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Structure-based selection of small molecules to alter allele-specific MHC class II antigen presentation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Dec 2011
Michels Aaron W, Ostrov David A, Zhang Li, Nakayama Maki, Fuse Masanori, McDaniel Kristen, Roep Bart O, Gottlieb Peter A, Atkinson Mark A, Eisenbarth George S
Abstract excerpt
Class II major histocompatibility molecules are the primary susceptibility locus for many autoimmune disorders, including type 1 diabetes. Human DQ8 and I-A(g7), in the NOD mouse model of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes, confers diabetes risk by modulating presentation of specific islet peptides in the thymus and periphery. We used an in silico molecular docking program to screen a large "druglike" chemical...
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