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Fine mapping of diabetes-associated IA-2 specific autoantibodies.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Dec 2003
Bearzatto Massimo, Lampasona Vito, Belloni Cristina, Bonifacio Ezio
Abstract excerpt
The related tyrosine phosphatase-like proteins (PTP) IA-2 and IA-2beta are autoantigens of type 1 diabetes. Autoantibodies are predominantly against IA-2. We utilized the close homology between IA-2 and IA-2beta PTP domains to design chimeras and mutants in order to identify humoral IA-2-specific epitopes. Fifteen sera with antibodies to IA-2 specific PTP domain epitopes were tested against...
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