Significantly higher frequencies of alloreactive CD4+ T cells responding to nonpermissive than to permissive HLA-DPB1 T-cell epitope disparities

Blood

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1991-1992

  Sizzano, Federico ^a   Zito, Laura ^a   Crivello, Pietro ^a   Crocchiolo, Roberto ^b,c   Vago, Luca ^a   Zino, Elisabetta ^a   Fleischhauer, Katharina ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOINCOMPATIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77956896339     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-05-284687     Document Type: Letter

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