• Identification and characterization of aptameric inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase 

      Malicki, Stanisław; Książek, Mirosław; Sochaj Gregorczyk, Alicja; Kaminska, Marta; Golda, Anna; Chruścicka, Barbara; Mizgalska, Danuta; Potempa, Jan; Marti, Hans Peter; Kozieł, Joanna; Wieczorek, Maciej; Pieczykolan, Jerzy; Mydel, Piotr Mateusz; Dubin, Grzegorz (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Human neutrophil elastase (HNE) plays a pivotal role in innate immunity, inflammation, and tissue remodeling. Aberrant proteolytic activity of HNE contributes to organ destruction in various chronic inflammatory diseases ...
    • Structure and mechanism of a bacterial host-protein citrullinating virulence factor, Porphyromonas gingivalis peptidylarginine deiminase 

      Goulas, Theodoros; Mizgalska, Danuta; Garcia-Ferrer, Irene; Kantyka, Tomasz; Guevara, Tibisay; Szmigielski, Borys; Sroka, Aneta; Millan, Claudia; Uson, Isabel; Veillard, Florian; Potempa, Barbara; Mydel, Piotr Mateusz; Sola, Maria; Potempa, Jan; Gomis-Ruth, F. Xavier (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-01)
      Citrullination is a post-translational modification of higher organisms that deiminates arginines in proteins and peptides. It occurs in physiological processes but also pathologies such as multiple sclerosis, fibrosis, ...