Low-avidity recognition by CD4+ T cells directed to self-antigens

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1409-1417

  Gebe, John A ^a,b   Falk, Ben A ^a   Rock, Kellee A ^a   Kochik, Sharon A ^a   Heninger, Anne K ^a   Reijonen, Helena ^a,b   Kwok, William W ^a,b   Nepom, Gerald T ^a,b  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Avidity; MHC; Self antigen; T cell; Tetramer

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; TETRAMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNIZATION; ISOENZYMES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

EID: 0037959817     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200323871     Document Type: Article

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