T cell mimicry and epitope specificity of cross-reactive T cell clones from rheumatic heart disease

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 5448-5456

  Ellis, Nadia M J ^a   Li, Ya ^a   Hildebrand, William ^a   Fischetti, Vincent A ^b   Cunningham, Madeleine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; LAMININ; M PROTEIN; MEROMYOSIN; MYOSIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; V BETA GENE;

EID: 26844482971     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.8.5448     Document Type: Article

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