Analysis of cytokine-producing Th cells from hen egg lysozyme-immunized mice reveals large numbers specific for "cryptic" peptides and different repertoires among different Th populations

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-65

  Peters, Nathan C ^a,b   Hamilton, Duane H ^a   Bretscher, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation processing; T cell peptides; Th repertoire

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; FREUND ADJUVANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMULSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHICKENS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED CBA; MURAMIDASE; OVUM; PEPTIDES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 12344318188     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425581     Document Type: Article

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