Antigen presentation, autoantigens and immune regulation in multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-319549
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.31954

Riedhammer, Christine ; Weissert, Robert

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Abstract

Antigen presentation is in the center of the immune system, both in host defence against pathogens, but also when the system is unbalanced and autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) develop. It is not just by chance that a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene is the major genetic susceptibility locus in MS; a feature that MS shares with other autoimmune diseases. The exact ...