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Relevance of residue 116 of HLA-B27 in determining susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis.
European journal of immunology - 1 Nov 1995
D'Amato M, Fiorillo M T, Carcassi C, Mathieu A, Zuccarelli A, Bitti P P, Tosi R, Sorrentino R
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an autoimmune disorder strongly associated with HLA-B27. A direct role of B27 molecules in the disease pathogenesis has been postulated, possibly by presenting to T cells an as-yet unidentified arthritogenic peptide that triggers the autoimmune response. There are nine HLA-B27 alleles differing from each other at one or more amino acid positions. It is important, for the...
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