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Tg.2098 is a major human thyroglobulin T-cell epitope.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Aug 2010
Menconi Francesca, Huber Amanda, Osman Roman, Concepcion Erlinda, Jacobson Eric M, Stefan Mihaela, David Chela S, Tomer Yaron
Abstract excerpt
An HLA-DR variant containing Arginine at position 74 of the DRbeta1 chain confers a strong genetic susceptibility to autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD), Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), while Glutamine at position DRbeta1-74 is protective. We hypothesized that the DRbeta1-Arg74 variant is able to present pathogenic thyroglobulin (Tg) peptides to T-cells more efficiently, thereby triggering...
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