La señalización a través de CD30 protege contra la diabetes autoinmune mediada por las células T CD8

C Kurts1, F R Carbone, M F Krummel

  • 1The Department of Nephrology, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany.

Nature
|April 7, 1999
PubMed
Resumen

La señalización CD30 es crucial para prevenir la autoinmunidad al limitar la proliferación de las células T CD8 autorreactivas. Sin CD30, estas células se vuelven muy agresivas, lo que lleva a la destrucción de los islotes pancreáticos y la diabetes.

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