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The association of CTLA-4 and HLA class II autoimmune risk genotype with regulatory T cell marker expression in 5-year-old children.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jul 2006
Jonson C-O, Hedman M, Karlsson Faresjö M, Casas R, Ilonen J, Ludvigsson J, Vaarala O
Abstract excerpt
Regulatory T cells (Treg) are involved in the maintenance of peripheral tolerance by suppression of autoreactive lymphocytes that have avoided thymic depletion. The defective function of Treg cells has recently attracted attention in autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D), rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Susceptibility to these diseases is associated with specific human leucocyte antigen...
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