Targeted expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules demonstrates that dendritic cells can induce negative but not positive selection of thymocytes in vivo

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 541-550

  Brocker, Thomas ^a   Riedinger, Mireille ^a   Karjalainen, Klaus ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DENDRITIC CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RATS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031058466     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.3.541     Document Type: Article

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