Presentation by myoblasts of an epitope from endogenous acetylcholine receptor indicates a potential role in the spreading of the immune response

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 127-134

  Curnow, John ^a   Corlett, Louise ^a   Willcox, Nick ^a   Vincent, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Endogenous antigen presentation; MHC; Myasthenia; Myoblast

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MYOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONE CELLS; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MUSCLES; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0035795092     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(01)00272-7     Document Type: Article

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