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AIRE-mutations and autoimmune disease.
Current opinion in immunology - 1 Dec 2016
Bruserud Øyvind, Oftedal Bergithe E, Wolff Anette B, Husebye Eystein S
Abstract excerpt
The gene causing the severe organ-specific autoimmune disease autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type-1 (APS-1) was identified in 1997 and named autoimmune regulator (AIRE). AIRE plays a key role in shaping central immunological tolerance by facilitating negative selection of T cells in the thymus, building the thymic microarchitecture, and inducing a specific subset of regulatory T cells. So far, about 100...
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