Citrullinated myelin basic protein induces experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in Lewis rats through a diverse T cell repertoire

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 21-29

  Cao, Ligong ^a,b   Sun, Deming ^a,b   Whitaker, John N ^a,b,c  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrulline; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; MBP isomer; Multiple sclerosis; T cells

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CITRULLINE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032146341     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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