Failure to censor forbidden clones of CD4 T cells in autoimmune diabetes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1175-1188

  Lesage, Sylvie ^a   Hartley, Suzanne B ^a   Akkaraju, Srinivas ^a   Wilson, Judith ^a   Townsend, Michelle ^a   Goodnow, Christopher C ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Clonal deletion; Diabetes mellitus type I; Genetic predisposition to disease; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SELF TOLERANCE;

EID: 0037020857     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20020735     Document Type: Article

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