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Loss of AIRE-Mediated Immune Tolerance and the Skin.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Mar 2022
Peterson Pärt, Kisand Kai, Kluger Nicolas, Ranki Annamari
Abstract excerpt
The core function of the immune response is to distinguish between self and foreign. The multiorgan human autoimmune disease, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED/autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1) is an example of what happens in the body when central immune tolerance goes astray. APECED revealed the existence and function of the autoimmune regulator gene, which has a...
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