Endogenous myelin basic protein inactivates the high avidity T cell repertoire

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2055-2063

  Targoni, Oleg S ^a   Lehmann, Paul V ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic determinant; Determinant hierarchy; MBP specific repertoire; T cell affinity; T cell tolerance

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032526853     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.12.2055     Document Type: Article

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