Organ specific autoantigens and the autoractive T cell repertoire: The case of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 512-515

  Wekerle, Hartmut ^a   Linington, Christopher ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; EAE; Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein; T cell repertoire; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE STRAIN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33644958583     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200635914     Document Type: Article

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