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Modification of cytokine patterns in subjects bearing the HLA-B8,DR3 phenotype: implications for autoimmunity.
Cytokines, cellular & molecular therapy - 1 Dec 1997
Lio D, Candore G, Romano G C, D'Anna C, Gervasi F, Di Lorenzo G, Modica M A, Potestio M, Caruso C
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The factors influencing the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease are not fully known, but the host genotype undoubtedly plays a role in determining the outcome of these diseases. The role of the host's major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genotype in the regulation of susceptibility to autoimmune diseases has been extensively studied in different populations, and certain HLA (the human MHC) alleles and haplotypes...
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