potential cause of the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis. In particular, the peptidylarginine deiminase enzyme of P. gingivalis (PPAD) has been implicated in the citrullination of certain host proteins and the subsequent appearance of antibodies against citrullinated proteins, which might play a role in the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis. The aim of this study was to inv ...[more]