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Modelling of HLA-DQ2 and its interaction with gluten peptides to explain molecular recognition in celiac disease.
Journal of molecular graphics & modelling - 1 Apr 2005
Costantini Susan, Rossi Mauro, Colonna Giovanni, Facchiano Angelo M
Abstract excerpt
Celiac disease (CD) is sustained by abnormal intestinal mucosal T-cell response to gluten and it is strongly associated with HLA class II molecules encoded by DQA1*0501/DQB1*02 (DQ2) or DQA1*03/DQB1*0302 (DQ8). The in vitro stimulatory activity of gliadin increases after treatment with tissue transglutaminase (tTG) which catalyses the deamidation of specific residues of glutamine to glutamate that can serve as...
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