Abstract:
:Autoimmunity is a complex disease process that results from a breakdown in the ability of the immune system to discriminate self from non-self. One approach to unraveling how autoimmunity occurs is to study monogenic diseases, for which a single gene defect is responsible. Recent work on the monogenic autoimmune disease 'autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1' (APS1) and on the causal gene of this disorder--autoimmune regulator (AIRE)--is providing new lessons on how immune tolerance is maintained.
journal_name
Curr Opin Genet Devjournal_title
Current opinion in genetics & developmentauthors
DeVoss JJ,Anderson MSdoi
10.1016/j.gde.2007.04.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-06-01 00:00:00pages
193-200issue
3eissn
0959-437Xissn
1879-0380pii
S0959-437X(07)00066-4journal_volume
17pub_type
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