Ectopic expression of neural autoantigen in mouse liver suppresses experimental autoimmune neuroinflammation by inducing antigen-specific Tregs

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3403-3410

  Lüth, Stefan ^a   Huber, Samuel ^a   Schramm, Christoph ^a   Buch, Thorsten ^b   Zander, Stefan ^a   Stadelmann, Christine ^c   Brück, Wolfgang ^c   Wraith, David C ^d   Herkel, Johannes ^a   Lohse, Ansgar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BRAIN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NEURONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55849093638     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI32132     Document Type: Article

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