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The B7-independent isoform of CTLA-4 functions to regulate autoimmune diabetes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Feb 2013
Stumpf Melanie, Zhou Xuyu, Bluestone Jeffrey A
Abstract excerpt
The critical role of CTLA-4 in inhibiting Ag-driven T cell responses upon engagement with its ligands, B7-1 and B7-2 and its importance for peripheral T cell tolerance and T cell homeostasis has been studied intensively. The CTLA-4 splice variant ligand-independent (li)-CTLA-4 is expressed in naive and activated T cells and can actively alter T cell signaling despite its lack of a B7 binding domain. To study the...
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