Characterization of T cell receptor β chains of accumulating T cells in chronic ongoing myocarditis demonstrated by heterotopic cardiac transplantation in mice

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 106-110

  Nakamura, H ^a   Kato, T ^a   Yamamura, T ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a   Umemoto, S ^a   Sekine, T ^a   Nishioka, K ^a   Matsuzaki, M ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Myocarditis; Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP); T cell receptor gene; T cell repertoire

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MICE; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0035133911     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.65.106     Document Type: Article

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