Bacterial and human peptidylarginine deiminases: targets for inhibiting the autoimmune response in rheumatoid arthritis?

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Published in Arthritis Res Ther on June 02, 2010

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Pamela Mangat1, Natalia Wegner, Patrick J Venables, Jan Potempa

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1: The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Imperial College, 65 Aspenlea Road, London, W6 8LH, UK.

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