Differential recognition of MBP epitopes in BALB/c mice determines the site of inflammatory disease induction

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 73-82

  Yoshizawa, Izumi ^a   Bronson, Roderick ^b   Ben Nun, Avi ^c   Richert, John R ^d   Dorf, Martin E ^a   Abromson Leeman, Sara ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitope fine specificity; MBP isoforms; Neuritis; Peripheral nervous system; T cell receptor sequences

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CLONE CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; EPITOPES; EXONS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NEURITIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 17744410005     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00101-5     Document Type: Article

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