Genetic variation at the CD28 locus and its impact on expansion of pro-inflammatory CD28 negative T cells in healthy individuals

Abstract The CD28 locus is associated with susceptibility to a variety of autoimmune and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases including primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Previously, we linked the CD28 pathway in PSC disease pathology and found that vitamin D could maintain CD28 expression. Here...

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Main Authors: Evaggelia Liaskou, Louisa Jeffery, Dimitrios Chanouzas, Blagoje Soskic, Michael F. Seldin, Lorraine Harper, David Sansom, Gideon M. Hirschfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07967-2