Encephalitogenic and neuritogenic T cell responses to the myelin- associated glycoprotein (MAG) in the Lewis rat

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 157-164

  Weerth, S ^a   Berger, T ^b   Lassmann, H ^b   Linington, C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Experimental autoimmune neuritis; Multiple sclerosis; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITOGENIC PROTEIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NEURITIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033104071     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(99)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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