Viruses, hidden self-epitopes and autoimmunity

Immunological Reviews

Volumn , Issue 152, 1996, Pages 47-66

  Barnaba, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MANNOSE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CROSS REACTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCYTOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 0029658197     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1996.tb00910.x     Document Type: Review

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