Therapeutic potential of TCR antagonists is determined by their ability to modulate a diverse repertoire of autoreactive T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1850-1857

  Anderton, Stephen M ^a   Kissler, Stephan ^a   Lamont, Alan G ^b   Wraith, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Peptide Therapeutics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; TCR antagonist

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVALBUMIN; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033038933     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199906)29:06<1850::AID-IMMU1850>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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