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Thymic-Specific Serine Protease Limits Central Tolerance and Exacerbates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Dec 2017
Serre Laurent, Girard Maeva, Ramadan Abdoulraouf, Menut Paul, Rouquié Nelly, Lucca Liliana E, Mahiddine Karim, Leobon Bertrand, Mars Lennart T, Guerder Sylvie
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The genetic predisposition to multiple sclerosis (MS) is most strongly conveyed by MHC class II haplotypes, possibly by shaping the autoimmune CD4 T cell repertoire. Whether Ag-processing enzymes contribute to MS susceptibility by editing the peptide repertoire presented by these MHC haplotypes is unclear. Thymus-specific serine protease (TSSP) is expressed by thymic epithelial cells and thymic dendritic cells...
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