Differential induction of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by myelin basic protein molecular mimics in mice humanized for HLA-DR2 and an MBP85-99-specific T cell receptor

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-407

  Greene, Maria T ^a   Ercolini, Anne M ^a   DeGutes, Mathew ^a   Miller, Stephen D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Molecular mimicry; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin basic protein; T cells; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN[85-99]; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HLA-DR2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 56549108406     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: 10959157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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