Maintenance of immune tolerance to a neo-self acetylcholine receptor antigen with aging: Implications for late-onset autoimmunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6067-6075

  Stacy, Sue ^a,b   Williams, Earlanda L ^a   Standifer, Nathan E ^b,c   Pasquali, Amanda ^a   Krolick, Keith A ^a   Infante, Anthony J ^b   Kraig, Ellen ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; INTERLEUKIN 12; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AGING; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 77953438203     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901618     Document Type: Article

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