Branched chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase 111-130, a T cell epitope that induces both autoimmune myocarditis and hepatitis in A/J mice.
Bharathi KrishnanChandirasegaran MassilamanyRakesh H BasavalingappaArunakumar GangaplaraGuobin KangQingsheng LiFrancisco A UzalJennifer L StrandeGustavo A DelhonJean-Jack RiethovenDavid SteffenJay ReddyPublished in: Immunity, inflammation and disease (2017)
The disease induced by BCKDk peptides could serve as a useful model to study the autoimmune events of inflammatory heart and liver diseases.