Peripheral autoantigen induces regulatory T cells that prevent autoimmunity

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 877-881

  Seddon, Benedict ^a   Mason, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoantigen; Autoimmunity; Regulatory T cells; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROTECTION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MEMORY CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TARGET CELL; THYMECTOMY; THYROIDITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RADIATION CHIMERA; RATS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMECTOMY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0033103668     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.5.877     Document Type: Article

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