Thymocyte antigens do not induce tolerance in the CD4+ T cell compartment

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4851-4858

  Jhaver, Kanchan G ^a   Chandler, Phillip ^b   Simpson, Elizabeth ^b   Mellor, Andrew L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONE CELLS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; H-2 ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SELF TOLERANCE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032711442     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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