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This is a summary of: Stadinski, B. D. et al. I-Ag7 β56/57 polymorphisms regulate non-cognate negative selection to CD4+ T cell orchestrators of type 1 diabetes. Nat. Immunol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01441-0 (2023).