Expression of Self-antigen in the Thymus: A Little Goes a Long Way

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1627-1629

  Anderson, Ana C ^a   Kuchroo, Vijay K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; SALIVA PROTEIN; TISSUE ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL ANERGY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARATHYROID GLAND; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TARGET ORGAN; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0345167834     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031803     Document Type: Note

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