Inhibition of peptidyl-arginine deiminases reverses protein-hypercitrullination and disease in mouse models of multiple sclerosis

SUMMARY Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common CNS-demyelinating disease of humans, showing clinical and pathological heterogeneity and a general resistance to therapy. We first discovered that abnormal myelin hypercitrullination, even in normal-appearing white matter, by peptidylarginine deimin...

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Main Authors: Mario A. Moscarello, Helena Lei, Fabrizio G. Mastronardi, Shawn Winer, Hubert Tsui, Zhen Li, Cameron Ackerley, Li Zhang, Reinout Raijmakers, D. Denise Wood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2013-03-01
Series:Disease Models & Mechanisms
Online Access:http://dmm.biologists.org/content/6/2/467