Epitope repertoire of Th1 and Th2 cells reactive with the mouse muscle AChR α subunit in C57B1/6 mice

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 998, Issue , 2003, Pages 384-387

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Milani, Monica ^a   Okita, David ^a   Ostlie, Norma ^a   Conti Fine, Bianca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Molec Biol   (United States)

Author keywords

C57B1 6 mice; Epitope; Experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis; Myasthenia gravis; T cells; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IMMUNIZATION; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0141504309     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1254.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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