Evidence that the t cell repertoire of normal rats contains cells with the potential to cause diabetes. Characterization of the CD4+ T cell subset that inhibits this autoimmune potential

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 627-636

  Fowell, Deborah ^a   Mason, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETOGENESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ETIOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULITIS; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, CD8; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0027509812     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.177.3.627     Document Type: Article

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