Lymphoblastoid cells express HLA‐B27 homodimers both intracellularly and at the cell surface following endosomal recycling

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The MHC class I allele HLA-B27 is very strongly associated with development of autoimmune spondyloarthritis, although the disease mechanism remains unknown. Class I molecules classically associate in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) with beta2-microglobulin (beta(2)m) and antigenic peptides for cell surface expression and presentation to T cells. We have previously shown that HLA-B27 is capable of forming...

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