B lymphocytes producing demyelinating autoantibodies: Development and function in gene-targeted transgenic mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-180

  Litzenburger, Tobias ^a   Fässler, Reinhard ^b,d   Bauer, Jan ^c   Lassmann, Hans ^c   Linington, Christopher ^a   Wekerle, Hartmut ^a   Iglesias, Antonio ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; B cell tolerance; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Gene targeting; Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 2642638773     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.1.169     Document Type: Article

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