Transgenic expression of an immunologically privileged retinal antigen extraocularly enhances self tolerance and abrogates susceptibility to autoimmune uveitis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 272-278

  Xu, Hui ^a   Wawrousek, Eric F ^a   Redmond, T Michael ^a   Nickerson, John M ^b   Wiggert, Barbara ^a   Chan, Chi Chao ^a   Caspi, Rachel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Immune privilege; T cell; Tolerance; Transgenic; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; RETINA ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UVEITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSGENES; UVEITIS;

EID: 0033987174     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200001)30:1<272::AID-IMMU272>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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