CD8+ T cells maintain tolerance to myelin basis protein by 'epitope theft'

Nature Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 606-614

  Perchellet, Antoine ^a   Stromnes, Ingunn ^a   Pang, Jennifer M ^a   Goverman, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ISOLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPLEEN CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIVISION; DENDRITIC CELL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITOPES; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 2942666042     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1073     Document Type: Article

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