MHC class II peptide flanking residues of exogenous antigens influence recognition by autoreactive T cells

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-12

  Conant, Stephanie B ^a   Swanborg, Robert H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune encephalomyelitis; MHC flanking peptide residues; Molecular mimicry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENCEPHALITOGENIC PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN 68 88; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN 68-88; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ASPARAGINE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MICE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0041534379     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-9972(02)00102-7     Document Type: Review

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