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Update on Aire and thymic negative selection.
Immunology - 1 Jan 2018
Passos Geraldo A, Speck-Hernandez Cesar A, Assis Amanda F, Mendes-da-Cruz Daniella A
Abstract excerpt
Twenty years ago, the autoimmune regulator (Aire) gene was associated with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy, and was cloned and sequenced. Its importance goes beyond its abstract link with human autoimmune disease. Aire identification opened new perspectives to better understand the molecular basis of central tolerance and self-non-self distinction, the main properties of the immune...
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