The dual role of autoimmune regulator in maintaining normal expression level of tissue-restricted autoantigen in the thymus: A modeling investigation.

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Published in Math Biosci on October 17, 2016

Authors

Tina M Mitre1, Massimo Pietropaolo2, Anmar Khadra3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physiology, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal H3G 1Y6, QC, Canada.
2: Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
3: Department of Physiology, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal H3G 1Y6, QC, Canada. Electronic address: anmar.khadra@mcgill.ca.

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