HLA associated genetic predisposition to autoimmune diseases: Genes involved and possible mechanisms.

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Autoimmune diseases are the result of an interplay between predisposing genes and triggering environmental factors, leading to loss of self-tolerance and an immune-mediated destruction of autologous cells and/or tissues. Genes in the HLA complex are among the strongest predisposing genetic factors. The HLA complex genes primarily involved are most often those encoding the peptide-presenting HLA class I or II...

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