High incidence of spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis in immunocompetent self-reactive human T cell receptor transgenic mice.

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Autoantigen-specific TCR transgenic mice allow us to assess the role of T cells in autoimmunity. We have recently generated humanized TAZ10 transgenic mice expressing the human TCR specific for the immunodominant epitope of thyroid peroxidase (TPO). We have shown that these transgenic mice do not undergo tolerance in vivo and that on Rag deficient background they are susceptible to spontaneous autoimmune...

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