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Peptide Synthesis> | Peptides and adjuvants Peptides vimentin amino acid (aa)28-42cit (cit-SYVTTST-cit- TYSLGS), aa28-42wt (RSYVTTSTRTYSLGS), aa28-49wt (RSYVTTSTRTYSLGSALRPSTS), aa28-49cit (cit-SYVTTST-cit- TYSLGSAL-cit-PSTS), aa32-46cit (TTST-cit-TYSLGSAL-cit-P), human aa415-433wt (LPNFSSLNLRETNLDSLPL), human aa415-433cit (LPNFSSLNL-cit-ETNLDSLPL), mouse aa415- 433wt (LPTFSSLNLRETNLESLPL), mouse aa415-433cit (LPTFSSLNL-cit-ETNLESLPL), human aa418-431cit (FSSLNL- cit-ETNLDSL), human enolase aa241-260cit (VIGMDV AASEFF-cit-SGKYDLD), human aa241-260wt (VIGMDVAAS EFFRSGKYDLD), mouse aa241-260cit (VIGMDVAASEFY-cit- SGKYDLD), mouse aa241-260wt (VIGMDVAASEFYRSGKY DLD), human aa 241-255cit (VIGMDVAASEFF-cit-SG), human aa 246-260cit (VAASEFF-cit-SGKYDLD), fibrinogen aa78-91cit (NQDFTN-cit-INKLKNS), collagen II aa1236-1249cit (LQYM- cit-ADQAAGGLR)15 and Hepatitis B surface antigen aa 181–19336 were synthesized at >90% purity by Genscript (USA) and stored lyophilised at −80°C. | Get A Quote |
Post-translational modifications are induced in stressed cells which cause them to be recognised by the system. One such modification is citrullination where the positive charged arginine is modified to a neutral citrulline. We demonstrate most healthy donors show an oligoclonal CD4 response to at least one citrullinated vimentin or enolase peptide. Unlike rheumatoid arthritis patients, these T cell responses were not restricted by HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) alleles, suggesting they could be presented by other MHC class II alleles. As HLA-DP is less polymorphic than HLA-DR, we investigated whether the common allele, HLA-DP4 could present citrullinated epitopes. The modification of arginine to citrull... More