Thymic Expression of a Gastritogenic Epitope Results in Positive Selection of Self-Reactive Pathogenic T Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 5994-6002

  Laurie, Karen L ^a   La Gruta, Nicole L ^a   Koch, Norbert ^b   Van Driel, Ian R ^a   Gleeson, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROGEN POTASSIUM ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SELECTION; GASTRITIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 2442597075     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.10.5994     Document Type: Article

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