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Psoriasis patients demonstrate HLA-Cw*06:02 allele dosage-dependent T cell proliferation when treated with hair follicle-derived keratin 17 protein.
Scientific reports - 17 Apr 2018
Yunusbaeva Milyausha, Valiev Ruslan, Bilalov Fanil, Sultanova Zilya, Sharipova Leyla, Yunusbayev Bayazit
Abstract excerpt
It is broadly accepted that psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease with a heritable component, but it is not clear what causes inflammation in the skin. Previous research suggests that fragments of the keratin 17 (K17) protein, which are constitutively expressed in hair follicles, could act as autoantigens. In this study, we synthesized the K17 protein from mRNA derived from hair follicles and tested whether it...
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