Changes in autoreactive T cell avidity during type 1 diabetes development

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 312-320

  Standifer, Nathan E ^a,b   Burwell, Emily A ^a   Gersuk, Vivian H ^a   Greenbaum, Carla J ^a   Nepom, Gerald T ^a,b  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CD4+ T cells; Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE 555; GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE 5571; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-15 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES, CLASS 8; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651152594     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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