The functional avidity of virus-specific CD8+ T cells is down-modulated in Borna disease virus-induced immunopathology of the central nervous system

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 487-497

  Engelhardt, Karin R ^a,c   Richter, Kirsten ^a   Baur, Karen ^a   Staeheli, Peter ^a   Hausmann, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Nordic GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; CD8+; Functional avidity; MHC class I tetramer; T cells; Virus

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TETRAMER; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; BRAIN CELL; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; EX VIVO STUDY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; BORNA DISEASE; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOWN-REGULATION; H-2 ANTIGENS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 14744297400     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425232     Document Type: Article

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