High frequency of skin-homing melanocyte-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in autoimmune vitiligo.
Vitiligo is an autoimmune condition characterized by loss of epidermal melanocytes. Using tetrameric complexes of human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I to identify antigen-specific T cells ex vivo, we observed high frequencies of circulating MelanA-specific, A*0201-restricted cyto...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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