Tracing and characterization of the low-avidity self-specific T cell repertoire

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1458-1468

  De Visser, Karin E ^a   Cordaro, Tanina A ^a   Kioussis, Dimitris ^b   Haanen, John B A G ^a   Schumacher, Ton N M ^a   Kruisbeek, Ada M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low avidity T cell; Self specific T cell; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TETRAMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLUENZA; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOANTIGENS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034026766     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(200005)30:5<1458::AID-IMMU1458>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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