Article
Protein tyrosine phosphatases in autoimmunity.
Annual review of immunology - 1 Jan 2008
Vang Torkel, Miletic Ana V, Arimura Yutaka, Tautz Lutz, Rickert Robert C, Mustelin Tomas
Abstract excerpt
Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) are important regulators of many cellular functions and a growing number of PTPs have been implicated in human disease conditions, such as developmental defects, neoplastic disorders, and immunodeficiency. Here, we review the involvement of PTPs in human autoimmunity. The leading examples include the allelic variant of the lymphoid tyrosine phosphatase (PTPN22), which is...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
