@article{2284,
  keywords = {Autoimmunity, Humans, leprosy, Melanocytes, Melanoma, Skin, Symbiosis, Vitiligo},
  author = {Das P K and Wijngaard R M and Wankowicz-Kalinska A and Le Poole I C},
  title = {A symbiotic concept of autoimmunity and tumour immunity: lessons from vitiligo.},
  abstract = {<p>Vitiligo is a skin disease in which melanocytes (MCs) are eradicated from lesional epidermis, resulting in disfiguring loss of pigment. MCs are destroyed by MC-reactive T cells, as well as other non-immune and immune components. Similarities exist between the autoimmunity observed in vitiligo and the tumour immunity observed in melanoma immuno-surveillance. An analysis of these mechanisms might lead to the development of new therapies for both vitiligo and melanoma.</p>},
  year = {2001},
  journal = {Trends in immunology},
  volume = {22},
  pages = {130-6},
  month = {2001 Mar},
  issn = {1471-4906},
  language = {eng},
}