Cumulative autoimmunity: T cell clones recognizing several self-epitopes exhibit enhanced pathogenicity

T cell receptor (TCR) recognition is intrinsically polyspecific. In the field of autoimmunity, recognition of both self- and microbial peptides by a single TCR has led to the concept of molecular mimicry. However, findings made by our group and others clearly demonstrate that a given TCR can also re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roland S. LIBLAU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
tcr
GAD
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2011.00047/full