Evidence for molecular mimicry between human T cell epitopes in rotavirus and pancreatic islet autoantigens

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2204-2210

  Honeyman, Margo C ^a   Stone, Natalie L ^a   Falk, Ben A ^b   Nepom, Gerald ^b   Harrison, Leonard C ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PROTEIN VP7; CAPSID PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 2; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN; PTPRN PROTEIN, HUMAN; RECEPTOR LIKE PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VP7 PROTEIN, ROTAVIRUS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL CLONING; CELL EXPANSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PANCREAS ISLET; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; ROTAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOANTIGENS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONE CELLS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES, CLASS 8; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 77949889458     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900709     Document Type: Article

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