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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase deficiency causes organ-specific autoimmune disease.
PloS one - 21 Aug 2008
Hase Koji, Takahashi Daisuke, Ebisawa Masashi, Kawano Sayaka, Itoh Kikuji, Ohno Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) expressed by germinal center B cells is a central regulator of somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR). Humans with AID mutations develop not only the autosomal recessive form of hyper-IgM syndrome (HIGM2) associated with B cell hyperplasia, but also autoimmune disorders by unknown mechanisms. We report here that AID-/- mice spontaneously...
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