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Protection against severe disease is conferred by DERAA-bearing HLA-DRB1 alleles among HLA-DQ3 and HLA-DQ5 positive rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Human immunology - 1 May 2001
Seidl C, Körbitzer J, Badenhoop K, Seifried E, Hoelzer D, Zanelli E, Kaltwasser J P
Abstract excerpt
Experimental studies in transgenic mice have suggested that HLA-DQ predisposes to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but could also modulate disease severity by presenting peptides derived from self-DR molecules. In particular, a short amino acid sequence, (70)DERAA(74), in the third hypervariable region of HLA-DRB1 confers protection for the disease, while particular HLA-DQ [DQB1*0501/DQA1*01 (DQ5) and DQB1*03/DQA1*03...
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