Understanding the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis

A Sharip, J Kunz - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spondyloarthritis comprises a group of inflammatory diseases of the joints and spine, with
various clinical manifestations. The group includes ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis …

Evolutionary immuno-genetics of endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase II (ERAP2)

A Raja, JJW Kuiper - Genes & Immunity, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 2 (ERAP2) is a proteolytic enzyme involved
in adaptive immunity. The ERAP2 gene is highly polymorphic and encodes haplotypes that …

Discovery of biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from human cerebrospinal fluid using mass-spectrometry-based proteomics

S Oh, Y Jang, CH Na - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease
characterized by the loss of upper and lower motor neurons, which eventually may lead to …

The impact of the 'mis-peptidome'on HLA class I-mediated diseases: contribution of ERAP1 and ERAP2 and effects on the immune response

V Tedeschi, G Paldino, F Paladini, B Mattorre… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The strong association with the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I genes
represents a shared trait for a group of autoimmune/autoinflammatory disorders having in …

Biallelic AOPEP Loss‐of‐Function Variants Cause Progressive Dystonia with Prominent Limb Involvement

M Zech, KR Kumar, S Reining, J Reunert… - Movement …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Monogenic causes of isolated dystonia are heterogeneous. Assembling cohorts
of affected individuals sufficiently large to establish new gene–disease relationships can be …

SARS-CoV-2 mutations affect antigen processing by the proteasome to alter CD8+ T cell responses

D Wellington, Z Yin, Z Yu, R Heilig, S Davis, R Fischer… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Mutations within viral epitopes can result in escape from T cells, but the contribution of
mutations in flanking regions of epitopes in SARS-CoV-2 has not been investigated …

Lessons on SpA pathogenesis from animal models

M Breban, S Glatigny, B Cherqaoui… - Seminars in …, 2021 - Springer
Understanding the complex mechanisms underlying a disorder such as spondyloarthritis
(SpA) may benefit from studying animal models. Several suitable models have been …

ERAP2 is associated with immune infiltration and predicts favorable prognosis in SqCLC

Z Yang, H Tian, F Bie, J Xu, Z Zhou, J Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Immunotherapy has been proven effective among several human cancer types,
including Squamous cell lung carcinoma (SqCLC). ERAP2 plays a pivotal role in peptide …

Whole-exome sequencing study identifies four novel gene loci associated with diabetic kidney disease

Y Pan, X Sun, X Mi, Z Huang, Y Hsu… - Human molecular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is recognized as an important public health challenge.
However, its genomic mechanisms are poorly understood. To identify rare variants for DKD …

[HTML][HTML] Shedding light on the role of ERAP1 in axial spondyloarthritis

MA Saad, AB Abdul-Sattar, IT Abdelal, A Baraka - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a multifactorial chronic inflammatory disease affecting the axial
skeleton (axSpA) and/or peripheral joints (p-SpA) and entheses. The disease's …