Hierarchical self-tolerance to T cell determinants within the ubiquitous nuclear self-antigen La (SS-B) permits induction of systemic autoimmunity in normal mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1857-1870

  Reynolds, Pakathip ^a   Gordon, Tom P ^a   Purcell, Anthony W ^a   Jackson, David C ^b   McCluskey, James ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029807631     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.5.1857     Document Type: Article

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