Article
HLA-DR4-associated T and B cell responses to specific determinants on the IA-2 autoantigen in type 1 diabetes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Nov 2014
McLaughlin Kerry A, Gulati Kavita, Richardson Carolyn C, Morgan Diana, Bodansky H Jonathan, Feltbower Richard G, Christie Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Autoantibodies to IA-2 in type 1 diabetes are associated with HLA-DR4, suggesting influences of HLA-DR4-restricted T cells on IA-2-specific B cell responses. The aim of this study was to investigate possible T-B cell collaboration by determining whether autoantibodies to IA-2 epitopes are associated with T cell responses to IA-2 peptides presented by DR4. T cells secreting the cytokines IFN-γ and IL-10 in...
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