Human self-reactive T cell clones expressing identical T cell receptor β chains differ in their ability to recognize a cryptic self-epitope

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-358

  Quaratino, Sonia ^a   Feldmann, Marc ^a   Dayan, Colin M ^a,c   Acuto, Oreste ^b   Londei, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL CLONING; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYROID CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; GRAVES DISEASE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYROID GLAND; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030046168     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.2.349     Document Type: Article

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