The MHC class II-restricted T cell response of C57BL/6 mice to human C- reactive protein: Homology to self and the selection of T cell epitopes and T cell receptors

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-124

  Döffinger, Rainer ^a,b   Klein, Thomas C ^a   Pepys, Mark B ^a,b   Casanova, Jean Laurent ^a,c   Kyewski, Bruno A ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

acute phase proteins; self tolerance; T cell epitopes; T cell repertoire

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; EPITOPE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLONE CELLS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SELF TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342547306     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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