Article
Mutagenesis and expression of putative class II susceptibility genes: a "reverse immunogenetics" approach to analysis of HLA and disease.
Autoimmunity - 1 Jan 1990
Nepom G T
Abstract excerpt
Immune activation events regulated by the human MHC are triggered by interactions between HLA class II molecules, antigenic peptides, and reactive T cells. In most autoimmune diseases, little is known about the latter two elements of this trimolecular complex, while the HLA class II contribution is being deciphered in increasingly sophisticated detail. In two cases in particular, type I diabetes and rheumatoid...
Topics
- Antigen-Presenting Cells
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- Epitopes
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-D Antigens