Investigation of a mechanism for accelerated breakdown of immune tolerance to the primary biliary cirrhosis-associated autoantigen, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-219

  Jones, David E J ^a   Palmer, Jeremy M ^a   Bennett, Kate ^a   Robe, Amanda J ^a   Yeaman, Stephen J ^a   Robertson, Helen ^a   Bassendine, Margaret F ^a   Burt, Alastair D ^a   Kirby, John A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FREUND ADJUVANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BILE DUCT INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036169294     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780413     Document Type: Article

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