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    Psoriasis Patients Demonstrate HLA-Cw*06:02 Allele Dosage-Dependent T Cell Proliferation When Treated With Hair Follicle-Derived Keratin 17 Protein

    April 2018 in “ Scientific Reports ”
    Milyausha M. Yunusbaeva, Р. З. Валиев, Fanil Bilalov … Bayazit Yunusbayev
    Studysummary This study found that in psoriasis patients, the K17 protein probably functions as an autoantigen, with the HLA-Cw*06:02 risk genotype strongly linked to the T cell response size.
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