Acquired thymic tolerance and experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in the rat. I. Parameters and analysis of possible mechanisms

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2770-2779

  Wilson, Darcy B ^a   Wilson, Dianne H ^a   Schroder, Kim ^a  

^a TORREY PINES INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental allergic encephatomyelitis; Rat; Thymus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FREUND ADJUVANT; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; THYMUS GRAFT;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031712892     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199809)28:09<2770::AID-IMMU2770>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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