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    Glossary Antigen

    substance triggering immune response by being recognized as foreign

    An antigen is a substance that the immune system recognizes as foreign or harmful, prompting an immune response. This can include parts of pathogens like bacteria or viruses, or even non-infectious substances like pollen. In the context of autoimmune diseases, the body mistakenly identifies its own cells as antigens, leading to conditions such as alopecia areata, where the immune system attacks hair follicles.

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    1. Nanoparticle-Based Targeting of Vaccine Compounds to Skin Antigen-Presenting Cells By Hair Follicles and their Transport in Mice 2008 · 119 citations
    2. Antigen-Specific Regulatory T Cells and Low Dose of IL-2 in Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Frontiers in immunology · 2016 · 23 citations
    3. Antigen presenting cells in the skin of a patient with hair loss and systemic lupus erythematosus. PubMed · 2009 · 9 citations
    4. T-cell “induced-self” MHC class I/peptide complexes may enable “de novo” tolerance induction to neo-antigens occurring outside of the thymus Experimental dermatology · 2016 · 8 citations
    5. 085 Autoantigen screening in C3H/HeJ mouse model of alopecia areata revealed high antigenicity of melanocyte-associated antigen epitopes 2019 · 1 citations
    6. Skin Commensal Antigens: Taking the Road Less Traveled Trends in Immunology · 2018
    7. Targeting of Skin Antigen-Presenting Cells Journal of Animal Science · 2010
    8. A Chronic Contact Eczema Impedes Migration of Antigen-Presenting Cells in Alopecia Areata Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2006 · 24 citations
    9. Method for chronological recording of antigen appearance in human head-hair shafts and its use for monitoring glycation products in diabetes Journal of immunological methods · 2006 · 7 citations
    10. Prior antigen experience influences the development of alopecia areata in C3H/HeJ mice 2258436 The Journal of Immunology · 2026
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