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AIRE's CARD revealed, a new structure for central tolerance provokes transcriptional plasticity.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Jan 2008
Ferguson Brian J, Alexander Clare, Rossi Simona W, Liiv Ingrid, Rebane Ana, Worth Catherine L, Wong Joyce, Laan Martti, Peterson Pärt, Jenkinson Eric J, Anderson Graham, Scott Hamish S, Cooke Anne, Rich Tina
Abstract excerpt
Developing T cells encounter peripheral self-antigens in the thymus in order to delete autoreactive clones. It is now known that the autoimmune regulator protein (AIRE), which is expressed in thymic medullary epithelial cells, plays a key role in regulating the thymic transcription of these perip...
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