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Impaired immune responses and altered peptide repertoire in tapasin-deficient mice.
Nature immunology - 1 Sept 2000
Garbi N, Tan P, Diehl A D, Chambers B J, Ljunggren H G, Momburg F, Hämmerling G J
Abstract excerpt
Tapasin is a component of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I antigen-loading complex. Here we show that mice with a disrupted tapasin gene display reduced MHC class I expression. Cytotoxic T cell (CTL) responses to viruses are impaired, and dendritic cells of tapasin-deficient mice do not cross-present protein antigen via the MHC class I pathway, indicating a defect in antigen processing. Natural...
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