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Exceptional stability of the HLA-DQA1*0102/DQB1*0602 alpha beta protein dimer, the class II MHC molecule associated with protection from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Dec 1998
Ettinger R A, Liu A W, Nepom G T, Kwok W W
Abstract excerpt
HLA-DQ alleles are closely associated with susceptibility and resistance to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) but the immunologic mechanisms involved are not understood. Structural studies of the IDDM-susceptible allele, HLA-DQA1*0301/DQB1*0302, have classified it as a relatively unstable dimer, particularly at neutral pH. This is reminiscent of studies in the nonobese diabetic mouse, in which I-A(g7) is...
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