Restricted TCR V(α) gene rearrangements in T cells recognizing an immunodominant peptide of myelin basic protein in DR2 patients with multiple sclerosis

International Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 991-998

  Zang, Ying C Q ^a,b   Kozovska, Milena ^a,b   Aebischer, Iwan ^a,b   Li, Sufang ^a,b   Boehme, Stefen ^c   Crowe, Paul ^c   Rivera, Victor M ^a   Zhang, Jingwu Z ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin basic protein; TCR

Indexed keywords

HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; DNA; EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HLA-DR2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031596395     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.7.991     Document Type: Article

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