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The role of AIRE in human autoimmune disease.
Nature reviews. Endocrinology - 1 Jan 2011
Akirav Eitan M, Ruddle Nancy H, Herold Kevan C
Abstract excerpt
The autoimmune regulator (AIRE) gene encodes a transcription factor involved in the presentation of tissue-restricted antigens during T-cell development in the thymus. Mutations of this gene lead to type 1 autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS-1), also termed autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) syndrome, which is characterized by the clinical presentation of at least two of a...
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