How MHC molecules grab citrullinated peptides to foster rheumatoid arthritis
How MHC molecules grab citrullinated peptides to foster rheumatoid arthritis
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10.1074/jbc.h118.001829
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2018-03
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D. Margulies
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D. Margulies
The molecular immunologist's dream is to elucidate a fundamental biochemical process that explains the basis of an affliction that affects millions of people, and that, precisely understood, might yield a rational approach to diagnosis, prevention, or therapy. In this issue of JBC, Ting et al. report proteomic, biochemical, and structural analyses that better explain how the antigen-presenting HLA-DR4 molecules bind citrullinated peptides to provoke rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic autoimmune disease that affects 0.5–1% of the population.