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Psoriasis is not an autoimmune disease?
Experimental dermatology - 1 Apr 2015
Fry Lionel, Baker Barbara S, Powles Anne V, Engstrand Lars
Abstract excerpt
The concept that psoriasis is an autoimmune disease needs to be questioned. The autoimmune label has been based on molecular mimicry between streptococcal and keratin proteins and the existence of homologous peptides between these proteins. However, it is only peripheral blood CD8, and not CD4, T...
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