HLA-class II-associated control of antigen recognition by T cells in leprosy: A prominent role for the 30/31-kDa antigens

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6912-6918

  Thole, Jelle E R ^a,b   Janson, Anneke A M ^a   Cornelisse, Yolanthe ^a   Schreuder, Geziena M T ^a   Wieles, Brigitte ^a   Naafs, Ben ^a   De Vries, René R P ^a   Ottenhoff, Tom H M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HLA-DR3 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEPROSY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033151975     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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