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Aug 2026
Carbamazepine activates private self and viral reactive TCRs through a drug-permissive HLA-B cleft
Introduction Carbamazepine (CBZ) can cause severe cutaneous adverse reactions, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis, and is strongly associated with HLA risk alleles. However, HLA genotype alone incompletely predicts clinical risk. Adverse drug reactions depend on drug-peptide-HLA conformation,...
SuJin Hwang, Masahide Yano, Yura Jang et al.
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