Myocarditis: A defect in central immune tolerance?

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1251-1253

  Metzger, Todd C ^a   Anderson, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCARDITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VENTRICULAR MYOSINS;

EID: 79953303209     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI57211     Document Type: Note

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