Research Article
Peptidylarginine Deiminase 2 in Murine Antiviral and Autoimmune Antibody Responses
Figure 1
In collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), PAD2 is required for normal anti-collagen IgG levels, but not numbers of anti-collagen antibody secreting cells. CIA was induced in PAD2+/+ and PAD2-/- mice on the DBA/1J background with the first injection at week zero. (a) Sera were collected at indicated time points post-CIA induction and anti-collagen IgG levels quantified by ELISA and expressed as a value relative to a CIA serum standard (, mice, 6 experiments). Gray arrows indicate CIA-inducing injections. Bone marrow-derived anti-collagen IgG antibody secreting cells (ASCs) were quantified by (b) ELISpot and (c) anti-collagen ELISA limiting dilution assay (LDA) 17 weeks post-CIA induction (symbols indicate ASC numbers in individual mice, horizontal bar indicates , mice, 3 experiments). For all panels, PAD2+/+ versus PAD2-/- data were compared by paired test and .
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