A drug used for HIV treatment can alter the set of antigens that activates T cells of the immune system, thereby triggering life-threatening reactions against the body's own proteins. See Letter p.554
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Reinherz, E. A false sense of non-self. Nature 486, 479–481 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/486479a
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