Epitope-dependent inhibition of T cell activation by the Ea transgene: An explanation for transgene-mediated protection from murine lupus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2842-2848

  Martinez Soría, Eduardo ^a   Ibnou Zekri, Nabila ^a   Iwamoto, Masahiro ^a   Santiago Raber, Marie Laure ^a   Kikuchi, Shuichi ^a   Kosco Vilbois, Marie ^b   Izui, Shozo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NOVIMMUNE SA   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Médical Universitaire   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EA TRANSGENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 4043167689     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.4.2842     Document Type: Article

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