Autoimmune diseases and peptide variations.

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Autoimmune diseases and peptide variations.

Genome informatics. International Conference on Genome Informatics - 1 Jan 2005

Honda Wataru, Kawashima Shuichi, Kanehisa Minoru

Abstract excerpt

The immune system plays an essential role in the defense of the host against invaders. Enormous numbers of lymphocytes are recruited and immense numbers of antibodies or cytokines are secreted in various kinds of immune response. But the system also has the possibility of being the cause of tissue injury or some kind of diseases. For example, when their functions target their host, an autoimmune disease occurs....

Topics

Amino Acid Motifs
Amino Acid Sequence
Autoantibodies
Autoimmune Diseases
Databases, Factual
Genetic Variation
Humans
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Models, Immunological
Oligopeptides
Viral Proteins

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PMID: 16362930

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