citrullinated
citrullinated adjective: reacted with, or converted to, citrulline. Also the simple past and past participle of citrullinate.
Adjective
citrullinated (comparative more citrullinated, superlative most citrullinated)
- Reacted with, or converted to, citrulline.
- Initially it has been suggested that fibrin is the most citrullinated protein in RA joints (Iobagiu et al., 2011), but now the presence of citrullinated vimentin and aggrecan is also detected (Glant et al., 2016).2019, Geeta Rai, NETosis: Immunity, Pathogenesis and Therapeutics, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 106
- Given that aberrant citrullination is a hallmark of various autoimmune diseases and certain tumor types, it is important to develop protein detection methods to identify citrullinated proteins in complex biological systems.2019, Venkatesh V. Nemmara, Paul R. Thompson, Development of Activity-Based Proteomic Probes for Protein Citrullination, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ku-Lung Hsu, Eranthie Weerapana (editors), Activity-Based...
Also used as
citrullinated is also the simple past and past participle of citrullinate.
Forms of citrullinated
| comparative | more citrullinated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most citrullinated |
Origin of citrullinated
From Latin citrullus (“watermelon”) + -ine + -ate + -ed.
Words formed from citrullinated
Questions about citrullinated
- What does citrullinated mean?
- Citrullinated means reacted with, or converted to, citrulline.
- What part of speech is citrullinated?
- Citrullinated is an adjective.
Words near citrullinated in the dictionary
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