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The development of mouse APECED models provides new insight into the role of AIRE in immune regulation.
Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Sept 2005
Pereira Lara E, Bostik Pavel, Ansari Aftab A
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy is a rare recessive autoimmune disorder caused by a defect in a single gene called AIRE (autoimmune regulator). Characteristics of this disease include a variable combination of autoimmune endocrine tissue destruction, mucocutaneous candidiasis and ectodermal dystrophies. The development of Aire-knockout mice has provided an invaluable model for the...
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