MHC class II positive retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells can function as antigen-presenting cells for microbial superantigen

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Osusky, Roman ^a,c   Dorio, Raymond J ^a   Arora, Yogesh K ^a   Ryan, Stephen J ^b   Walker, Sharyn M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Class II; HLA DR; Interferon gamma; Retinal pigment epithelial cells; Superantigen; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030958247     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273949709085049     Document Type: Article

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