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A controlled balance between initiation and downregulation of immune responses (peripheral tolerance) is important for maintaining immune homeostasis, whereas dysfunctional immune regulation may lead to chronic inflammation or autoimmunity [ 29 ] . The CD4 +CD25 +regulatory T cells have been shown to suppress autoimmunity in several animal models [ 2 ] . To evaluate the role of the CD4 +CD25 +regulatory T cells in PGIA, three approaches were used.
Taken together with the findings reported herein, this work indicates that anaphylactic reactions can be elicited in mice that have been immunized with pancreatic islet-associated self-peptides that also represent significant targets of autoimmunity in T1DM.
This hypothesis predicts that females with autoimmunity may be particularly prone to this mechanism of `inadequate tolerization' by virtue of extremely skewed X-chromosome inactivation.
Other markers of systemic inflammation or autoimmunity did not correlate with the presence or absence of LFT abnormalities.
The inheritance of certain polymorphisms of the mannose-binding lectin gene on Ch10 in persons with CVID are associated with earlier age of onset of manifestations of antibody deficiency and with increased risk of autoimmunity [ 25 ] . Altogether, these observations are consistent with the hypothesis that many common heritable antibody deficiency phenotypes collectively diagnosed as CVID or IgGSD are the result of the inheritance of multiple disease-predisposing alleles on Ch6p and possibly other chromosomes.
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