Increased T-cell immunity against aquaporin-4 and proteolipid protein in neuromyelitis optica

International Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 565-573

  Matsuya, Nemu ^a   Komori, Mika ^b   Nomura, Kyouichi ^c   Nakane, Shunya ^a   Fukudome, Takayasu ^a   Goto, Hirofumi ^a   Shiraishi, Hirokazu ^a   Wandinger, Klaus Peter ^d,e   Matsuo, Hidenori ^a   Kondo, Takayuki ^a,f  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Institute for Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; CD69; Neuromyelitis optica; Proteolipid protein; T cell

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; CD69 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MYELIN PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEAN STIMULATION INDEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RELAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 80051864035     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxr056     Document Type: Article

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