Immunodominant T cell determinants of aquaporin-4, the autoantigen associated with neuromyelitis optica

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Nelson, Patricia A ^a   Khodadoust, Mojgan ^a   Prodhomme, Thomas ^a   Spencer, Collin ^a   Patarroyo, Juan Carlos ^a   Varrin Doyer, Michel ^a   Ho, Joseph D ^a   Stroud, Robert M ^a   Zamvil, Scott S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

MURINAE; MUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-17; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PEPTIDES;

EID: 78649772118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015050     Document Type: Article

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