An autoantigen-specific, highly restricted T cell repertoire infiltrates the arthritic joints of mice in an HLA-DR1 humanized mouse model of autoimmune arthritis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-118

  Qian, Zhaohui ^b   Latham, Kary A ^b   Whittington, Karen B ^a   Miller, David C ^b   Brand, David D ^a,b   Rosloniec, Edward F ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1*0101 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; HLA-DRB1*0101 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HYBRIDOMA; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CATTLE; CELL CLONE; CELL MOTION; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIGENS; CATTLE; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONE CELLS; COLLAGEN TYPE II; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-DR1 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 77956198117     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000416     Document Type: Article

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