Kourilsky P, Chaouat G, Rabourdin-Combe C, Claverie JM. Working principles in the immune system implied by the "peptidic self" model.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987;
84:3400-4. [PMID:
3494999 PMCID:
PMC304878 DOI:
10.1073/pnas.84.10.3400]
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Abstract
The hypothesis that self as well as foreign proteins are processed into peptides and presented by major histocompatibility complex antigens leads to a set of working principles that could govern cellular interactions in immune responses. In particular, "idiopeptides," derived from immunoglobulins and T-cell receptors and recognized by appropriate T cells, are expected to play an important regulatory role. We show here that these speculations fit into a consistent view of the immune system.
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