Oral administration of an immunodominant TAChR epitope modulates antigen-specific T cell responses in mice

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 841, Issue , 1998, Pages 568-571

  Antozzi, C ^a   Baggi, F ^a   Andreetta, F ^a   Simoncini, O ^a   Longhi, R ^b   Cornelio, F ^a   Mantegazza, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031903720     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10985.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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