The thymus and self-tolerance: Co-existence of encephalitogenic S100β-specific T cells and their nominal autoantigen in the normal adult rat thymus

International Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 897-904

  Kojima, Kimikazu ^a   Reindl, Markus ^a   Lassmann, Hans ^b   Wekerle, Hartmut ^a   Linington, Christopher ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Central nervous system; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Self tolerance; Uveoretinitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; CLONAL DELETION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; S100 PROTEINS; SELF TOLERANCE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030907077     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/9.6.897     Document Type: Article

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