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Thymus-specific serine protease controls autoreactive CD4 T cell development and autoimmune diabetes in mice.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 May 2011
Viret Christophe, Leung-Theung-Long Stéphane, Serre Laurent, Lamare Camille, Vignali Dario A A, Malissen Bernard, Carrier Alice, Guerder Sylvie
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease in which genetic predispositions affect the immune system, leading to a loss of T cell tolerance to β cells and consequent T cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing islet cells. Genetic studies have suggested that PRSS16 is linked to a diabetes susceptibility locus of the extended HLA class I region in humans. PRSS16 encodes what we believe to be a novel...
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