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T cell autoimmunity to histones and nucleosomes is a latent property of the normal immune system
1 May 2002
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OBJECTIVE: Investigators in this study undertook to determine whether in vitro antigen-responsive immune (polyomavirus T antigen [T-ag]- specific) and autoimmune (histone-specific) T cells from normal individuals share structural and genetic characteristics with those from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: Histone-specific T cells were generated by stimulation of peripheral blood...
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