A humanized model for multiple sclerosis using HLA-DR2 and a human T- cell receptor

Nature Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-347

  Madsen, Lars S ^a   Andersson, Ellen Christina ^a   Jansson, Liselotte ^e   Krogsgaard, Michelle ^g   Andersen, Claus B ^b   Engberg, Jan ^a   Strominger, Jack L ^c   Svejgaard, Arne ^a   Hjorth, Jens Peter ^d   Holmdahl, Rikard ^e   Wucherpfennig, Kai W ^f   Fugger, Lars ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HLA SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; AUTOANTIGENS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENCEPHALITIS; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032719206     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/15525     Document Type: Article

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