Multiple cross-reactive self-ligands for Borrelia borgdorferi-specific HLA-DR4-restricted T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 448-457

  Maier, Bert ^a   Molinger, Marc ^a   Cope, Andrew P ^b   Fugger, Lars ^b   Schneider Mergener, Jens ^c   Sønderstrup, Grete ^b   Kamradt, Thomas ^a,c   Kramer, Achim ^c  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Borrelia burgdorferi; Infectious disease; Molecular mimicry; Peptide library

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID CELL; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CROSS REACTIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; LIGANDS; MICE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0033975674     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200002)30:2<448::AID-IMMU448>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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