Intrathymic deletion of MHC class I-restricted cytotoxic T cell precursors by constitutive cross-presentation of exogenous antigen

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1477-1486

  Merkenschlager, Matthias ^a   Power, M Olive ^a   Pircher, Hanspeter ^b   Fisher, Amanda G ^a  

^a MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Selection; T cell development; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032934015     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199905)29:05<1477::AID-IMMU1477>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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