Cross-reactivity of myelin basic protein-specific T cells with multiple microbial peptides: Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis induction in TCR transgenic mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3764-3770

  Grogan, Jane L ^a   Kramer, Achim ^b   Nogai, Axel ^a   Dong, Liying ^b   Ohde, Manuela ^a   Schneider Mergener, Jens ^b   Kamradt, Thomas ^a,b  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS REACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0033213960     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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