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Proteomic scan for tyrosinase peptide antigenic pattern in vitiligo and melanoma: role of sequence similarity and HLA-DR1 affinity.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Nov 2005
Lucchese Alberta, Willers Jörg, Mittelman Abraham, Kanduc Darja, Dummer Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
Immune responses contribute to the pathogenesis of vitiligo and target melanoma sometimes associated with vitiligo-like depigmentation in some melanoma patients. We analyzed the sera from patients with vitiligo and cutaneous melanoma for reactivity toward tyrosinase peptide sequences 1) endowed with low level of similarity to human proteome, and 2) potentially able to bind HLA-DR1 Ags. We report that the...
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