Identification and characterization of the immunodominant rat HER-2/neu MHC class I epitope presented by spontaneous mammary tumors from HER-2/neu-transgenic mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4273-4280

  Ercolini, Anne M ^a   Machiels, Jean Pascal H ^a,b   Chen, Yi Cheng ^a   Slansky, Jill E ^a,c   Giedlen, Martin ^a,d   Reilly, R Todd ^a   Jaffee, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CERUS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER MODEL; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE NEU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0037446542     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.4273     Document Type: Article

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