Lymphotoxm pathway-directed, autoimmune regulator-independent central tolerance to arthritogenic collagen

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 290-297

  Chin, Robert K ^a   Zhu, Mingzhao ^a   Christiansen, Peter A ^a   Liu, Wenhua ^a   Ware, Carl ^b   Peltonen, Leena ^c   Zhang, Xuejun ^d   Guo, Linjie ^d   Han, Shuhua ^d   Zheng, Biao ^d   Fu, Yang Xin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; LYMPHOTOXIN; AUTOANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; LTB PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NUDE MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; AUTOANTIGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE II; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; LYMPHOTOXIN-BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; SELF TOLERANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33745290201     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.1.290     Document Type: Article

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