Regulatory CD4+ T cells expressing endogenous T cell receptor chains protect myelin basic protein-specific transgenic mice from spontaneous autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1883-1894

  Olivares Villagómez, Danyvid ^a,b   Wang, Yijie ^a   Lafaille, Juan J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; Allelic inclusion; Autorreactivity; T cell receptor rearrangements; T helper cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0032538918     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.10.1883     Document Type: Article

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