Mouse Schwann cells activate MHC class I and II restricted T-cell responses, but require external peptide processing for MHC class II presentation

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 483-490

  Meyer zu Hörste, Gerd ^a   Heidenreich, Holger ^a   Mausberg, Anne K ^a   Lehmann, Helmar C ^a   ten Asbroek, Anneloor L M A ^b   Saavedra, José T ^b   Baas, Frank ^b   Hartung, Hans Peter ^a   Wiendl, Heinz ^c   Kieseier, Bernd C ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Guillain Barr syndrome; Inflammatory neuropathy; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS PRESENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA CELL; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SCHWANN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURITIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OVALBUMIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCHWANN CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 72749105798     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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