Aberrant expression of tissue-specific proteins in the Thymus: A hypothesis for the development of cenral tolerance

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-100

  Werdelin, O ^a,b   Cordes, U ^a   Jensen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ELASTASE; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 3; LYSOZYME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRYPSIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONAL ANERGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031937377     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00280.x     Document Type: Review

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