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T-Cell Recognition and Cytokine Profile Induced by Melanocyte Epitopes in Patients with HLA-DRB1*0405-Positive and -Negative Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Uveitis
24 Jun 2005
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PURPOSE: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH), an autoimmune disease targeted against melanocytes, is associated with HLA-DRB1*0405. This study was undertaken to analyze T-cell recognition and the cytokine expression profile induced by melanocyte epitopes in HLA-DRB1*0405-positive and -negative patients with VKH uveitis. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) proliferation and Th1 (IFN-gamma) and Th2...
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