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Abstract
Certain Ia allotypes such as DR4 show a strong association with particular autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Despite this strong association, a significant number of individuals with the inappropriate Ia allotype develop the disease. It is proposed that these individuals share an Ia determinant or "epitope" with individuals of the appropriate Ia allotype, and that these epitopes, which are "mobile" and can be transmitted from one Ia haplotype and/or gene locus to another by mechanisms such as gene conversion, form the molecular basis for disease-susceptibility genes.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6085818 DOI: 10.1007/bf00541275
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheumatol Int ISSN: 0172-8172 Impact factor: 2.631