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Identification and removal of a promiscuous CD4+ T cell epitope from the C1 domain of factor VIII.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 May 2005
Jones T D, Phillips W J, Smith B J, Bamford C A, Nayee P D, Baglin T P, Gaston J S H, Baker M P
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BACKGROUND: The development of inhibitors in hemophiliacs is a severe complication of factor VIII (FVIII) replacement therapy and is a process driven by FVIII specific T helper cells. OBJECTIVES: To finely map T cell epitopes within the whole FVIII protein in order to investigate the possibility...
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