Laboratory protocols for the identification of Th cell epitopes on self-antigens in mice with systemic autoimmune diseases

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 195-204

  Monneaux, Fanny ^a   Muller, Sylviane ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell separation; Co cultures; Lupus mice; Self antigen; Systemic autoimmunity; Th cell epitope

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; INTERLEUKIN 2; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL SEPARATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; COCULTURE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MICE, INBRED NZB; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

MURINAE;

EID: 0034693430     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(00)00256-8     Document Type: Article

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