The antigen presentation pathway in medullary thymic epithelial cells, but not that in cortical thymic epithelial cells, conforms to the endocytic pathway

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1867-1876

  Kasai, Michiyuki ^a   Kominami, Eiki ^b   Mizuochi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

H2 DM; Invariant chain; MHC class II; Thymic epithelial cell

Indexed keywords

HLA D ANTIGEN; KANAMYCIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THYMOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONCANAVALIN A; DIMERIZATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-D ANTIGENS; LYSOSOMES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031865827     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199806)28:06<1867::AID-IMMU1867>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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