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HLA-B27, but not HLA-B7, immunodominance to influenza is ERAP dependent.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jun 2014
Akram Ali, Lin Aifeng, Gracey Eric, Streutker Catherine J, Inman Robert D
Abstract excerpt
Endoplasmic reticulum-associated aminopeptidase-1 (ERAP1) plays a critical role in the processing of peptides prior to binding to MHC class I molecules. In this article, we show for the first time, to our knowledge, that the HLA-B27 immunodominant influenza nucleoprotein (NP) 383-391 epitope is made as an N-terminally extended 14-mer before it is trimmed by ERAP. In the absence of ERAP, there is a significant...
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