Direct Toll-like receptor 2 mediated co-stimulation of T cells in the mouse system as a basis for chronic inflammatory joint disease

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Sobek, Vera ^a   Birkner, Nico ^a   Falk, Ingrid ^a   Würch, Andreas ^a   Kirschning, Carsten J ^b   Wagner, Hermann ^b   Wallich, Reinhard ^c   Lamers, Marinus C ^a   Simon, Markus M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

co stimulation; lipoproteins; rheumatoid arthritis; T lymphocytes; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SECRETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; LIPOPROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 23844480624     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar1212     Document Type: Article

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