Analysis of rearranged T cell receptor (TCR) Vβ transcripts in livers of primary biliary cirrhosis: Preferential Vβ usage suggests antigen-driven selection

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-104

  Tsai, S L ^b   Lai, M Y ^a   Chen, D S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Primary biliary cirrhosis; T cell receptor; Variable gene usage

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0030053715     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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