HLA-DR3 restricted environmental epitopes from the bacterium Clostridium tetani have T cell cross-reactivity to the SLE-related autoantigen SmD
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DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.928374
Abstract: HLA-DR3 (DR3) is one of the dominant HLA-DR alleles associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility. Our previous studies showed multiple intramolecular DR3 restricted T cell epitopes in the Smith D (SmD) protein, from which… read more here.
Keywords: 261 mimic; cell; hla dr3; dr3 ... See more keywords