A defect in deletion of nucleosome-specific autoimmune T cells in lupus-prone thymus: Role of thymic dendritic cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5857-5865

  Michaels, Marissa A ^a   Kang, Hee Kap ^a   Kaliyaperumal, Arunan ^a   Satyaraj, Ebenezar ^a   Shi, Yae ^a   Datta, Syamal K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; HISTONE H4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LYMPHOID CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 27144541459     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.9.5857     Document Type: Article

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