Use of soluble MHC class II/peptide multimers to detect antigen-specific T cells in human disease

Arthritis Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-265

  Bill, Jerome R ^a   Kotzin, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; MCH peptide multimer; MHC class II; T cell; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE; POLYMER; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIMERIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035985795     PISSN: 14659905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar417     Document Type: Review

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