CD4 T cell tolerance to human C-reactive protein, an inducible serum protein, is mediated by medullary thymic epithelium

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-16

  Klein, Ludger ^a   Klein, Thomas ^a   Rüther, Ulrich ^b   Kyewski, Bruno ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Deletion; Inducible self antigens; Self tolerance; Thymic medullary epithelium

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SELF TOLERANCE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032490563     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.1.5     Document Type: Article

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