Transplantation of autoimmune regulator-encoding bone marrow cells delays the onset of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3499-3509

  Ko, Hyun Ja ^a   Kinkel, Sarah A ^b,c   Hubert, François Xavier ^b,c,f,g   Nasa, Zeyad ^a   Chan, James ^a   Siatskas, Christopher ^a   Hirubalan, Premila ^a   Toh, Ban Hock ^a   Scott, Hamish S ^d,e   Alderuccio, Frank ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmune regulator; Bone marrow; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Immune tolerance

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; TISSUE ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOANTIGENS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DENDRITIC CELLS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 78649571044     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040679     Document Type: Article

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