Retinal expression of a neo-self antigen, β-galactosidase, is not tolerogenic and creates a target for autoimmune uveoretinitis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1073-1080

  Gregerson, Dale S ^a   Torseth, John W ^a   McPherson, Scott W ^a   Roberts, Josh P ^a   Shinohara, Toshimichi ^b   Zack, Donald J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UVEORETINITIS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE; CLONE CELLS; CYTOKINES; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RETINA; RETINITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THIOGALACTOSIDES; UVEITIS;

EID: 0033565592     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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