Smoking is associated with increased levels of extracellular peptidylarginine deiminase 2 (PAD2) in the lungs

Medicin og biovidenskab

• Protein-Arginine Deiminases 100%
• Smoking 44%
• Citrullination 42%
• Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid 38%
• Lung 33%
• Smokers 29%
• C-Reactive Protein 15%
• Rheumatoid Arthritis 14%
• Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies 12%
• Autoantigens 9%
• Non-Smokers 8%
• Cell Count 6%
• Proteins 6%
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay 6%
• Macrophages 6%
• Peptides 5%