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Patient mutation in AIRE disrupts P-TEFb binding and target gene transcription.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Oct 2011
Žumer Kristina, Plemenitaš Ana, Saksela Kalle, Peterlin B Matija
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune regulator (AIRE) is a transcription factor that induces the expression of a large subset of otherwise strictly tissue restricted antigens in medullary thymic epithelial cells, thereby enabling their presentation to developing T cells for negative selection. Mutations in AIRE lead to autoimmune-polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED), a rare monogenetic disease. Although it has been...
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