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T cell recognition of beryllium.
Current opinion in immunology - 1 Dec 2013
Dai Shaodong, Falta Michael T, Bowerman Natalie A, McKee Amy S, Fontenot Andrew P
Abstract excerpt
Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is a granulomatous lung disorder caused by a hypersensitivity to beryllium and characterized by the accumulation of beryllium-specific CD4(+) T cells in the lung. Genetic susceptibility to beryllium-induced disease is strongly associated with HLA-DP alleles possessing a glutamic acid at the 69th position of the β-chain (βGlu69). The structure of HLA-DP2, the most prevalent...
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