Transcriptional regulation of MHC class II genes.

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MHC class II molecules play a fundamental role in the homeostasis of the immune response, functioning as receptors for antigenic peptides to be presented to regulatory T cells. Both quantitative and qualitative alterations in the expression of these molecules on the cell surface dramatically affect the onset of the immune response, and may be the basis of a wide variety of disease states, such as autoimmunity,...

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