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Allele-specific motifs characterize HLA-DQ interactions with a diabetes-associated peptide derived from glutamic acid decarboxylase.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 1996
Kwok W W, Domeier M L, Raymond F C, Byers P, Nepom G T
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphic residues of HLA class II molecules influence immune activation in part by determining specific structural constraints for binding antigenic peptides. We identified a peptide from glutamic acid decarboxylase, a diabetes-associated autoantigen that preferentially bound to HLA-DQ3.2 molecules, one of the HLA determinants highly associated with insulin-dependent diabetes. We analyzed interactions of...
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