Defective central tolerance in Aire-deficient mice is not sufficient to induce symptomatic autoimmunity during lymphopenia-induced T cell proliferation

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Kekalainen E ^a   Lehto, M K ^a   Smeds, E ^a   Miettinen, A ^b   Meri, S ^a,b   Jarva, H ^a,b   Petteri Arstila, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; WILD TYPE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79958725739     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02543.x     Document Type: Article

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