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Evidence that HLA-DQ9 confers risk to celiac disease by presence of DQ9-restricted gluten-specific T cells.
Human immunology - 1 Apr 2012
Bodd Michael, Tollefsen Stig, Bergseng Elin, Lundin Knut E A, Sollid Ludvig M
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We describe the gluten T-cell response of a DR7DQ2/DR9DQ9 heterozygous celiac disease patient (CD555). Interestingly, this patient had T cells recognizing gluten in the context of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules of both haplotypes. For the DR9DQ9 haplotype, DQ9 was identified as the antig...
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