Thymus-specific serine protease controls autoreactive CD4 T cell development and autoimmune diabetes in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1810-1821

  Viret, Christophe ^a,b,c   Leung Theung Long, Stéphane ^a,b,c   Serre, Laurent ^a,b,c   Lamare, Camille ^a,b,c   Vignali, Dario A A ^d   Malissen, Bernard ^b,e,f   Carrier, Alice ^f   Guerder, Sylvie ^a,b,c  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE; THYMUS SPECIFIC SERINE PROTEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULITIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, SCID; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79955495219     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI43314     Document Type: Article

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