TCR repertoire to proteolipid protein (PLP) in multiple sclerosis (MS): Homologies between PLP-specific T cells and MS-associated T cells in TCR junctional sequences

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-130

  Kondo, Takayuki ^a   Yamamura, Takashi ^a   Inobe, Jun Ichi ^a   Ohashi, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Keikichi ^a   Tabira, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Demyelinating disease; Gene rearrangement; Inverse PCR; TCR chain

Indexed keywords

PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, CD3; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONE CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030069166     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.1.123     Document Type: Article

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