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Ltbetar signaling does not regulate Aire-dependent transcripts in medullary thymic epithelial cells.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jul 2008
Martins Vera C, Boehm Thomas, Bleul Conrad C
Abstract excerpt
Thymic medullary epithelial cells (mTECs) play a major role in central tolerance induction by expressing tissue-specific Ags (TSAs). The expression of a subset of TSAs in mTECs is under the control of Aire (autoimmune regulator). Humans defective for AIRE develop a syndrome characterized by autoimmune disease in several endocrine glands. Aire has been proposed to be regulated by lymphotoxin beta receptor...
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