A viral peptide with limited homology to a self peptide can induce clinical signs of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-64

  Gautam, Anand M ^a,d   Liblau, Roland ^e   Chelvanayagam, Gareth ^b,c   Steinman, Lawrence ^c   Boston, Tanya ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d M and E Biotech A/S   (Denmark)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CROSS REACTION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HERPES VIRUS SAIMIRI; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOANTIGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; HERPESVIRUS 2, SAIMIRIINE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HYBRIDOMAS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031832479     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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