Autoreactive T cells escape clonal deletion in the thymus by a CD24-dependent pathway

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 320-328

  Carl Jr , Joseph W ^a   Liu, Jin Qing ^a   Joshi, Pramod S ^a   El Omrani, Hani Y ^a   Yin, Lijie ^c   Zheng, Xincheng ^d   Whitacre, Caroline C ^b   Liu, Yang ^c   Bai, Xue Feng ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Oncolmmune Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD24 ANTIGEN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE MYELIN GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE-MYELIN GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STROMA CELL; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD24; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLS, CULTURED; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; PHENOTYPE; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 47949086921     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.1.320     Document Type: Article

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