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Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase-1 alleles associated with increased risk of ankylosing spondylitis reduce HLA-B27 mediated presentation of multiple antigens.
Autoimmunity - 1 Dec 2013
Seregin Sergey S, Rastall David P W, Evnouchidou Irini, Aylsworth Charles F, Quiroga Dionisia, Kamal Ram P, Godbehere-Roosa Sarah, Blum Christopher F, York Ian A, Stratikos Efstratios, Amalfitano Andrea
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic systemic arthritic disease that leads to significant disability and loss of quality of life in the ∼0.5% of the worldwide human population it affects. There is currently no cure for AS and mechanisms underlying its pathogenesis remain unclear. AS is highly genetic, with over 70% of the genetic risk being associated with the presence of HLA-B27 and endoplasmic reticulum...
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