Camilla Albano, Matteo Biolatti, Jasenka Mazibrada, Selina Pasquero, Francesca Gugliesi, Irene Lo Cigno, Federica Calati, Greta Bajetto, Giuseppe Riva, Gloria Griffante, Santo Landolfo, Marisa Gariglio, Marco De Andrea, Valentina Dell'Oste
Citrullination is an emerging post-translational modification catalyzed by peptidyl-arginine deiminases (PADs) that convert peptidyl-arginine into peptidyl-citrulline. In humans, the PAD family consists of five isozymes (PADs 1-4, 6) involved in multiple diseases, including cancer. Given that high-risk (hr) human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the etiological agents of cervical cancer, in this study, we sought to determine whether PAD-mediated protein citrullination would play a functional role in the HPV-driven transformation of epithelial cells...
2024: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology