Inhibition of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in SJL mice by oral administration of retro-inverso derivative of encephalitogenic epitope P87-99

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2560-2566

  Marino, Maria ^a   Ippolito, Agostino ^a   Fassina, Giorgio ^a  

^a Tecnogen SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Peptide

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032796932     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199908)29:08<2560::AID-IMMU2560>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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