CD4+ T cell-mediated immunity against prion proteins

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 629-638

  Stoltze, L ^a,d   Rezaei, H ^b,c   Jung, G ^a   Grosclaude, J ^c   Debey, P ^b   Schild, H ^a   Rammensee, H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MHC class II; Prion protein; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345373985     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180300054     Document Type: Article

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