Medullary thymic epithelial cells induce tolerance to intracellular proteins

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 968-975

  Oukka, Mohamed ^a   Cohen Tannoudji, Michel ^b   Tanaka, Yujiro ^c   Babinet, Charles ^b   Kosmatopoulos, Konstadinos ^a,d  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS GRAFT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; EPITOPES; H-2 ANTIGENS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030064031     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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