A restricted T cell response to myelin basic protein (MBP) is stable in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 186-192

  Uccelli, A ^c   Giunti, D ^c   Salvetti, M ^a   Ristori, G ^a   Fenoglio, D ^b   Abbruzzese, M ^c   Mancardi, Gl ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Myelin basic protein; T cell lines; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031883071     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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