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HLA Class II molecules on haplotypes associated with type 1 diabetes exhibit similar patterns of binding affinities for coxsackievirus P2C peptides.
Immunology - 1 Nov 2005
Ellis Richard J, Varela-Calvino Ruben, Tree Timothy I M, Peakman Mark
Abstract excerpt
Enteroviruses such as coxsackievirus B4 (CVB4) are proposed as possible environmental triggers or accelerants of the autoimmune process that leads to type 1 diabetes mellitus. One putative mechanism to account for this association is mimicry between virus components and islet autoantigens. Particular interest has focused on the CVB4 non-structural protein P2C, which we previously showed to be a major target of...
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