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Experimental evidence that mutated-self peptides derived from mitochondrial DNA somatic mutations have the potential to trigger autoimmunity.
Human immunology - 1 Aug 2014
Chen Lina, Duvvuri Bhargavi, Grigull Jörg, Jamnik Roni, Wither Joan E, Wu Gillian E
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Autoimmune disease is a critical health concern, whose etiology remains enigmatic. We hypothesized that immune responses to somatically mutated self proteins could have a role in the development of autoimmune disease. IFN-γ secretion by T cells stimulated with mitochondrial peptides encoded by pu...
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