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The AIRE -230Y Polymorphism Affects AIRE Transcriptional Activity: Potential Influence on AIRE Function in the Thymus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Lovewell Thomas R J, McDonagh Andrew J, Messenger Andrew G, Azzouz Mimoun, Tazi-Ahnini Rachid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The autoimmune regulator (AIRE) is expressed in the thymus, particularly in thymic medullary epithelial cells (mTECs), and is required for the ectopic expression of a diverse range of peripheral tissue antigens by mTECs, facilitating their ability to perform negative selection of auto-reactive immature T-cells. The expression profile of peripheral tissue antigens is affected not only by AIRE...
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