Analysis of TCR β chains in Lewis rats with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. II. Vβ8.2+ T cells with limited CDR3 N region additions derive from the adult thymus

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1216-1224

  Wilson, Darcy B ^a,b   Schroder, Kim ^a   Mueller, Deanna ^b   Golding, Anna B ^b   Wilson, Dianne H ^a   Gold, Daniel P ^b  

^a TORREY PINES INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES   (United States)

^b SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; Ontogeny; Rat; TCR

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031980629     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199804)28:04<1216::AID-IMMU1216>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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